Joy x Design

I’m so excited to announce that I will be a participating artist in ArtPrize 2022. ArtPrize is an international art competition held in Grand Rapids, MI and it awards more than $500,000 in total cash prizes to its winners. Starting September 15 through October 2, thousands of art pieces made from all mediums and dimensions will be on display at venues around the city. The art piece I will be entering is a 3D, 6.5 ft x 8 ft freestanding piece titled “Their Wildest Dreams” and the description of the piece can be heard in my voiceover of this video. It will be on display at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids. 11 years ago, I visited the Amway for the first time, fell in love with it, and imagined having my wedding there. I ended up not having my wedding there, but I definitely never imagined having one of my art pieces there. God has an amazing way of bringing things full circle.

One of the grand prizes that will be awarded to an artist at ArtPrize is the public vote award. So the more of you that come out in person to see my piece, supports, and votes, the more attention my piece will get.

This piece has been on my heart to create for some time now and it’ll be my first passion project in a very long time. I sketched this 8 months ago so I already know it won’t look exactly like this, but I’m excited to show you all the process of it’s creation and the final result 🤗

Here’s my installation process for the Detroit Pistons Rosa Parks activation created along side Plant Economy at Little Caesar’s Arena, celebrating Rosa’s birthday and her love of flowers 🌸

If only she could see me, a black woman, living out one of my dreams and honoring her during Black History Month ✨