ArtTour 2010 to give the community a new way to see ArtPrize: through a guided RV tour.

Sept. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- GRAND RAPIDS, MI—ArtTour 2010, a series of guided tours through ArtPrize, will give the community a new way to see one of the world’s largest art competitions. Along with title sponsor Vitale’s Pizza and location sponsor J.W. Marriott, the tours will be guided by Spearia, a creative firm in Comstock Park, and hosted in the Spearia RV, which will be wrapped by sponsor Extreme Graffix.

ArtTour 2010 will begin Friday, September 24 and will run every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through October 10. The tours will last three hours, with three tours each Friday and Saturday (beginning at 12 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.) and two tours every Sunday (beginning at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.).

“We love ArtPrize and we love the community,” says Danny Beckett, CEO of Spearia and founder of ArtTour. “We thought this would be a great way to give back to our community and let people see the event in a new way.”

The tours will cost $15 per person and will include Vitale’s Pizza, soft drinks and water. 100% of the proceeds from ArtTour 2010 will be donated to the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT) to help the Grand Rapids art community continue to grow and thrive.

Agostino Vitale, on behalf of the entire Vitale family, says, “We’ve been a family-owned business in this community for 44 years. We’re excited to take people around and show them new things are happening and the area is growing. This community has been very good to us, and we’re honored to be able to give something back.”

Each tour will begin and end at the J.W. Marriott and will run like a traditional cruise ship. The RV will stop at six main exhibition sites (Grand Rapids Public Museum, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts (UICA), Cathedral Square, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Valley State University Pew Campus, Women’s City Club) and allow the patrons to explore the exhibits on their own after being given information on the venues and specific pieces by the ArtTour guide.

Other ArtTour 2010 sponsors include Great Lakes Narrowcast, Inc., Biggby Coffee, Citizenshirt, KBH Homes, The Gilmore Collection, Grand Rapids Social Diary, and iamjef.

For more information and details on ArtTour 2010, visit spearia.com/arttour2010.