9.19.17 Bee-otch of the Day: ArtPrize

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Name: Artprize
Age: 8
Occupation: nineteen-day advertisement for Amway
Last Seen: Grand Rapids
Bee-otched For: making Grand Rapids avoidable for 19 days

   

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All I can say is that special thanks to these guys, I can avoid watching WOOD-TV 8 news for the next several weeks.

One of the sad things about my local NBC affiliate is the fact that they enjoy kissing up to the Devos family, who is responsible for this 19-day advertisement for Amway.

So, what is Artprize? It's an event where some 200 venues show off art pieces from people vying to win $200,000. Last year's winners were "Wounded Warrior Dogs" which were sculptures of dogs whose limbs were amputated during war and "The Bureau of Personal Belonging", a time-based piece that basically tells individuals where they stood in life. Funny how a pro-LGBTQ display was allowed in a festival created by a family that spent MILLIONS trying to quash gay rights.

The festival was created by Rick Devos, the son of former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Dick Devos and his wife, education secretary Betsy Devos. Oh, and he's the grandson of Amway co-founder Richard Devos and the nephew of Blackwater assclown Erik Prince. Oh, and let's not forget that he's the grandson of the late Edgar Prince, who himself spent millions of his own money fighting human rights.

The funny thing is that on Artprize's website, they describe Rick Devos as an "entrepreneur". REALLY?!?! So, living off of daddy and grandpa makes you an entrepreneur? Good God. I also think it's funny how so many pro-gay pieces make the festival, yet, like I said, the Devoses have always been anti-gay. I think part of the reason for the promotion of the pieces is mainly due to the fact that they own the Orlando Magic basketball team and when Donald Sterling was defending his slurs that ultimately got him banned from the NBA and causing him to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, he pointed out the Devoses' years of bigotry. So basically put, Artprize is allowing the Devoses to get all their haters off their back and to make the the darlings of the community.

Sorry, but I'll be avoiding downtown Grand Rapids for the next 19 days. I'll stay in good 'ol Kentwood where as-is, there's a Fox Motors dealership on every street corner. It's pathetic that they own this town, but thankfully, there's options to spend my hard-earned cash elsewhere.

Maybe I oughta submit a painting to Artprize called "The Devos Family". It would be a canvas with my poop splattered on it.
 
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