Guest juror is Vera Grant, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at University of Michigan Museum of Art. She selected work from hundreds of submissions to be hung in this annual exhibition. More than $6,000 in prizes will be awarded, including a $1,000 grand prize, a $1,000 prize sponsored by the City of Portage for a Portage-based artist, and a $750 People's Choice Award sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo. Award winners will be announced during the opening reception except for the People's Choice Award, which will be announced near the end of the exhibition.