Economic Development

Artists work together to create piece connected to ArtPrize

Douglas economic development director Ryan Kilpatrick was thinking, “How can we use ArtPrize to showcase the 23 galleries and bevy of artists in Saugatuck and Douglas, which are just 40 […]

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