ARTPRIZE
Monroe Community Church (MCC) is an emerging faith community located in the Monroe North neighborhood of downtown Grand Rapids. Our 2021 renovation of a 1960's industrial building into a ministry center was awarded a Design Excellence Award by the American Institute of Architects. MCC has participated in ArtPrize every year since its founding and has equipped its space for the display, lighting, and enjoyment of art. MCC was awarded the Outstanding Venue Award by the jury in 2022, and its artists have won jury prizes in each of the past 3 years. MCC has become known for incorporating interviews with ArtPrize artists into their worship services, and crafting sermons and music that resonate with the felt needs demonstrated in the artwork we host. Our mission is "Love God, Love People, and Love the City" and we believe that our involvement with ArtPrize fulfils all of these ambitions.
Meet the (a)Artist
a series of worship experiences that emerge from our venue’s artists and their work
Since the very first ArtPrize in 2009, Monroe Community Church has created worship experiences rooted in the felt needs, human conditions, pathos, and joy found in the art that we host. If we believe that humans are created in the image of God, then each of us testifies to the Creator by creating. Each Sunday morning during ArtPrize, our pastor and worship leader will interview the artist, who may or may not be a person of faith, unpack the motivations and meaning behind their ArtPrize entry, and then look to scripture and song for what the Bible and a rich musical tradition may say about similar themes.
Sundays, 10:30 a.m. @ Monroe Community Church, 1020 Monroe Ave NW GR MI 49503
