It’s time to apply for the West Prize, now going for its second round, with a grand prize of $25,000 cash plus $100,000 of purchase money distributed among the 10 finalists, who came from across the U.S. and abroad, with the Philadelphia collaborators, brothers Steven and Billy Blaise Dufala, taking home the big one.
The purchases go to the West Collection, whose curator, Paige West, is not afraid of surfing the edge.
Last year, we went up to see what got purchased, and here are a few of the things we saw:
Entry is free, and applications are online only at www.westcollection.org. The deadline is Nov. 1, 2009.
