Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has raised the stakes for the 2013 MI Great Artist contest. He announced today that cash prizes would grow to a total of $3,000 for the second annual art competition which begins Sept. 16. Patterson and Park West Gallery founder and CEO Albert Scaglione launched the contest last year as a quality of life initiative to identify and support up-and-coming artists in the Economic Growth Alliance (EGA) region. “Our inaugural year succeeded in connecting … [Read more...]