High Caliber Karting launches art contest for new attraction

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Unable to begin construction on its expansion until August, High Caliber Karting and Entertainment in the Meridian Mall is killing the time by hosting a contest for local artists.

The contest: Who can design the coolest fowling platform? If you’re unfamiliar with the sport fowling, it’s literally just bowling but played with a football. High Caliber Karting is expanding its space to incorporate its own take on the game, which it has dubbed “Pigskin Pins.”

Since fowling’s creation by a group of friends in Detroit, it’s become a popular drinking game. “It’s like football, bowling and cornhole all mixed together. It’s a great drinking game,” High Caliber Karting co-owner Jordan Munsters said.

Fowling platforms are made of oak wood and resemble the slick, wooden lanes you’d find at a bowling alley. High Caliber Karting is recruiting 50 local artists to create their own custom panels, and an online poll will be conducted so voters can select their favorite. Though all of the panels will be installed at High Caliber Karting once construction is completed in August, first place will receive $500, second place gets $250 and third place earns $100.

“We have a lot of artistic friends in the area, and we thought it would be cool to showcase all of the talent we have in Lansing,” Munsters said. “We said, ‘Let’s create a contest and put every expression of art that’s out there on these platforms.’ That way we can showcase what Mid-Michigan is like.”

Each platform will have its art preserve with an epoxy resin and will feature a plaque naming the artist and shouting out their social media pages. Artists that are on board so far include Tiffany Marie of La Fille Gallery.

Munsters hopess the contest can be a distraction from the constant gloom of coronavirus updates.

“Everybody is so sick of hearing about coronavirus everything. To see people doing positive things and expressing themselves in different ways should receive a lot of attention,” Munsters said.

High Caliber Karting Art Contest

Find more info about the contest at:

Facebook.com/HighCaliberKartingMI

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