Call for art Installations 2024
Art in the Park is a fine arts and fine crafts festival that heralds the start of summer in Columbia, MO - an arts-focused college town, home to the University of Missouri and the recipient of the Missouri Arts Council's first ever Creative Community Award. The event features 110 fine artists each year from across the country, and attracts 12-14,000 visitors over the 2-day event. Set amidst the parkland and lakeside of the picturesque Stephens Lake Park. Admission to the festival is free of charge!
The 2024 Art in the Park will include entertainment for children, local musicians, a children's art area, a Young Artist Pavilion showing work by local high school and undergraduate students, a Young Collector's Tent, a Veterans’ Art Pavilion featuring artwork from veteran artists, art installations, and a food court.
Art in the Park seeks proposals for interactive or immersive art installations or sculptures for temporary install the weekend of June 1-2, 2024 as part of the annual Art in the Park event. This year’s event aims to cultivate a more immersive experience, offering guests spaces throughout the event to interact with large-scale experiential and/or participatory works.
Artists considering applying should use the following ideas to guide them in their submissions:
Sunsets: Using the colors of the branding - oranges, peach, periwinkle and ultramarine blues and gradients, ombres, hue transitions
Rainbows: Patterns that use line and layered color or texture
Clouds: Light fluffy shapes and spaces, round or frayed edges, organic shapes
Sky: Vast openness, networks, constellations, air and wind
Guidelines:
Interested artists should fill out the online application form and be prepared to provide basic information including: contact information, bio, CV, and website. As well as: 3-5 examples of previous work; 2-3 sketches/samples of work proposed for Art in the Park; brief description of the project clearly stating the site, how it will be installed, and what materials are needed to create the project (if any) that CAL can help secure.
All installations must be firmly secured to the site, weather proof, available to be installed on June 2rd, and remain on site June 3 & 4, de-installed on the evening of the 4th. No balloons please.
Timeline:
3/15 - Deadline extended!
4/1 - Artists notified/contracts distributed
4/1 - 5/31 - Artists work with coordinator to ensure they have everything they need to create/install their work
5/31 - Installation Day
6/2 - De-installation in evening
Payment:
Selected artists will be offered an honorarium between $500 - $1,500 depending on the nature of their work, we encourage artists to submit proposals for existing work to be placed at the festival, for new work to be created in advance for installation, or for work to be created on-site as part of a participatory project.
Ready to apply?
Questions?
Madeleine LeMieux, Installation Coordinator: artist@madeleine-lemieux.com
