Art/Sounds Call for Artists – Due May 2

Initiated by faculty from the UMKC Conservatory and the Kansas City Art Institute, ArtSounds explores cross-media expression through creative concert-making. Co-directors Mara Gibson and Paul Rudy set the stage for concert events outside the box and inside the mind’s eye and the eye’s ear. In ArtSounds performances, vision informs hearing and hearing guides sight in this essential dialogue at the messy intersections of human experience. ArtSounds performances are free and open to the public.  Entering its 11th year, the Conservatory recently announced two new community partners: Charlotte Street Foundation and Art in the Loop.

There will be two events next year, November 5 at La Esquina as part of a larger Media Fest associated with CSF and May 4 at Prairie Logic associated with Art in the Loop. The Conservatory will co-sponsor all events.  Each event will provide venue, marketing and a $1,000 stipend for the artists.

To apply, please submit a proposal by May 2 to Mara Gibson (gibsonmb@umkc.edu) for review by a panel including Paul Rudy, Mara Gibson, Ann Holliday and Amy Kligman.

Proposals should include:

• Duration of event (no more than 60 minutes)
• Collaborators
• Use of proposed budget
• Short 2-3 sentence description of the event and supply list

Feel free to submit 1-2 examples of past work and short bios for consideration, but submit the complete application in ONE pdf file.

For more information, please contact Dana Self, 816-235-2949, selfdr@umkc.edu