Fwd: Call for New Year's Eve performing arts proposals

[Matt]

From the City:

Dear Artists and Arts Organizations,



Last year, the City of Austin produced A.N.Y (Austin’s New Year 2011), a free, family-friendly, downtown, non-alcohol New Year’s Eve event. To ensure that Austin’s vibrant arts and culture were a part of the festivities, we put a call out to the Austin Creative Community for participation. With the help from you, our creative community, we were able to present a dynamic and diverse group of performers that brought 10,000+ Austinites together to celebrate the incoming year with Art, Music and Film.



The City of Austin extends an invitation to you again to submit proposals for activities; this time for Austin’s New Year 2012 (December 31, 2011). We are looking for creative family-friendly musical and artistic performances, creative activities, and visual art installations.



If you are interested in submitting a proposal to the City, please see PROJECT and SUBMISSION details below. We are looking for a one-page description of the project that you or your arts organization would like to present. Be sure to address what will be happening; what visual and musical elements or performances you will produce, the number of project participants, technical requirements, and how your work will engage the community of Austin. Along with your narrative, please provide a detailed budget for the project, with a maximum request of no more than $5,000. Proposed activities that can be presented without financial assistance are also welcome.



PROJECT DETAILS:



Theme: Family-friendly downtown, non-alcohol New Year’s Eve event



Where: Auditorium Shores and adjacent areas.



When: December 31st, 2011. Program begins at 5pm and ends with fireworks shortly after 10:00pm



Who: ANY Austin area creative or arts organization including visual and performing artists, musicians, performers, interactive entertainment, and others.



What: A variety of creative family-friendly musical and artistic performances, workshops, activities, and visual art installations on the grounds of Auditorium Shores. Possible proposals include, but are not limited to:



1) Organizations that can curate an area of the footprint with artistic environments, activities, performances and visual art

2) Musical individuals and groups

3) Performing Artists that include, actors, jugglers, storytellers, dancers, fire dancers, elaborate costumes and other festive performances

4) Temporary interactive art installations

5) Large scale visual art



Anticipated attendance: approximately 15,000



Website: For more information about Austin’s New Year please visit www.austintexas.gov/holidays/any.htm





SUBMISSION DETAILS:



1) Contact information – Please designate a single point of contact within your group or organization and include that person’s contact info including name, phone number and email address.

2) A written narrative - Describe who you are and the project that you or your arts organization would like to present during the New Year's Eve program. Be sure to address the important questions of what will be happening; what visuals, musical elements or performances you will incorporate; how many people will be participating; what will be your technical needs and how your work will engage the community of Austin. Be detailed, be realistic and keep it short and sweet. (1 page maximum.)

3) A detailed budget – Include everything that you would need for the project. This year, the City is again working with limited resources and so we encourage you to be conservative in your proposed project scope ($5,000 maximum). Projects that can happen without financial assistance are also welcome.



Please email proposals to Kevin Shaw, City of Austin Program Coordinator

at kevin.shaw@austintexas.gov



All submissions are due no later than 09/19/2011.



An artist or arts organization may submit more than one proposal for consideration. City staff will review the proposal submissions, and selection of projects will be based on artistic merit, feasibility, compatibility with other selected projects, and budget. The number of submissions will be determined based on City funding available for programming. Once selected, artists may seek additional underwriters for their selected project with approval from the City of Austin.



Artist Information Meetings: The City of Austin will hold two artist information meetings open to the public to discuss submission details.



First Information meeting

Date: Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Time: 6:30 – 7:30pm

Location: Cultural Arts Division Training Room (201 E 2nd Street)



Second Information Meeting

Date: Monday, September 12th, 2011

Time: 6:30 – 7:30pm

Location: Cultural Arts Division Training Room (201 E 2nd Street)





We hope that you will consider sharing your artistry and time with us as we welcome in the 2012 New Year where ANYthing is possible!

[sara farr]

Ooooo!