ProDev 2009 Followup
Thank you to all who attended this year’s Professional Development Series. If you missed a workshop, our partner, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, keeps a repository of resources from past sessions. Click here for their Resources page.
For those who attended a session and have not filled out a survey, they are available online until August 1. Just click the session below:
- #1 The Complete Portfolio – July 1
- #2 Alternative Spaces in a Changing Art Scene – July 15
- #3 Artist Public Relations for Visual and Performing Artists – July 29
(Surveys are now completed. Thanks for your feedback.)
Many thanks to Shannon Linker of the Arts Council for her great work in putting on these workshops. If you have an idea for a future workshop, just let us know.
Professional Development Series
Join us as we once again partner with the Arts Council of Indianapolis to provide a series of free workshops for the professional for sharpening your business skills, promoting your work, and for networking with other professional artists. Mark your calendars for these July dates.
For more detailed information, click to our ProDev page or check out the Workshop page on the Arts Council’s site.
Space is limited for these free workshops, so be sure to RSVP to Hugh Vandivier promptly at hugh@primarycolours.org.
All workshops will take place at the Arts Council of Indianapolis. Located at 20 N. Meridian St., Ste. 500. (Parking available in the Circle Center Mall or on the street on Monument Circle of Meridian St.) ALL WORKSHOPS BEGIN AT 6PM AND ARE FREE.
July 1, 6pm – The Complete Portfolio
Learn what the essential components of your portfolio should be. Hear what gallery owners and curators are looking for and what turns them off completely about artist submissions. The workshop will focus a great deal on digital images as they are a key to any visual artist’s proposal for a show, a commission or a grant.
July 15, 6 p.m. – Alternative Spaces in a Changing Art Scene
In our changing climate as commercial galleries come and go, the availability and perhaps the need for alternative spaces becomes more relevant for artists. This panel will discuss the pros and cons of showing your work in an alternative space, give tips for making it work for you as well as basic guidelines for making a successful exhibition.
July 29, 6pm – Artist Public Relations – Visual and Performing Artists
Learn from those in know how to talk to the media, mix and mingle with potential patrons at shows and more. Visual artists can sometimes be seen at their openings standing in the corner talking to their friends instead of engaging potenial patrons. Networking and talking about your work may come more naturally for performing artists, but they would also benefit from this workshop. Learn from the experts how to approach and engage your audience. Learn how to create and give your “elevator speech” so you will never be at a loss for words!
Installation Nation 2009 – Videos
Wondering what Installation Nation is about? Check out these videos for a quick preview of our first annual installation only exhibition June 5th & 6th.
More press here.
Hope to see you there.
Installation Nation Participating Artists
We’re proud to announce the artists partipating in Installation Nation on the weekend of June 5-6. Of the 27 entries received and reviewed, these are the ten projects chosen:
The artists will each be creating their installation art project within the 8′x8′x20′ confines of five large metal shipping containers placed on a vacant lot in downtown Indianapolis.
REMINDER: Proposals due April 28
Just a reminder that one week remains to submit your installation art proposals to us. Entry forms are available here. You can submit them via e-mail, post, or in person, but they need to be at our offices by Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 5 p.m. EDT. Late entries will not be considered.
Web Submissions
You can send entries electronically to info@primarycolours.org (place INSTALLATION NATION SUBMISSION in the Subject line).
Mailed Submissions
Primary Colours is located in the Stutz Building at 212 W. 10th St., Suite A.380, Indianapolis, IN 46202.
In-Person Deliveries
If you wish to drop off your submission at our offices, our address is the same as above. (Get Directions)
Project Outline
Artists will submit a proposal to create an installation piece within the confines of a 40-foot metal shipping container. From the submitted proposals, Primary Colours will select ten projects and give artists each $500 to create their vision.
Artists may conceive and develop a piece free from any thematic or creative restrictions, and multiple artists may collaborate on a piece. The dimensions allotted for each piece are width: 8 feet, depth: 20 feet, height: 8 feet. Electricity will be available to power each selected installation piece. Selected artists must be available to set their installation up in Indianapolis during the week of the event, beginning Monday, June1, 2009.
Pieces will highlight Installation Nation, a weekend exhibition taking place on Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6, 2009. The event will also feature music, food, and drink.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the event, please e-mail info@primarycolours.org.
Indy Culture Matters Rally Roundup
A dreary day didn’t deter about 2,000 supporters from mobbing Monument Circle Monday to rally for the arts in Indianapolis. Did you go? What did you think?
The Indy Culture Matters rally was well-covered by local media and well-commented on by local bloggers. Here’s the roundup:
Call for Artists – Installation Nation
We’re pleased to present our new event, Installation Nation. We’re inviting all contemporary artists with experience in creating installation art to submit proposals for consideration. We’ll select ten projects and give them each $500 to create their vision within the confines of a metal storage container. Applications are available now. You have until Tuesday, April 28, to submit them to us.
- Think you have a great installation idea? Download an application here.
