the call for proposals is now open
DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MIDNIGHT TUESDAY DECEMBER 31ST
the 4 artist commissions will be announced in january 2020
2020 showcase dates:
MAY 28-29-30-31, and june 4-5-6-7
2019 showcase venue:
the Off-Leash art box
4200 54th St E, Minneapolis, 55417
This year we would like applicants to consider the unique features of the venue, the Off-Leash Art Box. The Off-Leash Art Box features a wall-to-wall sprung floor, and a 360 degree flexibility - which means you can orient the playing space and the audience seating in any way you want. For a small venue, the Off-Leash Art Box has significant technical capability, with more lighting than you could possibly want in a similarly sized venue, full sound, and a gorgeous 5000 lumen laser projector.
For more on the technical aspects of the Off-Leash Art Box visit here, and for an equipment inventory contact [email protected].
For more on the technical aspects of the Off-Leash Art Box visit here, and for an equipment inventory contact [email protected].
eligibility requirementsEligibility requirements to participate in the Right Here Showcase are:
1) Eligible Artists are Mid-Career: Artists must be mature, at least 30 years old 2) Eligible Artists are MN-Based: Artists must have resided here continuously for 5 or more years 3) Eligible Artists are Under-Recognized: Artists must not have national or international exposure 4) Eligible Artists are Professionals: Artists must have been working professionally for at least 7 years 5) Eligible Artists are creators of Original Contemporary Performance Work * * RHC defines “creators of Original Contemporary Performance Work” as performing artists and works that reside between the fields of experimental theatre, dance, video art, visual art, music composition/performance, and performance/live art, without adhering to any one single field’s practice. the selection process |
An open Call for Proposals is sent out in the fall, and will be closed on December 31st, 2019. The Showcase Artistic Producer will gather and confirm eligibility off the applicants. Together with a Selection Panel of past Showcase commission recipients, the applications will be reviewed. After a period of review, and discussion of the applicants and proposals, 4 artists will be selected to receive offers for a commission. If a selected artists declines the commission, the offer will go to the next artist on the Panelist's list.
the selection panel
The 2020 Showcase Panelists are:
TBD
The Panel Administrator/Moderator:
Paul Herwig
TBD
The Panel Administrator/Moderator:
Paul Herwig
from the artistic producer:
“In the 5 years of producing the Right Here Showcase, it has been proven to me time and again that there is a real niche and a real need for a festival like this in our community. In the local scene there continues to be a lot of opportunities for emerging talents and support for established artists, but no performance platform that specifically addresses artists in the middle of their careers. Yet nearly every significant artistic community in the country has some juried festival that focuses on, or at the least includes, local and regional artists on the same bill as their national and international counterparts. So instead of watching our national-level local artists quit or move away, let’s support them right now and right here." - Paul Herwig, Artistic Producer