Description

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 2023 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 site-specific or site-adaptive immersive art installations to be installed for the weekend of June 3-4, 2023 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.

The theme for this year’s installations is Whimsical Forest. Artists considering applying should use the following ideas to guide them in their submissions:

Whimsy: Playful, colorful, fanciful, amusing
Magic: Powerful, mysterious, exciting, influential
Nature: Flora and fauna, growth, life-cycles, and environment
Density: Networks, roots and branchs, fullness, layering

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 2nd, and remain on site June 3 & 4, de-installed on the evening of the 4th. No balloons please.

TIMELINE:

2/28 - Submission Deadline
4/1 - Artists notified/contracts distributed
4/1 - 6/2 - Artists work with coordinator to ensure they have everything they need to create/install their work
6/2 - Installation Day
6/4 - De-installation in evening
PAYMENT:
Artists will receive $1,000 to cover all fees and expenses.

Questions?
Madeleine LeMieux, Installation Coordinator: artist@madeleine-lemieux.com