Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Artist Awards 2014

Charlotte Street Foundation invites artists living and working in the 5-County Greater Kansas City Metro Area to apply for its 2014 Generative Performing Artist Awards. Two Awards of $10,000 each will be distributed in 2014.

The Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards seek to recognize, encourage, and significantly support artists creating exceptional new work in the fields of dance, theatre, music, opera, sound art, performance art, multimedia performance, spoken word, puppetry, and hybrid/interdisciplinary versions of all above. Artists must be generative artists—that is, the creators of original new work, rather than solely performers or interpreters of works generated by others. Awarded artists will be those who are actively creating new, contemporary work; produce work that is innovative/experimental in terms of form, content, process, and/or presentation; and demonstrate a sustained commitment to deepening/expanding their work and generative practices.

Each 2014 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Fellow will receive an unrestricted cash grant of $10,000, be recognized by Charlotte Street Foundation at the time of the Award announcement and throughout 2014 including through media announcements and web-based promotion, and partner with Charlotte Street Foundation to identify at least one opportunity for public engagement in association with the Award.

Eligibility requirements: Artists must currently live and have lived for at least one year prior to the application deadline in the Five County Greater Kansas City Metro area (Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Platte, Wyandotte); be at least 21 years of age by the application deadline; not currently be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student or plan to be a full-time student from January 1-December 31, 2014; and have completed undergraduate school at least one year prior to the application deadline if previously enrolled full-time. Awarded artists will be expected to be based in Kansas City for the Award year 2014 and will be expected to keep Charlotte Street Foundation informed of all scheduled performances and public engagement opportunities throughout the Award year. Artists who have previously received Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards are not eligible to apply. Collaborative groups are eligible to apply if the group is well established and creating generative performing work in an ongoing, deeply collaborative manner; the primary generative performing work of each member is as a member of the collaborative group; each member is playing a generative role in the creation of the group's work; and the group is not incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Selection will be conducted through an open call followed by a competitive selection process. A selection panel of performing arts professionals will review applications online, conduct panel discussions, and select approximately 10 semi-finalists for in-person visits in late January/February 2014. Semi-finalists will have 20-minute in-person visits with the selection panel to present their work and respond to questions. Applications must be completed online through www.callforentry.org and are due Thursday, November 14, 2013 at midnight. No late applications will be considered. For technical assistance, contact Charlotte Street Foundation at 816.221.5115 or [email protected].