Boroondara Arts present Boroondara Art in Festivals Commission Artist Brief An opportunity to present participatory artwork at Boroondara festivals. THE OVERVIEW The Boroondara Art in Festivals commission (BART) will provide support for successful applicants to pursue high levels of artistic endeavour by providing financial assistance for the purpose of delivering creative participatory work at selected Boroondara festivals/events. Working with Council, applicants will also be given access to in-kind venue hire. THE DETAIL BART offers one opportunity to secure a commissioning fee of $5,000 and in-kind room hire support to the value of $2,016, to present work from any creative discipline at (minimum) two Boroondara festivals in the receiving financial year. The work must be run for no shorter than two hours in duration at each Boroondara festival/event. THE IMPORTANT INFO $5,000 awarded to one applicant plus negotiated rehearsal/development space BART is non-acquisitive and non-exclusive Creative outcome must be delivered at a minimum of two Boroondara festivals Creative outcome must be participatory in nature Creative outcome can be new or previously developed work Successful applicants will be required to enter into an Agreement Successful applicants are responsible for the transportation, installation and removal of all aspects of the work within the specified times of the negotiated festival attendance Council will not accept responsibility for the damage, loss or theft of any aspect of the work ELIGIBILITY The following eligibility criterion applies to BART: The creative work must be participatory in nature The successful recipient must commit to deliver the work at (minimum) two Boroondara festivals/events in the receiving financial year The successful recipient/s must hold, at the time of delivery, adequate public liability insurance as appropriate for the proposed works (as determined by the assessment panel) BART will not commission: Individuals/groups that have not satisfactorily accounted to Council for the expenditure of a previous grant of any kind Works that are deemed offensive or unsafe Works that are deemed to not satisfy the creative participatory theme ASSESSMENT Applications will be assessed and applicants notified by the below timeline. BART applications will be assessed against the following criteria: Artistic merit of the proposed artwork
Suitably identify how the presentation of the work benefits the Boroondara community Suitability of the creative work for presentation at the proposed Boroondara festivals/events Level of participation and engagement the work will promote with attendees at the selected Boroondara festivals/events Evidence that the creative work assists Council to achieve its vision for a strong and engaged Boroondara community
BOROONDARA FESTIVALS SUPPORTED BY COMMUNITY STRENGHENING GRATNS PROGRAM TRIENNIAL OPERATIONAL (CREATIVE COMMUNITY) 2016-17 Approximate Organisation Festival Date Venue number of attendees Surrey Hills Surrey Hills Surrey Hills Music November, Neighbourhood 2,000 Neighbourhood Centre Festival 2016 Centre Maling Road Business December, Maling Road, Association Kriskindl Festival 6,000 2016 Canterbury Incorporated North Balwyn Multicultural The Village, North Balwyn Traders Festival - Get To February, 2017 Doncaster Road, 6,000 Association Know Your North Balwyn Neighbours Ashburton Shopping Ashburton Centre Traders High Street Shopping Community February, 2017 15,000 Association Centre Ashburton Festival Incorporated Kew Community KewFEST 2016 March, 2017 Kew 10,000 Festival Incorporated Glenferrie Road, Glenferrie Road between Burwood Hawthorn Shopping Glenferrie Festival March, 2017 65,000 and Barkers Roads, Centre Association Hawthorn Burwood Village Burwood Village Toorak road, April, 2017 2,500 Traders Association Autumn Festival Camberwell TIMELINE Milestone Artist Brief opens Submission deadline for Artist Brief Applicants notified Presentation period
Due Date Monday 28 March, 2016 5pm Monday 2 May, 2016 5pm Monday 30 May, 2016 Boroondara festivals/events between July 2016 – June 2017
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO Respond to this Artist Brief by the due date via the email address listed below. Identify in your submission how your application responds to the eligibility and assessment criteria as listed above. You may include up to three images of (or links to) previous work, or concepts that will inform your final presentation. ENQUIRIES TO:
Cynthia Nolan Myers Cultural Development and Events Officer Phone: 9278 4740 Email: cynthia.nolanmyers@boroondara.vic.gov.au
Deadline is 5pm Monday 2 May, 2016