Storefronts Auburn seeks artists, creative businesses
Published 2:54 pm Monday, October 17, 2011
Storefronts Auburn wants you.
The activation program supports the health and vitality of a city’s walking neighborhoods through temporary pairings of artists and creative businesses with vacant storefronts spaces.
Storefronts Auburn is accepting applications for three program tracks:
• Installations offer artists a temporary storefront space to display any two-dimensional, three-dimensional or new media artwork. The program offers $500 to support the creation of new work, or the installation of existing work. Works in this track are viewed from outside the closed storefront only (through the windows).
• Artist Residencies offer artists of any discipline creative space to pursue new projects. Residencies are approximately three months in duration. Residency spaces are not open to the general public and do not house public events (such as performances or exhibits), although “open house” nights and interaction with neighbors is encouraged.
• Creative Enterprise provides a space to experiment and test out new creative business ideas. Participants will have access to a space for three to six months, dependent on space availability and number of applicants. Creative Enterprise spaces are open to the public, and participants must hold appropriate City of Seattle and State of Washington licenses and permits, as well as a general liability insurance policy. Selected artists and/or artist teams will be required to hold set business hours.
Examples of possible Creative Enterprise uses: museums and galleries; businesses that exhibit a creative/innovative emphasis; retail space for hand-made items (i.e. jewelry, fashion, art, etc.); services (i.e. art classes, design advice, etc.); merchandising a creative product.
Applications are available for download at /www.auburnwa.gov/art or sent to mmcknight@auburnwa.gov. Call 253-804-5043 to have an application sent to you.
