Calling all Artists, Performers, Curators, Producers and Creative Thinkers!

Asian Arts Initiative hopes that the following programs will foster inspiration and dialogue among our diverse audiences – of emerging and professional artists, youth and elders, Asian Americans and non-Asians – through exposure to a wide array of artists, artwork, creative processes, and community issues. In particular, we are interested in projects that address themes or issues that are timely and relevant to the Asian American community in Philadelphia; and/or that engage with the local Chinatown neighborhood.


Call for Proposals: SOCIAL PRACTICE LAB

With support from the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, Asian Arts Initiative is planning to launch a Social Practice Lab. As part of this effort, we are pleased to invite artists and creative thinkers from all sectors to propose public art projects that engage with and enliven the community that we share in Chinatown North! We are open to a range of creative projects that can take any shape or format. Projects can range in scope from $1,000 to $20,000, and can extend up to a year in duration. Individuals as well as organizations, for-profit and non-profit, are eligible to propose projects for consideration.

Asian Arts Initiative is especially interested in projects that:
  • Will build relationships and positively impact neighborhood development in Chinatown North
  • Are led by individuals or teams that have capacity to implement their proposed ideas
  • Show artistic strength and innovation
SOCIAL PRACTICE LAB: Call for Proposals (PDF, 204Kb)
SOCIAL PRACTICE LAB: Proposal Form (Word Doc, 372Kb)
Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. In order to be considered for the first round of review, please submit by Wednesday January 18, 2012!

Please direct questions about the Social Practice Lab to Nancy Chen, Program Assistant via email at nancy.chen@asianartsinitiative.org or call (215) 557-0455.

Call for Exhibition Proposals

Asian Arts Initiative's Community Curators Program 


 
Asian Arts Initiative is pleased to issue a call for Community Curators. This program provides exhibition opportunities for visual artists, curators, and organizers exploring community issues and concerns.  A “Community Curator” can be an individual artist, a professional curator, and/or a community representative who has an idea for an exhibition that they would like to make happen in the Asian Arts Initiative’s main gallery.

Community Curators Call for Artists (full version) - Download
Community Curators Application - Download
 Deadline: Rolling


Call for Performance-Based Proposals

Asian Arts Initiative's Guest Producers Program

Guest Producer Qian Li at Percussing Different event Taiko Drummers at Percussing Difference event

Asian Arts Initiative is pleased to issue a call for Guest Producers. This program provides exhibition opportunities for performing artists and organizers exploring community issues and concerns through dance, music, spoken word, theater, performance art, and/or multi-disciplinary work. A “Guest Producer” can be an individual artist, a professional producer or curator, and/or a community representative or team who has an idea for a performance-based event that they would like to make happen at the Asian Arts Initiative.

Guest Producers Program call for artists (full version) - Download
Deadline: Rolling