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Wicker Park Fest Arts Area 2024- Chicago, IL

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  • Commissioning Entity

    Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce

  • Application Open Date

    04/08/2024

  • Application Deadline Date

    04/24/2024

  • Minimum Budget

    $

  • Maximum Budget

    $15000

  • Location of Commission

    Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • Geographic Eligibilty

    All

  • Contact Name

    Jordan Miller

  • Contact Email

    [email protected]

  • Contact Phone

  • Commission Document

    View Link Document

  • Brief Description

    WICKER PARK FEST 20th ANNIVERSARY – ARTS AREA 2024

    The Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce and Special Service Area #33 are accepting proposals for the Arts Area at the 2024 Wicker Park Fest, which is celebrating its twentieth year! This Arts Area is intended to enhance the Wicker Park Fest experience and contribute to the rich and vibrant neighborhood art scene. Artists are invited to propose highly compelling, professional quality visual artwork and/or interactive installations, or other engaging works of art that are free-standing or selfsustained and can be exhibited during fest hours. Past exhibitors are strongly encouraged to reapply!


    Selected artists are eligible for stipends not to exceed $15,000. The festival will take place the weekend of Friday, July 26 thru through Sunday, July 28th.


    Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 by midnight


    ABOUT THE ARTS AREA

    Every year during Wicker Park Fest a special section of Milwaukee Ave is designated for high quality works of art and installation. All funding for and curation of the WPF Arts Area is provided by WPB SSA #33, the Special Service Area for Wicker Park Bucktown, which includes the entire stretch of Milwaukee Ave used for Wicker Park Fest. Expected details for the 2024 Arts Area are as follows:


    • The site is likely to be located near the intersection of Milwaukee Ave/Wolcott St/Wood St but will be determined closer to Fest dates by the festival production team and communicated to selected exhibitors in advance of installation.

    • Exhibitors will not be able to select the exact location within the festival grounds or Arts Area

    and should create proposals that can be installed anywhere in the festival footprint. • The Arts Area is outdoors in a crowded public event including loud music and other excessive noise, so proposed artworks should not try to compete with the festival environment.

    • Weather is unpredictable and the Arts Area is subject to same potential extremes as the rest of the street fest. Artworks should be able to withstand potentially disruptive weather.

    • All Art Area work should be durable, sturdy, and invite minimal unintended tampering. Fest hours are 5:00pm - 10:00pm Friday (7/26), and noon - 10:00pm Saturday (7/27) and Sunday (7/28)

    Please see commission document for full project information and application instructions. Completed applications should be emailed to [email protected] with the subject line “WPFest 2024 Arts Submission – Your Name.”

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