2024 Open Calls

2024 Open Calls

UPDATE 7/14/23: The deadline for the 2024 Open Calls has passed. Thank you to everyone who submitted proposals! The information below is from our past season, for reference - new calls for 2025 will be available in early summer!

It's time to start dreaming about shanty season...

CELEBRATE OUR TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY with your WILD, WEIRD, SHANTASTIC ideas!

Art Shanty Projects is currently seeking winter enthusiasts and creative adventurers to propose shanties, performances and art actions for the 2024 On-Ice Program which will take place on Bdé Umáŋ (Lake Harriet) from 10am-4pm on Saturdays and Sundays, January 20 – February 11, 2024.

With UPDATED guidelines and requirements in response to COVID, climate change and accessibility, we encourage you to read the specifics carefully! If you missed the ARTIST FORUM, see the slides! Zoom recording forthcoming.

2024 CALL FOR SHANTY ARTISTS

Shanty artists build physical installations that remain throughout the month and are activated during all public festival hours. Shanties this year can be the classic interior version or can be an entirely exterior experience.

2024 CALL FOR PERFORMANCES + ART ACTIONS

These artists make projects for shorter durations (an hour, a day, a few days, etc). They  may or may not have physical structures. Our definition of ‘performance’ and ‘art action’ is broad.

Deadline for all applications: 11:59pm CST – Thursday, July 13, 2023

people look at a blurry yellow orb spinning against the backdrop of a shanty village
people wearing pink ear muffs dance with arms overhead in the shanty village

Banner photo from our 2020 program: Free Truth Media. Additional photo credits from early programs unknown!