Underbelly Arts invites artists' entries

MEDIA RELEASE COURTESY OF: UNDERBELLY ARTS

The Underbelly Arts: Public Lab & Festival 2010 is calling for applications.

Underbelly Arts is a curated event, dedicated to supporting emerging and experimental artists and collectives to develop and present innovative new works to a broad public.

The event is produced in a two stage process beginning with a 10 day lab where participating artists and performers build and create their works on site. The public are invited to witness this process with tours and open days to watch and learn about the artists and their work. It all culminates with a weekend long festival celebrating the results and showcasing performances, installations and works in progress.

Our event will take place this year from 5th – 18th July 2010.

Lab: Monday 5th – Thursday 15th July
Festival: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th July

This year Underbelly Arts is moving to a new home and details of the venue will be announced on the website soon.

Underbelly Arts is not limited to any ‘type’ of artist, however we certainly like to support:

• Artists in their first 5 years of practice
• More established artists working with emerging artists
• More established artists pushing themselves in new directions
• Collectives of artists: either existing or newly formed
• Artists experimenting and collaborating across mediums

We also encourage applicants who:

• Want to take risks and challenge themselves in a supportive environment
• Will benefit from a period of development, an examination of process and a celebration of outcome.

We like to support:

• New work. However, you may apply with an existing project as long as you show how your time spent at Underbelly will be pushing it in new and daring directions.

To apply, download the Underbelly Arts Application PDF here on the Underbelly website