The I-Park Foundation (CT), Call for Artists: 4th International Environmental Art Biennale

Deadline: April 1st, 2013

The I-Park Foundation (East Haddam, Connecticut) is pleased to announce its Fourth International, Multi-disciplinary Environmental Art Biennale to be held on September 21st, 2013. The event will be preceded by an onsite residency. I-Park is seeking original, site-responsive projects from the following fields: visual arts, music/sound sculpture, performance, moving image/photography, architecture, landscape/garden design, language arts and inter-disciplinary practice. Successful applicants will be awarded an artist’s fee of $2,000 as well as limited transportation reimbursement.

Basic Program Structure:
A call for proposals to those working in the following creative fields:

• Environmental sculpture/installation
• Landscape/garden design
• Music composition, sound sculpture/design
• Performance art
• Language arts
• Architecture
• Photography, moving image
• Inter-disciplinary practice

Artists will create their works on site during their residency for presentation at the Biennale.  12 – 15 artists will be selected to participate. A $2,000 prize will be awarded to each participant or collaborating team (any material costs required for the work would need to be covered by this figure – no separate allowance for materials).

Transportation costs to and from the facility will be reimbursed up to a total of $600 for those travelling to and from a destination in North America and up to $1,200 for those international artists travelling to and from elsewhere. Lodging and meal service provided during the residency.

For more detailed information and link to entry: http://www.i-park.org/special-programs/2013-environmental-art-residency-program