Nuit Blanche Winnipeg is a free evening exploration and celebration of contemporary art that takes place during Culture Days Manitoba. This year Nuit Blanche Winnipeg will take place: September 28th/2024, 6pm- Midnight
Installations for our funded Illuminate the Night program will be programmed in outdoor spaces in Winnipeg’s historic Exchange District. Produced by Culture Days Manitoba in partnership with the Winnipeg Arts Council, open call project locations will allow audiences to walk, roll, or bike in between the selected projects and encourage pedestrian culture. For both open calls we invite artists and collectives to propose exciting and engaging interpretations of the two themes below, using (if possible) public interaction, spectacle, light and illumination.
ELIGIBILITY
• You are an individual artist or you are submitting on behalf of an artists’ collective. If you are submitting on behalf of a collective you must list the entire personnel involved in your project.
• You agree to install your own work and attend to any matters concerning its continued functioning.
• You have a project that will work in an outdoor space in the Exchange District. (Nuit Blanche Winnipeg staff will work with artists and venue managers to find the best location for each project selected.)
• You agree to allow images of you and your work to be used by and publicized as part of Nuit Blanche Winnipeg and Culture Days Manitoba.
• Incorporated organizations including galleries and artist-run centres are NOT eligible to submit.
• Applicants must accept the Nuit Blanche Winnipeg code of conduct in order submit their application
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA & SELECTION
For Visual & Media Artists
The artistic advisory committee of Nuit Blanche Winnipeg will consider the following criteria when selecting Illuminate the Nightproposals at Nuit Blanche Winnipeg 2024:
• Artistic merit of proposed project.
• Potential to enhance the programming and public experience of Nuit Blanche Winnipeg.
• Strength of supporting material and/or past projects.
• Feasibility of the project, given time, location, and budget restraints.
(please see next page for continued criteria)
• Proposals for new work will be considered, pre-existing or in-process projects are also welcome due to budget restraints.
• All installations/exhibits must be in operation from 6pm to midnight on Saturday, September 28th/24.
• A unique and engaging interpretation of the theme of “Illuminate the Night”. Projects that utilize audience interaction, spectacle, light and/or illumination are preferred.
For Performing Artists
BUDGET
In 2024 a total of four projects will be funded with a $2,500 contribution for each. Half of the honorarium will be paid once the project is chosen and an agreement is signed. The other half will be paid after the project is presented. Honorariums for Illuminate the Night are made possible through the support of our producing partner the Winnipeg Arts Council. Culture Days Manitoba reserves the right to award fewer projects based on recommendation of our artistic advisory committee. If the $2,500 honorarium is not enough to cover the cost of the project, applicants should indicate where the remainder of the funding will come from.
LOCATION
Illuminate the Night projects will combine with other NBW projects to create a pathway between the east and west sides of the Exchange District with Old Market Square as a hub. NBW encourages applicants to be creative while also considering the feasibility of their proposal prior to submission. Nuit Blanche Winnipeg staff will work with artists and venue managers to find the best fit for each project selected, but artists are encouraged to submit their own ideas regarding preferred location.
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