Creating Higher Ground

Higher Ground Festival

Deadline February 14, 2022

Higher Ground seeks artists for 2022 collaborations. All uptown artists wanted to apply. All art disciplines. Application deadline Feb. 14th.

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MEET & GREETS

After applications are reviewed by the HG Festival’s Board, accepted artists will be invited to HG Meet & Greets at local venues or via Zoom.

The Meet & Greets are designed for neighborhood artists of all disciplines to connect & network, and begin discussing potential collaborations.

Artists who already know their collaborating partner(s) must attend at least (1) Meet & Greet.

FINAL PROPOSALS

Final HG Premieres Proposals are due in April (date to be confirmed).

Each collaboration must have at least 2 lead artists of differing disciplines.

The project must be a stage performance based.

The project must be respectful of the venue & family friendly audience.

The formal announcement of accepted HG Premieres projects will be made End of April, 2022.

HG PREMIERES

Each HG Premieres collaboration must have at least 2 Lead Artists of differing disciplines, and it must be a stage-based production.

Chosen HG Premieres will each receive HG Festival provided local workspace (if allowed under health guidelines), a $500 project stipend, non profit benefits, and artistic advisory (if requested).

Lead Artists will have full responsibility of scheduling, maintaining project progression, disbursement of stipend and producing a polished final product.

If a collaboration is in need of additional artists, aka actors, dancers, musicians, then Lead Artists will have access to our database of applicants who applied as “Participating Artists”.

HG Festival Directors will conduct check-ins of the project’s progress during the months of July and August.

HG Premieres must be presented August 2022.

For any questions please email festival directors: highergroundfestival@gmail.com

INFO

Listing expiration: February 14, 2022.