Pop Up Art: Special Edition will re-imagine Downtown Lansing by transforming Washington Square into a pop up art display complete with artful activities. Lansing Art Gallery will repurpose twelve newspaper kiosks to showcase artwork by Michigan artists. Free “newspapers” highlighting the featured artists will be available at the kiosks throughout the summer of 2017. Additionally, the gallery will also host free artist demonstrations.

Lansing Art Gallery seeks artists to participate in Pop Up Art: Special Edition. Twelve works of art by Michigan artists will be selected for inclusion in this project. Each participating artist will be granted a stipend of $100. Artists selected for demonstrations will receive an additional $400.

Selected artworks will be professionally reproduced and installed inside the main display window of each newspaper kiosk. Each selected artist will receive a stipend of $100. The kiosk display window is horizontally oriented, and artwork may have to be cropped to fit. While the artist will retain copyright of accepted images, Lansing Art Gallery will retain ownership of the printed reproduction at the close of the exhibition.

5 artists (whose artwork has been selected) will also be chosen to host a one-hour demonstration or hands-on activity at Lansing Art Gallery. Demonstrations will take place on Wednesdays, June – August 2017, during the lunch hour (12:00 – 1:00 p.m.) Demonstration days are: June 14, June 28, July 12, July 26, and August 9. These demonstrations or activities will provide participants an artful experience, showcasing creativity and increasing exposure to the arts for downtown residents, visitors and businesses. Activities must be free, appropriate for the public at large, and accessible for people with disabilities. Each selected demonstration artist will receive an additional $400 for a total stipend of $500. Artists will be responsible for all costs associated with the demonstration.