Artspace invites Connecticut-based artists, designers and thinkers to submit proposals for projects that advance public awareness of how our city is run and what governance looks like by moving their practices out of the studio and into the public sphere. We seek proposals that imagine opportunities for artists to play innovative and generative roles alongside city officials, employees, volunteers and residents as observers, analysts, strategists, contributors, collaborators, interns, educators, poets and storytellers. Submissions may describe a dream artist-residency within a specific city department or be designed to help address an overlooked gap, need or promise.

Selected proposals will be presented during the run of this year’s annual City-Wide Open Studios (CWOS) festival, which runs from the first week in October to early November 2020, and during a dedicated ten-week exhibition, presented in the galleries at Artspace at 50 Orange St. following the festival, from December 2020 to January 2021.

Applicants can apply for up to $2,000 in support.
There is no cost to apply.