Art in Odd Places 2016: PLAY/ORLANDO

Open Call for Artists to Participate
Second annual event to take place November 11-13, 2016 in downtown Orlando

Art in Odd Places (AiOP) 2016: PLAY/Orlando invites proposals for the 2^nd Annual Orlando AiOP taking place from November 11-13 in downtown Orlando.  AiOP is a visual and performance public art festival that welcomes proposals and artworks from around the world. The projects will engage and collaborate with the public in public spaces from artists of all disciplines, experiences and mediums.  Artists, artist groups, collaborations, classes, performers, dancers, dance groups, or creative leaders of any sort are eligible to apply. 

This year’s theme is PLAY, which can include, but is not limited to ideas of acting, activities, celebration, charades, competition, creativity, dance, drama, exercise, frivolousness, fun, game(s), imagination, instrumentation, leeway, leisure, maneuvers, music, participation, performance, portrayal, practice, randomness, rehearsal, silliness, spontaneity, sport, stage, and theater.

Participation in AiOP includes access to a growing community of like-minded artists, curators and makers working in the public realm. Project consultation can be provided, as well as advice for artists with a studio practice wanting to work in the public realm. 

Submissions are due Tuesday, June 21.  Visit www.artinoddplaces.org/orlando for guidelines and to apply. (Note: The online submission application will go live by May 21.)

AiOP 2016: PLAY/Orlando is hosted by the Downtown Arts District and produced by Curators Genevieve Bernard and Vincent Kral; AiOP Founder and Director Ed Woodham; Downtown Arts District Executive Director Barbara Hartley; Website Designer + Developer Carey Estes; Programming Manager Timothy D. Turner; and Curatorial Assistant Jazmin Calderón.

About Art in Odd Places

Art in Odd Places (AiOP) began as an action by a group of artists led by Ed Woodham to encourage local participation in the Cultural Olympiad of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. In 2005, after moving back to New York City, he re-imagined it as a response to the dwindling of public space and personal civil liberties – first in the Lower East Side and East Village; and since 2008, on 14th Street in Manhattan. AiOP has always been a grassroots project fueled by the goodwill and inventiveness of its participants. Visit www.artinoddplace.org for more information.