Call for submission:
Illumini presents Crypt-mas 2010
Deadline: January 15th 2010
Applications are invited from artists of all disciplines, working in illumination. If your work glows or lights up in any way, we want to here from you. Site specific work and new works, also welcome. The theme is alternative Christmas; this can be broadly investigated and is left wide open for your creativity and imagination.
Crypt-mas will be a free alternative Christmas art experience, for all ages, created inside a subterranean labyrinth. The venue is a dark underground church crypt, with alcoves and arched ceilings, the fantastic setting and atmosphere, for an alternative Christmas grotto. Including children’s workshops and Illumini’s very own futuristic Santa (art Installation)
The ceilings are low , please bare this in mind. The building is listed, so no holes are to put into the walls for fixing, but existing holes and screws can be used. You will be responsible for installing your own work. Outside the crypt there are gardens, where it may be possible to install larger works, but there is no electricity hook up or supply outside, you would need to discuss this further with us.
Illumini Event Sep 2008, attracted over 3,000 people on its opening night and 7,145 guests during its two weeks. Artist’s from professionals-students gained commissions, sales and major press coverage and interviews through Illumini. We take promotion very seriously and have a great track record with our featured artists. You can check out our website, for comments and press at www.illuminievent.co.uk.
Illumini takes no commission from artists and is a not for profit organisation
Illumini promotes artist from any background and at any stage in their career. No experience or qualifications required. We are looking for commitment and passion and team players. You will be involved in certain aspects of the orgainisation of the event, giving you great networking opportunities and learning new techniques and business skills within the arts, leaving you with great self promotional skills for your future art practice. You will also be expected to help with vigilating, where you will meet our guests and have the opportunity to engage with the public and with your work as well as your fellow artists.
Illumini has achieved great success for artists, by coming together with a mixture of skills, from designing flyers, delivering flyers to sponsorship finding, what ever your skills, commitment is all you need to be part of Illumini.
Event Details
Title: Illumini presents Crypt-mas
Venue: The Crypt St Pancras Church, Upper Woburn Place , Euston Rd London NW1 2BA
Dates: Thurs 2nd December 2010- Thurs 23rd December 2010
Times: 11 am -8pm 7 days a week
Opening Night: Thursday 2nd December
The Opening night will consist of the full grotto experience, with illuminating art work’s, by individual artists During the course of the evening, their will be performers all working with light, including fire performance’s, illuminating juggling dancers, singers, light shows. and much more.
If you would like to perform on the opening night and work with illumination, please drop us an email.
Other opportunities
For all opportunities below please email us, if you would like to submit art work and be considered for any of the following please add this to your submission.
By being part of the Illumini team, as a creative individual, Illumini will help promote you and your practice. No matter if you work with us for one day, or several. You will be promoted in our online directory, with a profile page, galleries contact and website links. There is also the opportunity to be promoted at our events and receive our monthly newsletter full of opportunities and arts news. Illumini can include your business or practice and your events and offers on line and in our newsletter. We will work with you to promote your practice.
Volunteers for the event, consists of many tasks from stewarding to vigilating
Work placements are available within Illumini, please contact us for further details, these are expenses only.
Sponsorship Finder - commission and expenses paid position
Electronic technician - opportunity to work with the Founder Jane Webb. Will need good electronics knowledge in working with sensors, sounds, and possibly programming.
Designer- in-design software knowledge preferred or similar, to work with the Founder to design banners, posters flyers and programs into the appropriate software.- Voluntary
Performers - that can incorporate illumination into their performance, for the opening night, ie: fire performers, illuminating juggling, circus skills, dancers, singers, glow in the dark face painters, anything considered.
Prop maker and sculpture artists, to make temporary props for the event- small budget for materials only
Submission details
Fee
There is a £5 submission fee, we don’t like having to charge artist’s being artist’s ourselves, we know how hard it can be, but your £5 goes towards the cost of promoting the artist’s at the event, via advertisement in media. 10 foot banners on the Euston road, 20,000 flyers and 1,000 posters and over a 1,000 press releases sent out with all chosen artist’s details on. Each selected artist gets a full page on our directory with galleries, statements and contact details.
We take no commission on any sales or commissions you gain through us and we work voluntary to promote you as artists. You can submit up to 8 artworks for £5, if you want to.
Please make cheques payable to ‘Illumini’
Or pay via paypal using Illumini’s email address
Apply (please use this as a check list to make sure you have included everything)
Please send up to 8 images, or video files (for video art you can send links from ‘you tube’ or website etc), this can be of one artwork or several, low resolution 72 dpi if possible, for first instance.
New works and site specific work, please include images of previous work along with clear drawings of proposed new works.
Include the title and any technical requirements including dimensions
A brief statement, about the artwork and how it fits into the alternative Christmas theme.
CV (if you don’t have one don’t worry)
Website (again don’t worry if you don’t have one)
Email address
If you would like to be considered for any of the other opportunities with in Illumii, please state which ones in your submission.
If emailing your submission please state whether you are sending payment by paypal or cheque. Once we have received payment we will send you a receipt.
Alternatively you can post your submission, you are welcome to put your work onto a cd or you can send photos if you prefer. Sorry, we will not be able to post your submissions back to you, so don’t include any originals
Post
Please send postal application or postal payment to
Illumini
PO Box 53064
London
E12 9AS
Email: illumin@hotmail.co.uk
For any further information please don’t hesitate to contact us at the email address above
All rights are reserved © copyright Jane Webb 2009
Jane Webb www.artistjanewebb.co.uk
Founder & Curator of Illumini
www.illuminievent.co.uk
