CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
ArtReach Toronto, Manifesto, Grassroots Youth Collaborative and City of Toronto Cultural Services invite you to participate in the 2011 Youth Arts Pitch Contest. If you are a young artist or a group of artists, between the ages of 16 and 24, we want to hear from you!
We want to discover and support some of Toronto’s finest artistic talent, and encourage community participation through the arts!
The arts are a powerful and motivating way that youth can be involved in their communities. Whether it’s in someone’s basement, or through a community program – young people are creating art all over this city. ArtReach Toronto, Manifesto, Grassroots Youth Collaborative and City of Toronto Cultural Services want to support youth to pursue their aspirations in the arts.
We invite you to submit your ideas to us, which could land you a spot in front of our esteemed panel of judges for a live and interactive pitch contest!
To apply you must be:
• An artist or part of a group of artists
• Between the ages of 16 and 24
• Developing an artistic project or are serious about your arts initiative
ArtReach Toronto encourages artists working in a broad range of art forms to apply, including dance, drama, music, carnival and circus, film and video, TV and radio, new media, fashion, creative writing, visual arts, crafts, hip hop, design, multi-media, urban arts, drag & gender performance art and more.
Prizes
Nine lucky submissions will be chosen to pitch their ideas live on Thursday September 15, 2011 for a chance to win one of three $5,000 prizes awarded to participants in the following contest categories:
• Community Youth Arts Groups (i.e. theatre groups, filmmaker collective, break dance crew)
• Individual Artists (i.e. singers, poets/spoken word artists, MCs)
• Youth Arts Entrepreneurs (i.e. clothing designers, curators, music promoters)
Exciting runner up prizes will contribute to bringing awareness to your project or art!
Process
To enter, you must submit a three-page (maximum) proposal answering the series of questions listed below, pitching your idea to the committee by the deadline of Thursday August 18, 2011.
The nine lucky finalists chosen to make their pitch will be announced on August 26, 2011! ALL finalists are required to attend a two-part workshop series entitled How To Make a Pitch. These sessions will be held on Thursday September 1 and Thursday September 8, 2011.
Finalists will then pitch their ideas LIVE on Thursday September 15, 2011 making a creative, energetic, inspiring and convincing presentation, pitch or performance in less than 5 minutes!!
A panel of knowledgeable, high profile judges will provide on the spot feedback to all finalists and award three winners with the grand prizes of the PITCH CONTEST!
For a description of last year’s contest, check out http://www.artreachtoronto.ca/events.html. For information on previous winners, see http://www.artreachtoronto.ca/evaluation.html
For questions or concerns about your submission, email us at contest@artreachtoronto.ca
You will receive a confirmation email to let you know that it was received.
