PIVOT ARTS
2016 INCUBATOR PROGRAM
at LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
Pivot Arts and Loyola University’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will support
the development of innovative projects for our 2016 incubator program. Following are
guidelines and an application form. Applications are due Monday, October 12, 2015.
We look forward to hearing your ideas.
PROGRAM CRITERIA
Pivot Arts produces and develops innovative and multidisciplinary performance. As part
of the incubator program, we support performance work that is at least one of the
following: hybrid (combination of text, movement, music); a unique collaboration or idea;
or innovative in use of language, style or form. Note that we foster the work of a group of
collaborators rather than an individual artist. However, in some cases, we can pair
individual artists with one another or match a group with a specific collaborator or
organization. Please email us if you have questions before applying or would like to
discuss your project: Julieanne Ehre at julieanne@pivotarts.org. Visit the artist page of
our website for more information: http://pivotarts.org/incubator/
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The incubator program will provide artists and companies with time and space at Loyola
University Chicago’s Mundelein Center to develop a project with opportunity for
feedback from Pivot Arts staff. We recognize that many artists and companies would like
more time to develop ideas but are hindered by the inability to pay for rehearsal space or
by the realities of meeting performance deadlines. The incubator program allows a group
of artists complete freedom to play and explore without some traditional constraints.
Note, that in addition to providing space, Pivot Arts staff engage artists in a dialogue
about their work in hopes of supporting the development of each project. We strongly
discourage applicants whose sole purpose is free rehearsal space – the program is
collaborative and offers artists an opportunity to dialogue about their work.
Artistic groups will have a minimum of a week’s time at Loyola to rehearse work that is in
various stages of development. Rehearsals will take place in evenings and on
weekends. Groups and artists will have the opportunity to include students as part of
their projects as actors, singers, dancers, dramaturgs/researchers, assistant directors,
stage managers etc. In the past, students have proved to be valued and eager
collaborators on professional projects, able and willing to take risks and to take work to
the next level.
There is a minimum amount of funding for each project – the main resource provided is
space. Project funding may potentially be used to pay for travel, materials and artistic
stipends. Please include a budget with your proposal (see details below). Groups are
expected to have additional sources of funding to support their project.
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APPLICATION
Please answer the following questions in the spaces provided and return to
meg@pivotarts.org as a ZIP FILE by midnight CST on Monday, October 12, 2014.
Primary Contact Person
Telephone
Affiliated Organization (if
any)
Email and Website
Mailing Address
Title of Project
1-2 Sentence Description
of Project
Names of Collaborators
with their titles/affiliations
Please list any out of town
artists’ name(s), title(s)
and where s/he will be
traveling from.
Are you available the
weeks of: Feb 1-7; Feb 15
– 21; March 14 -20
evenings/weekends? We
will contact you with more
specific dates if accepted
but please list weeks you
are unavailable.
1. How does your project meet the criteria for Pivot Arts’ and Loyola’s incubator
program laid out on the previous page?
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2. What do you want to get out of the incubator program? Include a description of where
you are in terms of your process. For example, is it just an idea you want to explore or
has your piece been previously rehearsed or performed? If there is a script, has it been
written yet? What kind of feedback would be most helpful to you at this juncture?
3. How will you engage Loyola students as part of your rehearsals (singers, actors,
dramaturgs/researchers etc.)? Are there specific skills you need from the students?
4. What kind of master class would your group or an artist from your group be able to
offer the students? This would be a two – three hour seminar scheduled during the
semester your incubator takes place for a $200 fee. Note, that not all artists are invited
to give a master class.
5. Please attach a one-page project description with key staff bios. Also, include a
detailed budget in EXCEL document for your project. Funding may potentially be used
to pay for travel, materials and artistic stipends. Budgets will be approved and final
amounts determined upon offer of acceptance, no project will be funded above $500.
Thank you for your time and interest in our program!!!
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