Seafood Market in East Village: Expression of Interest for Use Form

The Seafood Market in East Village will be made available to individual artists, non-profit arts organizations (or non-profit arts projects) and arts collectives until June 30th, 2010. Deadline for applications is 4pm on April 19th, 2010.

NOTE: No answer below requires you to write more than 250 words. We will contact you if we require clarification on any of your responses.

Unfortunately, due to limited time for this pilot project, the Seafood Market cannot be used as ongoing daily artist studio space. However, exceptions may be made for studio(s) that are part of a time-limited project.

Please... don't let that deter you. Please use this form to share your ideas with us! We'll do our best to accommodate as many Calgary artists as possible.

TOURS OF THE SPACE will be scheduled during several time periods prior to the 19th of April. Please use this form to submit your proposal and we'll contact you with further details on arranging a tour of the space.

PRIVACY NOTE: Calgary Arts Development is collecting the information in this form solely for the purpose of scheduling activity in the Seafood Market in East Village. Information you submit will be shared with staff from the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation for the same purpose.

Applicant Name:

Organization Name:

Contact E-mail Address:

Contact Phone Number:

Artistic discipline(s) that will be part of the project:

Visual

Media

Music

Dance

Theatre

Literary

Are you representing a registered not-for-profit arts organization, an arts collective, or are you an individual artist?:

Registered Non-Profit Arts Organization

Artist Collective

Individual Artist

None of these

Will your event(s) be open to the public?:

Yes

What is the preferred duration for this project in the Seafood Market?:

Is this something that you would like to run for 6 weeks? One night? A weekend?

In the period of time between May 16th and June 30th, what are your preferred dates?:

Do you intend to serve alcohol on the premises?:

Yes

Do you agree to work with Calgary Arts Development and Calgary Municipal Land Corporation to promote and publicize this project?:

Yes

Maybe

Do you agree to acknowledge East Village as a sponsor on promotional materials for this project?:

Yes

Maybe

Answers to this section will be used to determine preference should there be strong demand for the space. All answers will be given a score from 1 to 5 based on the artistic and public impact of the proposal and ability of applicant to use the space as proposed

Please describe the project and the key activities you would like to undertake in the Seafood Market.:

Approximately how many people (non-artists) would you expect to visit the space on an average day while your project is running?:

Approximately how many artists do you expect to participate in this project?:

Please give an overview of your experience in executing projects similar to this. Include an example if possible.:

Please give an overview of your anticipated approach and experience in promoting projects like this.:

Please describe the equipment, props, or other materials that you would need to load in and out of the space. Include any other physical requirements you anticipate.:

Please describe how you would address the safety and security of the site, equipment, artists and audiences in the space.:

Would you be willing and/or able to share the space with other users? Please explain why or why not.:

We are open to applications for the use of various configurations of the building. Please tell us how other users in the space would impact your ability to execute your project.

If you have any additional questions, comments or things you think we should know, please include them here:

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