2025 CHARLOTTE STREET VISUAL AWARDS

 

DEADLINE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2024 11:59 PM (Central Time Zone)

 

The Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards recognize and significantly support Kansas City-based visual artists of all media who are creating exceptional contemporary work. Providing artists with financial support, critical recognition, and public exposure, these awards reward artistic accomplishments to date and support the continued development of artists’ work and careers.

 

Awarded artists will be those who:

· Generate exceptional new work as visual artists

· Create work that is accomplished, imaginative, and authentic

· Demonstrate sustained commitment to their work artistic practices

Through recognizing and supporting exceptional artists living and working in the Kansas City metro area, Charlotte Street seeks to empower and propel individual artists, enhance the artistic culture of our region, and increase Kansas City’s desirability as a place for artists to live and work.

 

Three recipients of the 2025 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award Fellow receive:

· An unrestricted cash grant of $10,000 

· Recognition by Charlotte Street at the time of the Award announcement and throughout the year 2025—including announcements to media, online promotion, special event features and more 

· Inclusion in the 2025 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art, accompanied by a printed brochure with images and commissioned writing about their work

 

 

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION:

· Strength of submitted artistic portfolio to date

· Promise and desire for future artistic achievement

· Commitment to and demonstration of innovation and experimentation in terms of form, content, process, and/or presentation

· Potential impact of Award on continued artistic development



 

ELIGIBILITY:

· Applicants must currently live and have lived in the five-county Greater Kansas City Metro area (Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Platte, Douglas, Wyandotte) for at least one year prior to application deadline (before November 11, 2024) 

· Artists must be at least 21 years of age by application deadline

· Applicants must not be currently enrolled in a degree-seeking program 

Note: if the artist has earned a collegiate degree, the completion date must be at least 12 months earlier than the application deadline) 

Note: Applicants do not have to attend undergraduate or graduate school to be considered for this award

 

Note on collaborative groups:

The Visual Artist Awards are intended to recognize and support outstanding visual artists as individuals. Collectives/collaboratives are eligible to apply if:

· ALL members of the collaborative/collective meet the eligibility criteria described above

· The group is well established and creating work in an ongoing, deeply collaborative, committed manner as a collective/collaborative

· The primary work of each individual member of the group is as a member of the collaborative group, rather than as an individual 

· Each member of the group is playing an essential role in the creation of the work 

· The collective/collaborative is not incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization 

Note: Artists applying as a collaborative group should submit individual resumes as well as a group resume, and should detail the nature of their collaboration in the narrative portion of the application.

 

Additional eligibility requirements:

· Awarded artists will be expected to be residents of the Kansas City (or one of the eligible five counties) for the Award year. Artists will still be able to, and are encouraged to participate in residencies, travel, etc., during the year

· Awarded artists will be expected to keep Charlotte Street informed of all scheduled exhibitions and public engagements throughout the period of the Award year for promotional support - Awarded artists will be expected to have work available for exhibition in the 2025 Visual Artist Award exhibition, and to work in a collaborative manner with the exhibition curator and other representatives in order to select and prepare work for the exhibition and associated publication (the exhibition is expected to open in the fall of 2025)

· Awarded artists will be expected, as reasonably as possible, to be available for associated Award events, receptions, public programs, etc. 

Note: Previous Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award recipients are NOT eligible to apply

 

Statement on opportunity equity:

Charlotte Street Foundation values an equitable, diverse, and inclusive art community, which we interpret as all artists having fair access to the tools and resources they need to realize their artistic endeavors. We acknowledge structural inequities that have excluded individuals and communities from opportunity based on race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, class, age, and geography, and strive to counter those inequities in our work. We encourage panelists and selection committees to actively consider and seek to recommend a diverse pool of applicants as finalists and recipients of these awards and all Charlotte Street Foundation programs. 



 

SELECTION PROCESS:

The 2025 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award Fellows will be selected through an open call for applicants followed by a competitive selection process. A selection panel of regional and national visual arts professionals will be solely responsible for selecting the 2025 Award Fellows. Neither staff nor Charlotte Street board members have any input in the final decisions. Jurors featured on the panel will be announced along with award winners when the judgement process is finalized.

 

THE SELECTION PROCESS WILL BE CONDUCTED AS FOLLOWS:

Application deadline: 11:59pm, MONDAY, November 11, 2024 (Central Time Zone)

NOVEMBER 2024 through JANUARY 2025: Panel review of applications; selection of 10 semi-finalists for studio visits.

JANUARY 15, 2025: Conference call with Panel 

FEBRUARY 6-7 2025: In-person visits & final selection by panel will take place over the course of two days.

10 finalists will receive 30 minute in-person studio visits with the selection panel, providing opportunity for artists to share their work and respond to questions from the panel. 

Note: if a space to show work is needed, Charlotte Street staff will work with the finalist to identify a space for the presentation. Following studio visits and final panel deliberations, the 2025 Visual Artist Fellows will be notified in a timely manner.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025: Award recipients will be publicly announced

• Deadline for applications is Sunday, November 11, 2024, at 11:59 PM CENTRAL TIME ZONE

ALL APPLICATIONS FOR THIS AWARD MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH SUBMITTABLE 

No late applications will be considered so please make sure you give yourself enough time to turn in your application before the deadline.

 

Note: Artists requiring technical assistance may contact Charlotte Street at 816.221.5115 or info@charlottestreet.org. // In-person assistance will be provided upon request.

 

ABOUT CHARLOTTE STREET

Charlotte Street centers Kansas City’s most forward-thinking visual artists, writers, and performers—acting as the primary incubator, provocateur, and connector for the region’s contemporary arts community, and its leading advocate on the national stage. Since 1997, Charlotte Street has distributed over $2 million in awards and grants to artists and their innovative projects, and connected individual artists to each other and to the greater Kansas City community. For more information about Charlotte Street, its awards, programs, and initiatives, visit www.charlottestreet.org.

 
 


 

2025 CHARLOTTE STREET GENERATIVE PERFORMING AWARDS

DEADLINE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2024 11:59 PM (Central Time Zone)

 

The Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards seek to recognize, encourage, and significantly support Kansas City-based artists creating original, exceptional new work in all genres of performance. Providing artists with financial support, critical recognition, and public exposure, these Awards aim to reward artistic accomplishment to date and to support the continued development of artists' work and careers. Artists must be generative artists—that is, the creators of original new work.

 

Awarded artists will be those who:

· Create new, contemporary work 

· Produce work that is innovative and/or experimental in terms of form, content, process, and/or presentation 

· Demonstrate sustained commitment to deepening/expanding their work and generative practices

Through recognizing and supporting exceptional artists living and working in Kansas City, Charlotte Street seeks to empower and propel individual artists, enhance the artistic culture of our region, and increase Kansas City’s desirability as a place for artists to live and work.

 

Two recipients of the 2025 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Fellow will receive:

· An unrestricted cash grant of $10,000 

· Recognition by Charlotte Street at the time of Award announcement and throughout the year of 2025, including through announcements to media, online promotion, special events, and more 

 

 

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION:

· Strength of artistic work to date 

· Promise for future artistic achievement 

· Commitment to & demonstration of innovation/experimentation in terms of form, content, process, and/or presentation 

· Potential impact of Award on continued artistic development

 

 

ELIGIBILITY:

· Applicants must currently live and have lived in the five-county Greater Kansas City Metro area (Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Platte, DouglasWyandotte) for at least one year prior to application deadline (between November 11, 2023 and November 11, 2024)

· Artists must be at least 21 years of age by application deadline (on or before November 11, 2024)

· Applicants must not be currently enrolled in a degree-seeking program

Note: If the artist has earned a collegiate degree, the completion date must be at least 12 months earlier than the application deadline (on or before November 11, 2024)

Note: There is no education level required to be considered for this award

 

Note on collaborative groups:

The Generative Performing Awards are intended to recognize and support outstanding generative performing artists as individuals. Collaborative groups are eligible to apply if:

· The group is well established and creating generative performing work in an ongoing, deeply collaborative, committed manner as a group 

· The primary work of each individual member of the group is as a member of the collaborative group, rather than as an individual

· Each member of the group is playing a generative role in the creation of the group's work 

· The group is not incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. 

Note: Artists applying as a collaborative group should submit individual resumes as well as a group resume, and should detail the nature of their collaboration in the narrative portion of the application.

 

Additional eligibility requirements:

· Awarded artists will be expected to be residents of Kansas City (or one of the eligible five counties) for the award year. Artists are, however, able and encouraged to participate in residencies, travel, etc., during the year. 

· Awarded artists will be expected to keep Charlotte Street informed of all scheduled exhibitions and public engagements throughout the period of the Award year for promotional support.

· Awarded artists will, in collaboration with Charlotte Street, identify at least one scheduled performance or plan one public event (open rehearsal, artist talk, etc.) during the term of the Award year to be promoted or hosted in affiliation with the Award. 

Note: Previous Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Award recipients are NOT eligible to apply.

 

Statement on opportunity equity:

Charlotte Street values an equitable, diverse, and inclusive art community, which we interpret as all artists having fair access to the tools and resources they need to realize their artistic endeavors. We acknowledge structural inequities that have excluded individuals and communities from opportunities based on race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, class, age, and geography, and strive to counter those inequities in our work. We encourage panelists and selection committees to actively consider and seek to recommend a diverse pool of applicants as finalists and recipients of these awards and all Charlotte Street programs.



 

SELECTION PROCESS:

The 2025 Generative Performing Artist Fellows will be selected through an open call for applicants followed by a competitive selection process. A selection panel of regional and national performing arts professionals with expertise in a range of performing arts fields will be solely responsible for selecting the 2025 Awards Fellows. Neither staff nor Charlotte Street board members have any input in the final decisions. Jurors featured on the panel will be announced along with award winners when the judgement process is finalized.

 

THE SELECTION PROCESS WILL BE CONDUCTED AS FOLLOWS:

Application deadline: 11:59pm, Monday, November 11, 2024 (Central Time Zone)

NOVEMBER 2024 through JANUARY 2025: Panel review of applications; selection of 10 semi- finalists for in-person meetings.

JANUARY 17, 2025: Conference Call with Panel

FEBRUARY 7-8, 2024: In-person visits, Interviews, & final selection by panel will take place over the course of 2 days. 

10 semi-finalists will have 20 minute in-person visits with the selection panel, providing opportunity for semi-finalist artists to make short presentations about their work and respond to questions from the panel. Following presentations and final panel deliberations, the 2025 Generative Performing Artist Fellows will be notified.

FEBRUARY 10, 2025: Award recipients publicly announced

• Deadline for applications is Monday, November 11, 2024, at 11:59 PM CENTRAL TIME ZONE 

ALL APPLICATIONS FOR THIS AWARD MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH SUBMITTABLE

No late applications will be considered, so please make sure you give yourself enough time to turn in your application before the deadline.

 

Note: Artists requiring technical assistance may contact Charlotte Street at 816.221.5115 or info@charlottestreet.org. // In-person assistance will be provided upon request. 

 

ABOUT CHARLOTTE STREET

Charlotte Street centers Kansas City’s most forward-thinking visual artists, writers, and performers—acting as the primary incubator, provocateur, and connector for the region’s contemporary arts community, and its leading advocate on the national stage. Since 1997, Charlotte Street has distributed over $2 million in awards and grants to artists and their innovative projects, and connected individual artists to each other and to the greater Kansas City community. For more information about Charlotte Street, its awards, programs, and initiatives, visit www.charlottestreet.org.


 

CALL TO ARTISTS
CHARLOTTE STREET 2025-26 CROSSROADS ARTBOARDS

Charlotte Street is currently seeking submissions from local artists who want their work considered for the Crossroads Artboards 2025-2026. Since 2008, 114 Kansas City based artists or collectives have been selected for their commissioned Artboards.

The Artboards are exterior, double-sided billboards at 125 Southwest Boulevard. From April 2025through March 2026, new, commissioned images by Kansas City area artists will be presented and rotated approximately every three months. The deadline for submissions is Monday, October 14th, 2024.

 

CALL TO ARTISTS
CHARLOTTE STREET 2024-25 CROSSROADS ARTBOARDS

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, October 14th, 2024

Charlotte Street is currently seeking submissions from local artists who want their work considered for the Crossroads Artboards 2025-2026. The Artboards are exterior, double-sided billboards at 125 Southwest Boulevard. From April 2025 through March 2026, new, commissioned images by Kansas City area artists will be presented and rotated approximately every three months. Applications are due : Monday, October 14th, 2024.

 

DETAILS:

Selected artists, chosen through a competitive process, will receive artist fees of $1,000 each for completing and delivering print-ready images for one set of two side-by-side billboards. Proposals are invited from ALL interested non-student artists 21 years of age and older living within the five county Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area (Jackson, Platte, and Clay counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas). It is expected that eight artists will be selected through this call, for Artboards to be displayed April 2024 through March 2025. Proposals are reviewed and selected by a panel comprised of artists and arts professionals that will be made public following the selection of the work. Charlotte Street administers the process from application through installation. Public Announcement of the recipients of Artboard commissions will be published November 2024. The first installation of Artboards will be the first Friday of April, 2025.

Artists interested in applying can submit proposals through Submittable: https://charlottestreet.submittable.com/submit

 

Content of the Artboards/Selection Criteria:

The Artboards exist in public space, to be a platform for artists’ voices and work in the center of the Crossroads, a neighborhood whose character has been very influenced by and connected to the arts community.  The work chosen for display will be that which the panelists deem most dynamic, engaging, and inspiring to the public; striking and aesthetically strong; and authentic to the creative spirit of the Crossroads neighborhood.

APPLYING FOR ARTBOARDS
Each selected artist will be responsible for producing two images. These will be printed on ECO-flex vinyl and displayed side by side (unless otherwise determined). Each Artboard is 27 feet long and 12.4 feet high. Selected artists will be responsible for preparing digital images for print, sized 27″ x 12.4″ at 600 dpi resolution. The printing and installation of the Artboards will be the responsibility of Charlotte Street. Selected artists will receive the commission fee of $1,000 following the submission of final images to the printer.

Primary proposal components – required:

1. A short narrative proposal describing your concept for the Artboards (no more than 300 words)

2. At least 2 JPEG images or PDFs documenting your proposed Artboards. Note: Artists choosing to submit multiple options for the Artboards may do so, but should include description of all options/variables in the narrative portion of the proposal. If submitting sketches rather than finished images, sketches should be as specific as possible, and the narrative proposal and additional support materials should provide a strong indication of the appearance of the final work proposed.

3. Resume, CV, and artist bio, including history of exhibitions, contact information, and website address if applicable. Supplemental Components – recommended: Up to five jpeg images of other artwork produced within the past three years.

JURY PROCESS
4 jurors are selected to review Artboards applications. The jurors are professional artists in a variety of media, curators, educators, critical art writers and cultural activists – all from the Kansas City region with at least one juror who lives or works in the Crossroads district. The process for the Artboards selections takes place in two stages:

• First, jurors score each application based on submission images

• Secondly, jurors review first round application scores. The top scored applications receive a more in-depth review of their materials and a group evaluation. At this stage the jurors revote and make final selections.

TERMS OF AGREEMENT:
In submitting this proposal, Artist testifies that the images proposed are solely the result of the artistic effort of the Artist; that the Work is unique and original and does not infringe upon any copyright; and that the Artist has secured all permission and/or releases necessary to use the work for display. Note, the Artist shall retain ownership of copyrights in and to the Work, plans, drawings, schematics, design studies, and models prepared by the Artist in connection with this commission. 

Questions? Email info@charlottestreet.org

STATEMENT ON OPPORTUNITY EQUITY:

Charlotte Street values an equitable, diverse, and inclusive art community, which we interpret as all artists having fair access to the tools and resources they need to realize their artistic endeavors. We acknowledge structural inequities that have excluded individuals and communities from opportunity based on race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, class, age, and geography, and strive to counter those inequities in our work. We encourage panelists and selection committees to actively consider and seek to recommend a diverse pool of applicants as finalists and recipients of these awards and all Charlotte Street programs.

 

ABOUT CROSSROADS ARTBOARDS

The Crossroads Artboards were launched in fall 2008 as a partnership between Charlotte Street and Missouri Bank (no BOK Financial), and are now supported in part by the Crossroads Community Association. To date, 106 Kansas City area artists have been featured on the Crossroads Artboards. For a complete listing and more information, go to https://charlottestreet.org/awards/crossroads-artboards/ 

ABOUT CHARLOTTE STREET

Charlotte Street centers Kansas City’s most forward-thinking visual artists, writers, and performers—acting as the primary incubator, provocateur, and connector for the region’s contemporary arts community, and its leading advocate on the national stage. Since 1997, Charlotte Street has distributed ​over $2 million​ in awards and grants to artists and their innovative projects, and has hosted countless exhibitions, performances, convenings and conversations connecting and challenging Kansas City’s contemporary art ecosystem.  For more information about Charlotte Street, its awards, programs, and initiatives, visit ​www.charlottestreet.org.

 

 

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