The Shed - Open Call

Born out of The Shed’s commitment to act as a platform for NYC-based early-career artists working in a range of artistic disciplines, Open Call selects, fosters, and presents new work. The program showcases a wide, multiborough range of voices, lived experiences, and perspectives, demonstrating the multitude of ways in which artists are working today. It embraces proposals for new works in disciplines including the visual arts, theater, dance, music, performance, spoken word, literary arts, film, fashion, art and technology, social practice, and new media, as well as across multiple and new disciplines.

For The Shed, an early-career artist is one who has not yet received major support to create new work. We define major support as a range of opportunities, from the receipt of substantial institutional funding to presenting and/or producing opportunities at large-scale cultural organizations.

Requirements

Open Call accepts applications from artists who are:

• Early-career artists and art collectives
• 18+ years old
• Currently living or working in New York City
• Able to provide a W9 for payment
• With or without a traditional arts degree and/or training
• Fully vaccinated in order to present work at The Shed
• Working in a range of artistic disciplines, including the visual arts, theater, dance, music, performance, spoken word, literary arts, film, fashion, art and technology, social practice, and new media, as well as across multiple and new disciplines