OPEN CALL
Night of Museums and Galleries – Plovdiv 2010
As a basic organizer of “The Night of Museums and Galleries – Plovdiv” Open Arts Foundation would like to extend an invitation again to artists, art-groups, curators, galleries, state institutions, foreign institutes, who would like to participate with a cultural or art-project in this year’s edition of the event, which will be held on the 24th of September (Friday) 2010 from 7 pm. to 2 am.
The events from the program of “The Night of Museums and Galleries – Plovdiv 2010” will be held in two days:
24th of September (Friday) from 7 pm. to 2 am., Main program – museums and galleries.
25th of September (Saturday), Concomitant program – cultural institutions, theatres, clubs, bookstores, informal places.
24th - 25th of September (Friday and Saturday), Projects in urban areas program.
Candidates’ projects will be received by Open Arts Foundation and then given to the cultural institutions, participating in the event. On approval of a project by a cultural institution the applicant will be informed about this till 10th of July.
Organizers of “The Night of Museums and Galleries – Plovdiv” and Open Arts Foundation will not undertake the financing of the projects.
Projects will be accepted till 23rd of June at: office@openarts.info
Candidates have to send:
- Art-project description and visual material to it
- CV of the author/s
- Technical requirements
- Requirements toward the host cultural institution
- Which part of the program the candidate would like to apply for – main, concomitant or at urban places.
* In 2009 five projects were realized in the framework of “The Night of Museums and Galleries – Plovdiv, in 2007 – six and in 2008 – five.
We are ready to answer your questions!
OPEN ARTS Foundation, 36 Otets Paisiy str., 4000 Plovdiv, office@openarts.info
Night of museums and galleries Plovdiv 2010 will be on 24. September
Night of Museums and Galleries – Plovdiv 2009
You can find the guide-book with the program of Night of Museums and Galleries – Plovdiv in museums and galleries, which participate in the event, the places for distribution of the Program or the info-centers for the Night:
- The central street of Plovdiv – The Djumaia square
- The central street – in front of Plovdiv Municipality
- The entrance of International Fair – Plovdiv
You can download the digital version of the guide-book here
The fifth annual Night of Museums and Galleries – one of the most successful and attractive city culture festivals - will take place on 2nd October in Plovdiv.
The intense variety of cultural activities and the specific Plovdiv night atmosphere of this unique event have attracted visitors from all over the country for years now, among which are not only the art-makers and the art-lovers, but also the seekers for their first more direct interaction with art and cultural inheritance. Although the Night of Museums and Galleries takes only several hours of the Plovdiv Autumn Salon of the Arts, it covers the whole art-stage of the city – starting from the Old town museums, through the private galleries in the city centre, to the underground clubs in the “Kapana” area and the art studios.
This year’s programme presents 45 participants in three sections: Museums and Galleries”, “Culture Institutions”, and “Clubs and live city spots”. The main individual and general exhibitions – oil paintings, graphics, icons, sculpture, assemblages, photography, scenography, installations, video shows, are accompanied by motion art forms – performances, concerts, live meetings and discussions with the authors.
Authors from the following countries will be presented: Bulgaria, Kosovo, Serbia, Nigeria, Ireland, Austria, Romania, Germany, Poland, Korea, France, Italy, and Russia.
The programme contains a wide variety of challenging experience of the mind and the senses of the visitors. Some are the traditional photography contest “A night in Plovdiv” and the children’s art workshops, which provoke even the youngest to turn to art.