Apply now for 'Festival Launch!' Vancouver's Festival for Professional Emerging Artists

Application Deadline: May 28, 2013 | Festival: June 21 & 22, 2013

Festival Launch!
149 Arts is proud to announce the premiere of Festival Launch! a performance and mentorship event dedicated to showcasing Vancouver’s professional emerging artists and enabling them with career development skills to launch their careers.

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to showcase their work before a panel of artistic professionals and participate in career-building workshops. Festival Launch! mentors include Max Wyman, a Vancouver writer and arts policy consultant, and one of Canada’s leading cultural commentators; Jim Smith, producer of DanceHouse Vancouver; and award-winning musician, songwriter and composer Veda Hille.

The showcase and workshops will take place on June 21 and 22, 2013 at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver.

Festival Launch! is now accepting submissions in five disciplines:

• Music: All genres, vocal or instrumental
• Media Arts: Film, video and interactive arts
• Performance Arts: Theatre, spoken word, monologues, scene work
• Dance: Ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, stage, tap, hip hop, breakdance, burlesque
• New Forms: Crossover disciplines, genres with live component. Read More
  

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