Create Something Epic for IMMERSE 2025!
Applications are open!
APPLICATION DEADLINE October 20, 2024 11:59 pm EST
What is IMMERSE, presented by the Creative City Project?
IMMERSE is an annual performing and interactive arts experience. It takes place across 10 city blocks in Downtown Orlando. We collaborate with artists to create meaningful and epic experiences audiences can’t have anywhere else in the world.
What kind of art will be most successful at IMMERSE?
IMMERSE isn't your everyday arts festival. We're looking for experiences, performances, and installations that go beyond and inspire people to live creative lives everyday. We want to help patrons have experiences they can't have anywhere else. There are 3 things that define a Creative City Project artist. So take a look at the comments on DISCOVERY, TRANSFORMATION, and EXPERIENCE.
DISCOVERY
What does it look like to provide our audience with something new and unexpected?
TRANSFORMATION
How can we look at something and not just see what it is, but the potential of what it could be?
EXPERIENCE
What physical, emotional, and psychological artifacts can we leave our audience with?
These are some of the things the Creative City Project team considers when crafting a compelling experience for audiences to explore. Artists from all over the world will be gathering in the streets and public spaces of Downtown Orlando for an unforgettable event.
Is my artform a fit for IMMERSE?
We invite individual artists, artist collectives, companies and organizations to participate in IMMERSE.
We are looking for engaging and meaningful projects, installations and performances in the following disciplines:
Performing Arts (music, theatre, dance, spoken word, puppetry, etc.)
Installations (interactive exhibits, installations, walk-throughs, activities, etc.)
Media Arts (photography, video, animation, digital art, robotics, etc.)
Visual Arts (draw, paint, sculpture, printmaking, crafts, etc.)
If your artform isn’t listed here, give it a try. We’re always open to unique ideas!
When is IMMERSE?
IMMERSE is scheduled for the third weekend in February, 21-23, 2025. Artists selected to participate will receive their schedules in November 2024 and will have an opportunity to inform the Programming Team of conflicts and availability during the application process.
Do you offer payments to artists?
The Creative City Project believes in financially assisting artists who contribute to the event. IMMERSE stipends vary depending on the scope of the performance or installation. They are given to projects, installations, and performances that provide audiences with a unique, meaningful and engaging experience until the stipend fund is fully allotted. More information regarding stipends will be provided in the artist application.
Can I still participate even if I’m not selected to receive an IMMERSE stipend?
Absolutely! We realize our stipend budget is limited. We aim to financially support every contributing artist and will continue efforts to grow artist funds each year.
