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[Odette Millian]

Healthand Safety - We are working to keep Artists at Play safe and sanitary. Playground equipment is cleaned every morning, and when possible we ask users to practice physical distancing while you play. Hand sanitizer stations are provided for before and after play.

Artists at Play, an imaginative, artists-created playground offering active, FREE FUN for all ages, located in the plaza between the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) and Seattle Center Armory, just north of the Monorail station.

A 30-foot Climbing Tower, recommended for children ages 5 to 12, joins an inviting Labyrinth with a Rebus at its center, human-powered ADA-accessible Carousel, child-inspired musical instruments, listening stations, sound swings, play mounds and "story lines" to offer child-friendly FUN in keeping with the mission and purpose of Seattle Center.

Here's how this unique and creative playground came to be. Initial planning work began in late 2012. After meetings earlier in 2013 to determine project direction, Center Art LLC, the project's funder, Seattle Center and Seattle Center Foundation convened a nine-member advisory group to help develop a project scope and artist/designer selection guidelines for an artful play space to be located on the former North Fun Forest site.

In August 2013 the partnership announced a call for a Pacific Northwest artist-led team to provide design and fabrication services for the Artists at Play project. A selection panel compromised of members of the greater community and Seattle Center reviewed the submissions and selected an artist team for the project.

The project team, comprised of celebrated Northwest artists Trimpin and Judith Caldwell, in partnership with Site Workshop and Highwire, succeeded in a BIG way in transforming the asphalt plaza between Seattle Center Armory and EMP Museum into a free, artistic, sound- and motion-filled play area (see link below for conceptual renderings and team resumes).

And how did they do so well? The team undertook a broad community engagement process to gather input and feedback from local kids so that the play area truly reflects the community's imagination and creative spirit. They worked these ideas into the project plans, construction began in early December 2014, and the rest, shall we say, is history in SOUND and MOTION.

The play area has helped to reinvent and enliven the three-acre Plaza. Private funding for Artists at Play was provided by Center Art LLC, as a provision of its lease for the Chihuly Garden and Glass museum. Seattle Center took advantage of the project to undertake additional upgrades of Next 50 Plaza, adding landscaping terracing and a new patio deck.

This program provides artists and scholars of all nationalities the opportunity to experience the intellectual and artistic freedom, interdisciplinary exchange, and innovation that characterizes Academy life.

Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded for artistic quality to Delaware creative artists working in the visual, performing, media, folk, and literary arts. Due to high numbers of applications and limited funds, the program is highly competitive. Fellowships are designed to enable recipients to purchase equipment and materials, allocate working time, or fulfill other needs that will allow them to advance their careers (excluding foreign travel and lobbying). Fellowship recipients are required to present examples of their work to the public during their Fellowship year. Applicants select between Emerging or Established categories. The Masters Fellowship is available in select disciplines on a three-year rotating basis to artists who meet specific criteria.

*Folk Arts: Artists whose work expresses the traditions of their ethnic, occupational, religious, family, or geographic group and whose skills have generally developed without formal instruction or institutional direction are eligible to apply. Being self-taught does not automatically qualify one as a folk artist. Folk Arts applications may be switched to another discipline based on the recommendations of a Folk Arts specialist prior to the adjudication process. If you are unsure whether you qualify as a folk artist, contact Roxanne Stanulis, Program Officer at Roxanne....@delaware.gov or 302-577-8283.

In addition to the general Fellowship application materials, Masters applicants must submit a full CV or resume and a one-page narrative describing the breadth of their work to include the impact it has had in Delaware and beyond. Masters applicants should leave their name on their CV and in the narrative.

The smARTDE system uploads work sample files by how they are named, not in the order they were uploaded. To have work samples appear in a specific order, rename your samples with a two-digit number, an underscore, and a file name before uploading them. For example: 01_filename; 02_filename; 03_filename, etc.

To maintain your anonymity, do not provide any information which might reveal your identity to the jurors. Do not include your name in your artist statement, your work samples, embedded metadata, or in the work sample file names. Visual artists are encouraged to obscure their signatures.

The Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) contracts with Mid Atlantic Arts (MAA) for the purpose of administering the adjudication process of this program. Out-of-state artists and arts professionals with significant achievements and recognition in their respective fields are identified as juror candidates. One juror is selected for each artistic discipline, and new jurors are selected each year.

We recommend that you choose to receive payments through Automated Clearing House, an electronic fund transfer, when completing or updating your eSupplier record. Electronic fund transfers are faster than mailing a check.

In the event that you receive an Artist Fellowship, this Statement of Assurances and Obligations serves as your contract, if you as an applicant individual (ARTIST), are awarded a grant. Funding for the Division of the Arts (DIVISION) is provided by the Delaware General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Partnership Agreement #45.025. Individual grants consist of state funds, federal funds, or a combination. Submission of the application and acceptance of a fellowship award signifies the Artist agrees to the following requirements:

The ARTIST acknowledges that his/her services regarding any award shall be as an independent contractor and that nothing contained herein shall be construed to constitute them as an employee of the Division, Department of State, or the State of Delaware.

Artists may apply for funding for unique, short-term opportunities that will significantly advance their work or careers, such as: study with a significant master available for a limited time, or participation in a residency or exchange program. Travel costs are not covered but should be included in the budget.

2. Presentation Opportunities

Artists may apply for funding for unique, short-term opportunities that will significantly advance their work or careers such as: materials to complete work committed to an exhibition, performance, or publication; contracting of professional services; or rental of equipment, instruments, or work space for a specific performance, exhibition, or publication opportunity.

All applicants will receive notification via email within four weeks of the application deadline. Applicants approved for a grant will receive additional instructions from Division staff via email to receive their payments.

The Statement of Assurances is the contract that all Division grantees must sign. Grant applicants must indicate that they have read and agreed to the obligations of grant recipients, should a grant be awarded. Receipt of state and federal grants carries with it certain obligations and responsibilities. By submitting a Division of the Arts grant application, applicants are affirming that they are familiar with the requirements of the Delaware Division of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, as presented in the Division of the Arts Statement of Assurances, including but not limited to:

Grantees are required to submit a final report for each grant received. Final Reports are due 30 days after completion of the project. To complete and submit your final reports, you must log into smARTDE. Failure to submit this form may preclude future Division of the Arts funding.

The gallery represents 68 artists and collaborates with 32 others, including emerging as well as established mid-career artists and estates. We believe that a diversity in age, background, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and perspective are central to our identity as a gallery and a platform for new ideas. Today, our program includes artists from 4 continents out of 5 and 27 nationalities. Women currently represent 35,00% the living artists of our roster, and this number will only increase as the gallery evolves.

My taste is consistently eclectic, and the gallery has never limited itself to a single movement, medium, generation, or aesthetic. The opening of several spaces on various continents has enabled me to exhibit young contemporary artists while remaining faithful to those who have been with me for decades. Emmanuel Perrotin.

I am especially proud to have worked with so many artists since the very beginning of their careers, and I am grateful to still enjoy their close confidence after so many years. This is especially true for the French artists, who have accompanied me from the start of this journey and have grown with me, becoming internationally renowned. Our evolution was a dream that seemed impossible at the start of my career. Emmanuel Perrotin

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