DominGO! Hartford is an open-streets program set for the fourth Sunday of every month from 9am - 3pm in June - September 2022. This program will temporarily transform our streets into vehicle free public spaces to safely celebrate the diversity and vibrance of the city. Who We're Looking For: To support the success of the DominGO! program, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and the City of Hartford have partnered on an Arts Activation program. Our vision is to have the streets of Hartford filled with immersive and interactive art and cultural elements during DominGO! days. We are working with the City of Hartford’s Commission on Cultural Affairs to program art and culture projects for the June 26th DominGO! day, as a demonstration of what is possible. We are also opening a call-for-artists for individuals, cultural organizations, and neighborhood groups/collectives that will create or curate art and cultural experiences, specifically for the July, August, and September DominGO! days. Art opportunities will include, but are not limited to, dance, music, theater, painting, street performers and buskers, puppetry, and interactive presentations of your art form such as hands-on arts and crafts activities. We are seeking a range of mediums. Art/experiences can be permanent or temporal in nature. Selected artists will have an opportunity to experience the demonstration projects on June 26 prior to programming their pieces in July, August, or September. We will also pair selected artists with a curator, who will help each artist develop their ideas further. Artist Stipend: The selected artists will receive a stipend for their participation, as follows: Individual piece/performance: $500 - $2,000: This is ideal for an artist or group of artists who already have an art piece in mind or have developed a similar public space performance that could be easily adaptable to DominGO! Hartford. For example, you could be a musician who wants to perform during the day, or have an interactive dance piece that you’d like to stage in the street. Larger, more complex piece/performance: $2,000 - $5,000: This is ideal for an artist or group that has a more complex and/or involved idea or approach for an art piece for the day. Perhaps you’re interested in a day-long immersive and interactive visual art-making program in a vacant lot. Pieces in this category will involve significantly more resources, coordination, and piece length.