Memphis Art & Design Week is a creative festival offering 100s of hours of unique day and nighttime events created by artists, designers, and disruptors in as many communities as possible.
In 2020, we are looking to feature the following types of art and design events from the following sectors:
- Art & Community & Social Practice
- Landscape
- Urban Planning
- Architecture
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Animation
- Sculpture/ 3D
- Costume/Fashion Design
- Visual Art
- Innovation/Tech/Taste Makers
- Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality
- Design & Social Justice
- Adult Education
- K-12 Education
- College Education
Who is eligible to apply?
Proposals and Submission are open to local and international artists. We place an emphasis on showcasing Memphis talent, but are open to submission from regional, national, and international artists and designers that colloborate in discussion or practice with a local Memphis artist or is from/based in Memphis, TN.
We especially enjoy submissions and proposals of new ideas and new work.
Funding
Events and experiences are independently funded, managed, and implemented by the event organizers, 3RDSPACE. Memphis Art + Design Week organizers do not offer micro-grants for creating events, but work to raise sponsorship dollars to provide an honorarium to all participants.
If you are artist with an online shop or store and are looking to be included in the online directory, please complete the following Artist Directory form.