Call for Creatives

Born out of the desire to foster cultural curiosity, Castle of our Skins is a concert and educational series dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music. From classrooms to concert halls, Castle of our Skins invites exploration into ​Black heritage and culture, spotlighting both unsung and celebrated ​figures of past and present. 

Goals

• To foster community and collaboration with and among diverse creatives.
• To provide a platform for creatives to share their artistic practice.
• To strengthen, expand, and challenge COOS in a collaborative, creative environment.
• To increase and diversify COOS’s culturally enriching projects to the general public and social media/online communities.

Responsibilities

• Develop a work or works in conjunction with our 2020-2021 season, based on the season’s needs, and in collaboration with COOS’s Artistic and Associate Artistic Directors. 
• Be part of the curation process of one or more projects during the 2020-2021 season, and, if applicable, provide curatorial input into the 2021-2022 season. 
• Write three BIBA Blog entries related to the COOS mission.
• Participate in an interview with COOS Associate Artistic Director for a feature on the BIBA Blog, to be disseminated through various social media platforms.

Eligibility

• Castle of our Skins seeks one Creative-in-Residence* whose work and experience reflect our mission.
• International Emerging and Established Creatives* who will be between the ages of 20 and 40 by Monday, July 1, 2020.
• Creatives of all genders, ethnicities, national origins, sexual orientations/identities, religions/beliefs, education and physical abilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants who identify as Black or belonging to the African diaspora as strongly encouraged to apply.
• Applicants who reside in the Greater Boston area are strongly encouraged to apply.

*NOTE: For this application “Creatives” are defined as artists of all practices, including by not limited to: composers/sound artists, musicians, video/film artists, dancers/choreographers, performance artists, visual artists, writers, spoken word, interdisciplinary artists, etc...