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Artist Opportunities

Northern Spark 2022 Open Calls are live now! 

Northern Spark 2022 is taking place in-person in St. Paul, MN on Saturday, June 11 from 9 pm to 2 am. A Closing Event will follow from 2 am – 5:30 am on Raspberry Island in downtown St. Paul in the Mississippi River. Read about the festival theme here.

There are two open calls for the festival:

Northern Spark 2022 Open Call for Participatory Installations
This is an Open Call for art projects that will take place in-person from 9 pm – 2 am on Saturday, June 11, 2022 in one of 2 locations along St. Paul’s University Avenue. Projects can span any artistic genre, i.e. visual, literary, performance, behavioral, and so forth. Ideal projects will offer engagement opportunities for festival goers. Read the full call and apply here.

Northern Spark 2022 Open Call for Festival Closing Event
This is an Open Call for proposals for the festival Closing Event, focused on water, and taking place from 2-5:30 am on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Projects can span any artistic genre, i.e. visual, literary, performance, behavioral, etc. Ideal projects will offer engagement opportunities for festival goers. Read the full call and apply here.

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Our programs are platforms for artists and communities to express hopes and aspirations for our future. Our work helps these ideas show up in public space, but we can’t do it without your support. Make a one-time, or Sustaining pledge to Northern Lights.mn to help bring back Northern Spark and ensure artists and new opportunities to create. 

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