New work in process from LA artists
Originally piloted in 2019, CASUAL provides Los Angeles artists with an opportunity to show a work in process. CASUAL supports artists who are looking to engage in a critical exchange with audiences by presenting their work in the early to mid stages of development. The new work can be loose. Anything between the spark of an idea or an excerpt from a new performance that is ready to be tested for the first time. CASUAL creates a space for experimentation with an engaged and enthusiastic audience that feels useful to the artist’s practice and process.
CASUAL 2024 IS HERE!
Co-Presented with Los Angeles LGBT Center – October 19, 2024
Los Angeles Performance Practice is happy to announce that our work-in-process program, CASUAL, will be revitalized this year. CASUAL will provide four Los Angeles artists with the opportunity to showcase new work that lives between the spark of an idea and a full presentation. Selected artists will be announced soon!
SUBMISSIONS FOR 2024 ARE NOW CLOSED
Who should submit?
This program is designed for work at an early or mid-stage of development that would benefit from being shown in front of a live audience. This opportunity is ideal for artists who welcome feedback, have specific questions about how their work is experienced, and/or projects that can only be developed with periodic exposure to an audience. Showings of all durations are welcome to submit an interest form. Artist who received an invitation to participate in RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT or RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT: For Parents/Guardians are ineligible to participate in CASUAL.
Four projects will be selected; each awarded work will include a $500 stipend. The piece should be ready to perform with limited time in the space, and rehearsals will likely not be available. Work-in-process showings will be provided with modest technical support, specifically a basic lighting look to be set during Tech and sound playback available.
Review Process
Interest forms will be reviewed by LAPP producing staff and two Los Angeles-based artists. The group will invite four projects to receive support.
Projects will be invited based on the following criteria:
- The project’s alignment with LAPP’s mission: to support a unique and diverse constellation of artists and audiences through the active creation and presentation of groundbreaking experiences that use innovative approaches to collaboration, technology and social engagement.
- The project’s potential to contribute to an active dialogue within a network of contemporary practitioners in Los Angeles —curators and producers, artists and designers, audiences and patrons—all leveraged in service to the ideas and issues of our time.
- Alignment between the project’s needs and LAPP’s current resources
In compliance with our Board-adopted Cultural Equity & Inclusion policy, we will prioritize work made by women, nonbinary, and BIPOC artists; however, we welcome interest forms from independent artists of all backgrounds.
Important Dates
June 25: Interest Forms Open
July 1: Information session
July 22: Interest Forms Deadline
August 19: Program Recipients Announcement
October 19th: Work in Progress Public Showing
More Information
Artists must primarily reside in Los Angeles County.
We held an optional interactive information session on Monday July 8, 2024 at 6 PM PST.
Video from the session will be uploaded to this space soon.
For questions please contact William Ruiz Morales at: William@PerformancePractice.org
APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED FOR 2024
CASUAL is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.
PREVIOUS CASUAL EVENTS
October 22, 2022 at Frankie
Hosted by Anna Luisa Petrisko
Featured work from Vanessa Hernández Cruz, Jennifer Jonassen, and Ajani Brannum
October 18, 2022 at Frankie
Hosted by Anna Luisa Petrisko
Featured work from Magnolia Yang Sao Yia and Lydia Li
November 19, 2019 at The Bootleg Theater
Hosted by Marike Splint
Featured work from Selena Caffey, DaEun Jung, Anya Cloud and Justin Morrison
September 25, 2019 at The Vortex
Hosted by d. Sabela Grimes
Featured work from Maya Gurantz, Kate Ladenheim, Jinglin Liao, and Isaac Schankler