We invite all participants to apply for support to receive free tickets and a grant up to $500 to help pay for the materials of your project (and/or workshop). Participating artists, designers, and creative technologists may include visual art, sound, video, performance, landscaping, architectural elements, costumes, and so forth, however all projects should incorporate an electronic, interactive, kinetic or ecological component relevant to the 2025 theme, Movin’ It, or our long-term goal to support the use renewable energy in art.
We also encourage you to consider hosting a workshop as a vehicle for knowledge-sharing and collaboration, leading to a group installation in our pop-up show. As an example, one year we had a fairy house making workshop that became a fairy village in the pop-up art show.
2025 Grants Schedule
- February – April: Recruiting and calls for participation.
- Friday, April 4th, midnight: Application submission deadline (form link below).
- Friday, April 11th, Notifications of supported projects sent.
- Thursday, June 12th – Sunday, June 15th, Electric Sky: On-site collaboration in the Electric Sky Creativity Lab.
- Sat, June 14th: 7:30pm, projects completed and installed, followed by art show and party (8:00 – 11:00).
- Sun, June 15th: Takedown. Note we have the entire park reserved through noon on Sunday. The kitchen and main art area is reserved a through to Monday for extra takedown time.
How to Apply
If you wish to participate as a supported collaborator in the Movin’ It art show at Electric Sky, please complete and send the attached form by Friday, April 4th, 2025. You will be able to keep any materials purchased by your approved project budget after the event.
Instructions:
- First, be sure to read our description of the Movin’ It theme.
- Copy and paste the questions in the google doc linked to below and then write a response to each question.
- Send as an email to shelly AT totallylegitllc DOT com with the subject “Electric Sky — Movin’ It: Application for Supported Participation”. You may paste your responses directly into your email or attach and send.
- Send by Friday, April 4th, at midnight.
APPLICATION FORM (GOOGLE DOC)
Requirements
- 18 years of age or older.
- Participate with an open spirit of collaboration, seeking to contribute your own special skills and interests, while also taking advantage of the skills and interests of other collaborators — all with patience and good humor.
- Attend the Electric Sky Art and Tech Retreat in Skykomish Washington at least from from Friday June 13th to – Sunday June 15th. You may arrive as early as Thursday, June12th but please be there by Friday evening in time for our first organizing group meeting.
- At the minimum set up and take down your contribution to the Movin’ It group art show, but also help/collaborate with others.
- Submit receipts to be reimbursed for your approved project budget within 30 days of Electric Sky (July 15th). If you cannot purchase materials out of pocket, you may also coordinate with Shelly Farnham to have materials purchased for you. Email shelly at totallylegitllc dot com.
- If you later exhibit your sponsored work at another show after Electric Sky, we ask that you indicate in your signage “supported by Electric Sky” to help spread the word about our great event!