Application for Project Grant [Revised] Deadline Sunday, May 24th at Midnight
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 2026 theme, SUPER NATURAL, or our long-term goal to support the use renewable energy in art.
Art by Briar Bates
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.
2026 Grants Schedule
- March – May: Recruiting and calls for participation.
- Sunday, May 24th, midnight: Application submission deadline (complete form below).
- Monday, June 1st, Notifications of supported projects sent.
- Thursday, July 30th – Sunday, August 2nd, Electric Sky: On-site collaboration in the Electric Sky Creativity Lab.
- Sat, August 1st: 7:30pm, projects completed and installed, followed by art show and party (8:00 – 11:00).
- Sun, August 2nd: 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.
- Sept 2nd: Deadline to submit receipts or invoice for reimbursement.
How to Apply
If you wish to participate as a supported collaborator in the Super Natural art show at Electric Sky, please complete and send the attached form by Sunday, May 24th, midnight. 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 Super Natural theme.
- We will ask for visual support for your proposed project, so create a concept sketch or find a similar image or video from prior work.
- Complete this online Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekf1mdUf15sTS6z905zTZQexDexoMPQICYl4-k86N91hu1LA/viewform?usp=header
- Submit by Sunday, May 24th, at midnight.
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 July 31st to – Sunday August 2nd. You may arrive as early as Thursday, July 30th 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 Super Natural 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 (September 2nd). If you cannot purchase materials out of pocket, you may also coordinate with Shelly Farnham to have materials purchased for you. Email shelly at thirdplacetechnologies 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!