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Call for proposals. Deadline: March 27, 2020

Democracy of the Land 2020 - The Mayflower Compact Untethered
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Provincetown, MA USA
May 8-31, 2020

Curated by Jay Critchley
Director, Provincetown Community Compact

APPLICATION

The Provincetown Community Compact invites artists of all genres to re-imagine and recreate a response to the first democratic document in the "New" World of 1620: The Mayflower Compact.

What does democracy mean in 2020? How does sustainability of the land and environment reflect sustainability of our democracy, and vice versa?

This year is the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims in Provincetown Harbor where they wrote the Mayflower Compact. This historic agreement, signed by forty-one of the 102 passengers, excluding women and those designated "sinners" by the signers, laid the groundwork for the radical takeover of the indigenous land and peoples. The ship was originally bound for Virginia but ended up in Provincetown after near mutiny, which necessitated the agreement.

This request for proposals amplifies the founding of the Provincetown Community Compact in 1993. Created by artist Jay Critchley, its mission is to update and expand the 1620 document by engaging the entire community regardless of race, religion, class, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Democracy of the Land 2020 - The Mayflower Compact Untethered invites artists of all genres - visual artists, musicians, dancers, poets and writers, actors, playwrights, performance artists, sculptors, videographers and other creatives - to propose a renewed and inclusive Mayflower Compact for the present and the future and to explore decolonization. Work may include painting, sculpture, drawing, video, manifestos, performance, action, ceremony, video and community engagement.

This exhibition takes place in a world of wealth inequality, globalization, eroding democracy and environmental calamity, in the context of the historic year of 2020: the centennial of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote, the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Compact and the 2020 elections.

What is your vision? Is our democracy sustainable? Is our planet sustainable?

Applicants are asked to fill out the application and include a proposal, up to five images and/or five minutes of video and related information.

Limited funding and honorariums will be available to selected artists.

Deadline for applications is March 27. Selected artists will be notified by April 10, 2020.

Thank you.

The Provincetown Community Compact

**The Provincetown Community Compact, Inc. (The Compact) was established in 1993 as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization by artist Jay Critchley. It is organized as a community-building and philanthropic organization to support living artists and the vitality of the arts community.

The mission of The Provincetown Community Compact (The Compact) is to advance the health and cultural well being of the community of Provincetown and the Lower Cape - its people, the natural environment and the economy.

The Compact administers and manages the Swim for Life, an annual fundraising event initiated in 1988, that has raised over $7 million to support local health related organizations. The Compact also supports a number of local cultural and civic organizations as a fiscal sponsor and administers and manages residencies for the community, artists, and writers at two properties in the historic Peaked Hill District in the Cape Cod National Seashore. The Compact has initiated six local non-profits and sponsors various community projects.

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging the growth and development of emerging visual artists and writers and to restoring the year-round vitality of the historic art colony of Provincetown. The Work Center is internationally known for its acclaimed 7-month residency program granting fellowships to 20 emerging writers and artists, as well as its open enrollment Summer Workshop Program, an online writing program 24PearlStreet, and an extensive series of year-round cultural events and exhibitions.