The S’mores Grant Project at Version Fest at the NFO EXPO
The S'mores Cart will be operating in Chicago April 24-25 2010. Partial proceeds from sales will be given in the form of an unrestricted cash grant to Chicagoans. We are currently taking e-mail submissions.
Go to our blog here: http://smoresgrant.blogspot.com/
see Chicago Call for Proposals for directions.
The S’mores Grant Project provides grants for creative endeavors that engage with public environments. The grant is funded by artists selling s’mores from a street vending cart. Our aim is to activate public space by supporting its creative development and transformation. We provide a focal point for a conversation about public art, on the street.
Do you have an idea for contributing to or activating your local public environment? If you are interested in art, design, or other-wise socially interactive work that you want to see realized in your community, contact us.
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The S’mores cart activates public space and in turn promotes a healthy urban environment. It becomes a focal point of community dynamics, and acts as a catalyst to the already present elements of public space. The grant aspect of the project continues and distributes this activation by supporting others in a similar process. This work can inform, interact and contribute to the public environment of Kansas City.
Campfires are often the site of a backyard, DIY American tradition, involving sweet ingredients. The s'mores tradition, a culinary hybrid of sorts, can be a key component to a healthy co-productive urban environment.
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