Seattle Restored will provide participants a fixed one-time $2,500 in working capital to help support merchandising and staffing or art installation as needed for those participating with a pop-up shop, art installation, and QR code Window Shopping.
Donor Name: Seattle Restored
State: Washington
City: Seattle
Type of Grant: Exhibition
Deadline: 08/26/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,500
Details:
These projects benefit neighborhoods, small businesses, artists and property owners by creating vibrant and engaging streetscapes that encourage the public to visit downtown Seattle, support local businesses and support local artists – particularly Black, Indigenous, and other entrepreneurs and artists of color.
Seattle Restored is activating vacant storefronts and windows with engaging pop-up shops and art installations from local entrepreneurs, artists, and makers in Seattle’s neighborhoods.
Why participate?
- Opportunity for direct sales and/or visibility to your supporters and public
- Funding to support activations
- Connection to prospective landlords
- Professional photography
- Inclusion in a citywide media campaign
Activation Types
Applicants can apply for the following types of activations.
- Pop-Up Shop – Run your own business in a vacant commercial space. This can include retail or service industries. Spaces must be open to the public. Production or studio space only are not available. Space must be open a minimum of 3 days per week for the full three month activation.
- Art Installation – Exhibit and sell your artwork via QR code from a street-facing window display. Work must be available for sale.
- QR Code Window Shopping – Advertise and sell your products via QR code from a street-facing window display. Work must be available for sale.
- Collective Pop-Up Shop – Share a space with other Seattle Restored participants in a retail collective marketplace. Seattle Restored program managers will coordinate participants. If you would like to apply as a group of artists and/or makers hosting your own collective space please apply for a dedicated pop-up space. Participants must be onsite at the collective space for a minimum of 25 days during the three month participation term and be willing to support sales for all members.
- Restaurant Pop-Up Residency – Run your own restaurant residency for one month in a vacant commercial space.
What’s Involved
- Activate space for a minimum of three months with the exception of the restaurant residency
- Have one point of contact for landlords and Seattle Restored
- Complete a Seattle Restored contract
- Collaborate and be available for space modifications
- Allow space and participants to be documented through photography/video
- Participate in a post-program survey and reporting
- All participants must provide proof of covid vaccination
Eligibility Criteria
- Priority offered to Black, Indigenous and entrepreneurs and artists of Color – applicants
- A panel of peer artists and entrepreneurs will evaluate the applications
- Accepted applications will participate in a match matching process with available spaces
For more information, visit Seattle Restored.
