Request for Proposals
After a pause in programming, the annual Augusto! Children's Festival is coming back in 2024! The festival will take place from August 9 to August 11, 2024, at the St. Elias Convention Centre in Haines Junction, Yukon. The festival will run from late Friday afternoon until midday on Sunday and focus on art, music and other traditional children's festival activities. This festival is geared towards children ages 12 and under. 

A total of 24 one hour workshops are proposed during the festival: 16 on Saturday and 8 on Sunday, for children ages 5 to 12. Workshops will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and between 10:00a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. 

The festival will also continue to have an emphasis on up-cycling, repurposing found objects and transforming waste materials into expressive art explorations and musical instruments.

The Augusto! Children's Festival is now requesting proposals from visual artists to lead one-hour workshops. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for consideration, please complete the application form below.

CRITERIA: The board's decisions will be based on artistic merit, inclusion of First Nations and non First Nations artists, related experience teaching children's workshops and ensuring a variety of art forms are selected. Augusto! Children's Festival has the right to refuse any or all submissions.  

Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm on April 30, 2024.
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Describe the visual art project you are proposing. Please include as much detail as possible and a workshop name. You are welcome to email photos to augustofestival@gmail.com if this better demonstrates the project. You are welcome to submit more than one project for consideration. *
The children participating in the workshops are aged 5 to 12. What age range works for your project? (check all that apply) *
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What is the maximum number of participants you would consider for your workshop? Due to limited workshop spaces we prefer workshops for 12 or more participants. 

Normally, we offer successful artists the opportunity to present chosen workshops twice.
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Augusto! Children's Festival has a dedicated group of volunteers and will provide 1 volunteer to assist with each workshop including set up and take down. Please indicate below if you need one additional volunteer. *
Additional requirements: *
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Will this project cause a mess on the floor: *
Time is limited between workshops. Please identify the amount of time you would require for set up and tear down. *
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Please provide a summary of your experience as a visual artist, your experience in presenting workshops and whether or not you have presented workshops for children.
The Augusto! Children's Festival Remuneration Policy is below. If you require additional information on any of the above, you may contact Darlene Sillery at augustofestival@gmail.com.
Augusto! Children's Festival
Remuneration Policy #01-17

Purpose:  

To ensure standard rates of remuneration for presenters of visual arts workshops and other workshops at the Augusto! Children's Festival.

Schedule of Remuneration:

Presenter Fees for Workshops:  Each one hour workshop will be paid two hours at $30.00 per hour to allow for set up and take down.  A maximum of three hours at $30.00 per hour may be charged for preparation time for each one hour workshop.  

Materials Reimbursement:  Material costs for workshops can be reimbursed up to $100.00 per workshop, without receipts.  A higher material cost may be considered if outlined in the workshop proposal, with the submission of receipts, and with prior approval from the Augusto! Children's Festival.  

Travel:  Return travel from Whitehorse to Haines Junction will be reimbursed at the Yukon Government medical travel rate of $94.80.  Travel will not be paid for presenters residing in the Haines Junction area, inclusive of Canyon, McIntosh Subdivision and Kathleen Lake.  

Accommodation:  For presenters of the Saturday morning workshops, accommodation can be provided on Friday night.  For presenters of the Sunday morning workshops, accommodation can be provided on Saturday night.  For presenters of workshops on both Saturday and Sunday, accommodation will be provided on Saturday night.  A $50.00  honorarium will be paid to presenters who wish to stay with friends in private accommodation or who wish to stay in local campgrounds.

Hospitality:  Food and refreshments will be provided for all presenters during the workshop hours on Saturday and on Sunday morning.  

Payment to Presenters:  Payment by cheque will be made to workshop presenters during the festival for their workshop fees, preparation fees, travel, materials reimbursement and accommodation honorarium (if staying with friends or camping).  Hotel accommodation will be booked by the festival and invoiced directly to the Augusto! Children's Festival.  

This policy forms part of the agreement for services between the workshop presenter and the Augusto! Children's Festival.  
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