LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL LOOKING FOR LAS VEGAS CREATIVES TO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL ART PROGRAM AT 2023 FESTIVAL
Annual festival working with Meow Wolf to find Las Vegas artists interested in having their work showcased at the 2023 event
Submit work for consideration HERE until July 25
WHAT:
Life is Beautiful, in collaboration with Meow Wolf, is excited to announce the search for local artists to participate in the highly anticipated 2023 Local Art Program, featured at the festival’s 10th anniversary this September 22-24. Curated by Paints With Care, this unique initiative aims to bring together talented Las Vegas creators for a collaborative community art project like no other. Selected artists will have the incredible opportunity to contribute to a series of immersive and visually captivating movable murals. These striking art pieces will be showcased throughout the festival footprint, adding a vibrant and dynamic element to the 2023 Life is Beautiful festival.
The year’s art program is an homage to the thriving artistic community of Las Vegas, fostering collaboration among local talents and introducing festival attendees to the city’s incredible pool of creators. This initiative seeks to enhance the festival experience by infusing it with the diverse and inspiring works of Las Vegas artists.
For more information, submission guidelines, and updates, visit www.lifeisbeautiful.com or contact the Paints With Care team at [email protected].
SUBMISSIONS:
The project is open to all local Las Vegas artists who are passionate about collaborative art and interested in showcasing their talents at the festival. Applicants must submit their portfolios or examples of previous work for consideration HERE by July 25, 2023.
SELECTION: A selection committee will review the submissions and artists will be chosen based on their recent experience, ability to work collaboratively, and other relevant criteria.
About Life is Beautiful
Celebrating 10 years in September 2023, Life is Beautiful is Las Vegas’ premier music and arts festival. Attracting more than 1 million fans to Downtown Las Vegas over the festival’s lifespan, the annual 3-day event delivers an eclectic range of immersive experiences including music sets from chart-topping performers, eye-catching art installations, culinary showcases, and more. Life is Beautiful was born as part of the major revitalization of Downtown Las Vegas in 2013 and has helped transform the surrounding DTLV community into a bustling destination while contributing over $400M of economic impact and cultural capital to the area. What started as an event has become something more: a symbol of connection, joy and creativity.
About Meow Wolf
Meow Wolf is a Santa Fe-based arts and entertainment company that creates immersive, interactive experiences that have transported participants of all ages into fantastic realms of story and exploration. Recognized in Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies (2022 and 2020) and USA Today’s Top 10 Best Immersive Art Experiences (2022), Meow Wolf experiences engage millions of curious seekers through discovery and play.
The company’s first exhibition in Santa Fe (2016) is the THEA Award-winning, international sensation, House Of Eternal Return, which reveals a multidimensional mystery house with secret passages, portals to magical worlds, and surreal, mesmerizing art exhibits. Omega Mart, at AREA15 in Las Vegas (2021) is an eye-popping smorgasbord of art in a dreamlike grocery store where other worlds gleam just beyond the frozen aisle. Denver’s Convergence Station (2021) is a maximalist grandiosity of architecture, a quantum transit station that connects to four alien worlds forged together in a post-singularity moment of amnesia. Meow Wolf will open The Real Unreal in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in July 2023 with the next location opening in Houston in 2024.
Meow Wolf is proud to be the first certified B-Corporation in the themed entertainment industry.
