LA Mission’s College’s Arts, Media & Performance Department is accepting proposals for short works to be presented in Vox Pop, a new student-centered performance celebration. Vox Pop is designed to support the development and presentation of original artistic voices from our college community. 

 

Any current LA Mission College student, regardless of major, is eligible to submit a proposal. All members of each group must be enrolled in at least one LA Mission College class in Spring 2024. Proposals are due on Sunday, April 21.

 

Vox Pop will be presented on Tuesday, May 21 at 5:00 p.m.

 

"Vox Pop" is a shortened version of 'vox populi,' the Latin term for 'voice of the people.' The name encompasses the mission behind this performance series—to provide a forum where student voices are centered, collaboration is encouraged, and community is celebrated.

 

At Vox Pop you might see a three-person dance performance, a reading from an original screenplay, a seven-minute play, an a cappella group, slam poetry, a short animated film, a vocal performance with live accompaniment, an action painting with an EDM score, a piano etude, a twenty-piece band...or something that can't quite be categorized.

 

Vox Pop is a presentation arena for works-in-progress as much as it is for finished pieces. It's an artistic atom smasher, where ideas both great-and-small collide with each other and create something unique. It's a space where the kids can play, without the grownups telling them to keep the crayons off the walls.

 

Vox Pop is not an open mic. It's a forum to present polished work. That work may be unfinished, chaotic, or indefinable...but it should be polished in its unfinished state, controlled in its chaos, and rehearsed in its undefined nature.

 

About ten Vox Pop acts will be selected through a proposal submission process. The proposals will be evaluated based on the vitality of the idea proposed, the appropriateness of the project to Vox Pop, and the artist’s/team's ability to successfully execute the project. Performances will have a strict seven-minute time limit. 

 

Proposals will be selected by Vox Pop mentor and host, Brian Tichnell. Tichnell will provide regular check-ins and mentoring of each act throughout the process and serve as the host of the performance on May 21.

 

LA Mission College will provide support through technical assistance and access to the performance space, with basic sound and lighting equipment.

 

Proposal deadline is Sunday, April 21.

To submit a proposal, click here.

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