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Proposals sought for arts commission project

7/22/2025 12AM

Dancers perform "Blueprint of a Point Ascending" by choreographer Abby Marchesseault during the 2025 New Works Premiere Performances on May 31 at the Tarkington. (Allied Solutions Center screenshot)


Deadline Sept. 12 for fifth annual New Works submissions

Four winning entries to receive $2,500 awards

 

CARMEL, Ind. – Indiana-based artists are invited to submit proposals for New Works, an annual commission program now in its fifth season at Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts.

 

Text logo on white background says "New Works: An Arts Commission Project"

New Works is an initiative to promote and sustain local artists and arts communities by supporting the creation of new works in various disciplines. A panel of judges will select one winner in the visual arts and three winners in the performing arts, which can include music, dance, theater and other fields. The four winning proposals will receive $2,500 each to create and premiere the works during a livestreamed public event May 30 in Allied Solutions Center’s Tarkington theater. The winning visual arts piece, which can be two- or three-dimensional, will be displayed for one year in the main lobby of the Payne & Mencias Palladium concert hall.

                             

The theme of any proposed work must align with one or more of Allied Solutions Center’s organizational Core Values: excellence, innovation, integrity, collaboration and inclusion. The work cannot have been created prior to September 2025 and must not be performed publicly prior to the May 30 premiere. Artists of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. There is no application fee.

 

The submission deadline is Sept. 12 at 11:59 p.m. Further details and application instructions are available at TheCenterPresents.org/NewWorks. Questions can be emailed to NewWorks@TheCenterPresents.org. Awards will be announced in February.

 

Last season’s New Works commissions were awarded to singer-composer Emma Hedrick, poet Ming Joi Washington, choreographer Abby Marchesseault and visual artist Boxx the Artist. Video of the May 31 premiere event at the Tarkington is viewable on the Center’s YouTube channel.

 

New Works is supported by the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation.

 

About Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts

The mission of Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts, celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2026, is to engage and inspire the Indiana community through enriching arts experiences. The nonprofit organization’s campus in Carmel, Indiana, includes the 1,500-seat Payne & Mencias Palladium concert hall, the 500-seat Tarkington proscenium theater and the black-box Studio Theater. Allied Solutions Center presents and hosts hundreds of events each year, including the annual Center Presents performance season, featuring the best in classical music, jazz, pop, rock, country, comedy and other genres. Educational and experiential programming for all ages includes children’s concerts and camps, book clubs, lectures, and classes in music and stand-up comedy. Allied Solutions Center is home to the affiliated Great American Songbook Foundation and provides space and support services for six resident arts companies. More information is available at TheCenterPresents.org.