New York Transit Museum’s First Platform

New York Transit Museum’s First Platform

Have an Idea?  And want it showcased to the Public through The New York Transit Museum’s first PLATFORM Program? Read on and submit your idea.

OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Inspired by the engineering, intricate choreography, and impromptu interactions of your daily commute?  Wish there was an open mic night for historians and urbanists? A show-and-tell for your creative musings on mass transit? Looking for a public platform to present your ideas to a captive audience?

Us, too.  That’s why we are excited to announce PLATFORM, a new series of cross-disciplinary programs created by the public for the public. Have an idea? We’ll give you a platform.

The New York Transit Museum is now accepting program proposals for our firstPLATFORM, scheduled for Thursday, April 10 at the Transit Museum’s subway station home in downtown Brooklyn. We welcome submissions from all disciplines—history, science, engineering, visual and performing arts, urban studies, city planning, academic fields. The common denominator? Public transportation.

Submissions may include but are not limited to the following:

  • Live performance (music, theater, dance, spoken word, storytelling, comedy)
  • Film (documentary, fiction, creative media works)
  • Visual art (must be presentation or other programmatic discussion of artwork)
  • Presentation (academic lecture, informal slideshow, etc)
  • Panel discussion (propose participants, moderator, topic, your expertise)
  • Other participatory or site-specific events

TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL

Program proposals should include all of the following:

  • Title of Program
  • Keywords (3 max) that describe your program
  • Brief description (2 sentence max) of your program
  • Long form description including details about content, presentation or performance method, participants, estimated length and target audience
  • Technical requirements (if any)
  • Examples, as relevant (could include prior presentation of program, promotional materials, links, videos, photos, description of proposed participants, etc.)
  • Brief bio (3 sentence max) of yourself

All questions, materials, & complete proposals should be sent via email toprograms@transitmuseumeducation.org.

Submissions will be reviewed by the Museum. To be considered, please submit a complete proposal by Tuesday, February 25 at noon.

About Diana

Diana joined Livingfreenyc as a social foodie fluttering about the city until she learned of the place to party for FREE! An analyst by day, she volunteers for the South Street Seaport Museum in her spare time and enjoys anything and everything to do with live music, food events and the great outdoors.