Seattle Center will host The Next Fifty in 2012, a six-month celebration of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair’s 50th anniversary. Seattle Center seeks up to 20 temporary projects to highlight arts, culture and design at the celebration. The celebration will take place on the Seattle Center grounds, April 21 through Oct. 21, 2012.

Individuals, curators, institutions and youth (age 24 and under) are encouraged to submit proposals of new and original temporary visual, performing, literary and media art projects that range in duration from one day to six months. Application deadline is Friday, July 22.

The Next Fifty’s theme is Illuminating Today’s Challenges, Imagining Tomorrow’s Possibilities. The celebration will focus on arts, culture, design, history, sustainable futures, global health, science, technology, commerce, the innovation economy, learning and civic action.

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