What is the Hosting Agreement?
We stress that artists and venues must work out a “Hosting Agreement” before the artist secures space within a venue (download the template). ArtPrize won’t police if a venue and artist actually signed the agreement. Artist and venue could come to a verbal agreement, but we strongly suggest you get it on paper. I’ll use a tacky analogy about online dating to explain why.
Nancy Artist is looking for a relationship and stumbles across Alan Venue’s profile online.
- Nancy Artist finds Alan Venue appealing
- She clicks “Connect” to let Alan know she’s interested
- Alan is notified that Nancy is interested
- Alan checks out Nancy’s profile
- He likes what he sees
This is the point where the Hosting Agreement comes in. Alan Venue could just say, “Meet me at the Casbah,” but he knows that wouldn’t be prudent. He wants the terms of the relationship to be clear before things get serious, so he doesn’t shock Nancy when he demands she get rid of her cat on the third date. Read More »