Nov-Dec Call for Artists
22 Call for Artists are waiting for YOU! Opportunities for artists across the US and in Canada include art on loan programs as well as commissions. You can also apply to be in city artists’ pools which could lead to even more sculpture opportunities. So what are you waiting for–check these calls out today, and happy sculpting!
Chop House Atrium Project
Toledo, Ohio
Summary: The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, ProMedica Health Systems and the Chop House Restaurant has convened a Design Review Board to commission a large, hanging, glass, dichroic glass, or acrylic installation to be installed in a 4-story atrium above The Chop House restaurant in the headquarters for ProMedica. We seek contemporary work that is airy, bright, whimsical and is visually interesting from every level of the atrium. The work may take advantage of subtle airflow through the atrium and could incorporate kinetic elements.
Budget: $40,000 (An additional line item will be made available for the installation of the work. This includes lifts, anchors, hardware, cabling and all other expenses related to the installation of the work. )
Deadline: 11/10/20
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: The project is open to all artists residing in the United States, age 18 and over, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical or mental disability. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines.
Special Notes: three artists or artist teams will be chosen as finalists by the design review board and invited to submit a proposal for consideration. Each finalist will receive $1,000 in compensation for all expenses related to the development of the proposal. Up to $1,000 will be made available for expenses related to site visits, including travel and lodging. Artists will be notified of their status by phone or email no later than February 17th, 2020.
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Shoreline Signals
Des Moines, Iowa
Summary: Part of the Central Iowa Water Trails initiative, an investment in over 80 river access points across 150 miles of rivers and creeks, Shoreline Signals will install at river access points across the larger Des Moines region. Artists are asked to create a repeatable prototype project that is interactive and performs two functions:
- Beckon people to the river’s edge and
- Advise river users of the water’s relative safety, including flow rate for paddlers and anglers. Water quality data for flow rates, nitrates, and other measures are available at a limited number of sites.
Budget: Three artists (or teams) will be selected to develop proposals. Proposal development will be paid at $5,000 each plus a site visit travel stipend. The overall project has a generous artist fee and a fabrication budget of $75,000 for one or more installed proof of concept prototypes. Additional funds are allocated to support the project with insurance, engineering, and artwork transportation.
Deadline: 11/11/20
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: Open to artists who have demonstrated ability & references from successfully completed project with a budget of at least $125,000
Special Notes: Download the short RFQ at https://groupcreatives.com/ss-rfq-submission-guidelines. Diversity and equity are a integral part of the Shoreline Signals mission. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and to view our required qualifications as a growth opportunity.
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Denver Art Museum and Denver Central Public Library Campus
Denver, Colorado
Summary: The City of Denver’s Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or team of artists to create original public artworks for the Denver Art Museum and Denver Central Public Library Campus. The campus is located in the heart of Denver and the Golden Triangle Creative District. A selection panel of community representatives, arts professionals, and civic leaders has been assembled to identify art opportunities, and to select and recommend an artist or artist team for this project. The selection panel has identified at least three exterior sites for potential art opportunities.
Budget: $600,000
Deadline: 11/16/20, 11:59 P.M. MST
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: This project is open to artists internationally, regardless of race, color, creed, gender, gender variance, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, marital status, political opinion or affiliation, or mental or physical disability. The selection panel is especially interested in artists who can demonstrate a deep understanding of the campus, as well as the area’s history, urban landscape, surrounding neighborhoods, and current social and cultural events.
Special Notes: the selection panel will choose three to five finalists who will create site-specific proposals and be interviewed in a virtual format. Artists will be paid an honorarium for this work. Artists/teams selected as finalists will be required to submit a Diversity & Inclusiveness Form for their proposals to be considered, which will be provided upon notification.
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Congress Park Pool & Playground Public Art Project
Denver, Colorado
Summary: The City of Denver’s Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or artist team for site-specific artworks at the soon-to-be renovated Congress Park Pool & Playground, located at 850 Josephine St.
The goals of the public art commission are to create an inspiring, joyful, safe, and welcoming experience for the users of the pool, playground, and park. Artist(s) should consider how the artwork will enhance the neighborhood culture, celebrate the public space, and improve the urban playground. The Congress Park Pool & Playground Public Art Project Selection Panel is open to the possibility of tactile, interactive, and kinetic artworks.
Budget: $80,000
Deadline: 11/16/20, 11:59 P.M. MST
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: This project is open to artists who currently live and work in the State of Colorado regardless of race, color, creed, gender, gender variance, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, marital status, political opinion or affiliation, or mental or physical disability. The selection panel is interested in artists who can demonstrate an understanding of the area’s residents, culture, and surrounding neighborhoods. Emerging artists and artists working in media that is pedestrian-scaled and suitable for outdoor display are especially encouraged to apply.
Special Notes: Park space located between the main entrance of the swimming pool and playground. Please note the concrete walk currently shown in the aerial image will be removed and replaced. The commissioned artist or artist team will work with the playground design team to finalize the placement for the artwork.
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LUMCON
Port of Terrebonne, Louisiana
Summary: The installation should capture the mission and core values of Blue Works (found on page 4 of the full call document). The installation should also marry coastal and ocean with digital, computational, technological, and engineering themes. Artists are greatly encouraged to utilize kinetic and light elements to convey a sense of movement and energy. The installation will be located in the atrium/front lobby area. It is envisioned that the piece will cover the wooden wall on page 5 of the full call document. The piece should ideally serve to generate awe and excitement to all that enter Blue Works.
Budget: $80,000
Deadline: November 18, 2020 (10:59 PM CT)
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: Demonstrating a minimum of five years of professional visual art experience, artist must be at least 18 years old
Special Notes: Read the full call here
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Town of Apex Inaugural Outdoor Sculpture Walk
Apex, North Carolina
Summary: Sculpture artists are invited to participate in the Town of Apex Inaugural Outdoor Sculpture Walk, scheduled for April 2021- March 2022. This exhibition offers established and emerging professional artists the opportunity to display their sculptures throughout the heart of beautiful downtown Apex, North Carolina.
Budget: Selected artists will each receive a $1,500 honorarium to offset transportation, insurance and other incidental expenses. One artist will be selected by the exhibition juror to receive a $1,500 Best in Show Award, and one artist will be selected by community vote to receive a $1,500 Community Choice Award.
Deadline: 11/19/2020
How to apply: email (see link below)
Eligibility Requirements: Artists from North Carolina are especially encouraged to apply, though all artists who meet the requirements are eligible. Artists must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the U.S
Special Notes: Sculpture must be an original design and completed within the last three years and suitable for all ages.
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Gallery Without Walls 2021
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Summary: The Arts Council of Lake Oswego is pleased to invite artist submissions of up to three works of art per artist for outdoor public display in Lake Oswego’s nationally recognized, award-winning outdoor Gallery Without Walls exhibit. In its twenty first year, this program’s mission is to integrate art into the daily lives of local residents and visitors to the community by presenting works from regional, national, and international artists that resonate with people of diverse backgrounds.
Budget: Up to fifteen artists will be chosen by the Selection Committee to display in Lake Oswego. Selected artists will be awarded an honorarium of $1000. Selected artists are also eligible for an annual People’s Choice purchase award of up to $20,000 (with a 30% gallery fee).
Deadline: 11/23/20
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: no restrictions noted
Special Notes: During the exhibition period, works will be available for sale with a 30% gallery fee, if sold, paid to the Arts Council. Sold artworks must remain on display for the contracted exhibition period.
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Coppin State University College of Business
Baltimore City, Maryland
Summary: The commissioned artwork will be the first public artwork on the Coppin State University campus. Given its importance to the University and its prominent high visibility location, the artwork should honor the history and presence of the University as an urban HBCU with an open door to the Baltimore community. The artwork should reflect the overall values of the University to connect, inspire and empower the residents of Baltimore and the state.
Budget: $190,000
Deadline: 11/24/20, 3pm Eastern
How to apply: SmartSimple
Eligibility Requirements: All professional artists or artist teams living in the United States may apply.
Special Notes: Artwork proposals are not accepted with this call. Up to 4 semi-finalists will be invited to make proposals for each location. A $2,500 stipend will be provided to develop proposals.
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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
Baltimore, Maryland
Summary: There are 2 separate opportunities for sculptors in this listing. The Artist Selection Committee have identified two locations to install unique, site-specific commissioned artworks. Artists must select which location, or both, they wish to apply for
Budget: $260,000
The individual site specific integrated artwork commission budgets are outlined as follows:
Three Story Atrium & Lobby Wall $175,000
Entrance Plazas & Sidewalks $85,000
Deadline: 11/24/20
How to apply: SmartSimple
Eligibility Requirements: The artwork commissions are open to artists residing within the United States.
Special Notes: Specific proposals are not being accepted at this time. Three semi-finalists will be invited to make proposals for each location. Each semi-finalist artist or artist team will receive a $2,500 stipend to develop a proposal.
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Aviation Artist Pool
Chicago, Illinois
Summary: The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) in partnership with the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) invites Chicago-based professional artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for potential inclusion in Chicago’s Aviation Artist Pool. The Aviation Artist Pool is a mechanism for selecting artists for public art opportunities at Chicago O’Hare and Midway Airports.
Public art is an integral part of upcoming capital improvement projects at airports, enhancing the visitor experience and signaling passenger arrival to Chicago, a welcoming, world-class cultural destination. The Aviation Artist Pool will facilitate the creation of public art and other special commissions by identifying artists with a demonstrated history of completing large-scale, site-specific public art projects, and/or creating artworks suitable for acquisition and display in an airport facility. As commissioning or acquisition opportunities arise, the City will draw from the Aviation Artist Pool to identify artists to create proposals.
Diversity and equity are core goals of the Aviation Artist Pool. Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, and to view our required qualifications as a growth opportunity.
Budget: n/a
Deadline: 11/29/20
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: The Aviation Artist Pool opportunity is open to professional artists and artist teams living and/or working in Chicago, who have a demonstrated history of completing large-scale public art projects, and/or creating artworks suitable for acquisition and display in an airport facility.
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Prospectus #261 T.I.M.E. NOW: Bosque Redondo Historic Site
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Summary: The strongest proposals will be works that engage the temporary nature of the T.I.M.E. NOW project (Temporary Installations Made for the Environment) and consider the cultural and local histories of the area. A strong community engagement component that provides genuine enrichment must be considered in collaboration with the site.
Site-specific works are strongly encouraged. Artwork should appeal to both local residents and visitors to the area.
No artwork requiring concrete pads or other environmentally damaging approaches will be considered. The artist will return the installation site to its original condition during scheduled artwork removal, subject to the approval of the site representative. Media must be low maintenance, safe for both children and adults, ADA compliant, and not leave a permanent mark on the environment when removed.
Budget: New Mexico Arts has allocated $10,000 for the project, with $2,500 per artist/artist team.
Deadline: 11/30/20
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: The project is open to New Mexico and Navajo Nation residents aged 18 years and older. Artists in all stages of their careers are encouraged to apply.
Special Notes: There is no access to electricity at the sites. To prevent irreparable environmental damage, no large holes may be dug or foreign organic materials released into the environment. Artwork must be sufficiently secured against high winds and intense weather conditions. The artist understands that their artwork may be subject to damage, vandalism or theft at any time due to the temporary nature and outdoor setting of the project.
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2021 Bike Rack Public Art
Santa Clarita, California
Summary: The City of Santa Clarita (City) is seeking an art work for its Public Art program. Artist(s) are invited to submit portfolios of past work for consideration. Up to five (5) artists will be invited to submit site specific proposals for a functional Bike Rack art work (Art Work) to be permanently located on a concrete pad. The City intends to select one artist to design and fabricate an Art Work.
Budget: $8,000
Deadline: 11/30/20
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: Artists 18 years of age or older are invited to submit an individual or collaborative artist application. Must be located in the U.S.
Special Notes: Up to five (5) artists will be invited to create site-specific Bike Rack proposals. Semi-finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium, plus $400 (accommodation allowance) for the Art Work proposal. The total budget for the Art Work is $8,000.
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Sculpture Garden Public Art Project
Santa Clarita, California
Summary: The City of Santa Clarita is seeking three (3) sculptural art works for its Public Art program. Artist(s) are invited to submit portfolios of past work for consideration. Up to five (5) artists will be invited to submit site-specific proposals for sculptural art works to be permanently located on concrete pads along the Canyon Country Community Center walking paths.
Budget: insert
Deadline: 11/30/20
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: Artists 18 years of age or older are invited to submit an individual or collaborative artist application.
Special Notes: The City intends to select one artist to design and fabricate three Art Works.
Art Work must fit on a pre-determined concrete pad. Pad measures 6’ by 6’ with a usable corner-to-corner space of 8-1/2′ by 8-1/2’. A horizontal base could use the maximum length of the base if its width is within the dimensions.
Art Work should be no less than 8’ and no more than 15’ in height including the base
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O-Train Public Art Program
Ottawa, Canada
Summary: The City of Ottawa Public Art Program is issuing this Request for Proposals to select a professional, qualified and experienced artist team or artist studio/consulting firm to develop and implement a comprehensive civic arts strategy. The civic arts strategy will respond to local community change taking place in the Byron Linear Park and Richmond Road area of Ottawa.
Budget: $700,000 Canadian Dollars plus Harmonized Sales Tax
Deadline: November 30, 2020 – 4 pm Eastern Standard Time
How to apply: online application form
Eligibility Requirements: This request for qualifications is an equal opportunity, open to local, national and international interdisciplinary artists, creative teams, studios/consulting firms, organizations and community agencies (for-profit and non-profit).
Special Notes: The City of Ottawa supports cultural activities that are inclusive of Ottawa’s diverse communities including people from diverse ancestries, abilities, ages, countries of origin, cultures, genders, incomes, languages, races and sexual orientations. Applications from First Nations, Inuit and Métis are welcome and encouraged. The City of Ottawa recognizes both official languages (English and French) as having the same rights, status and privileges.
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Public Art Artist Roster for 2021- 2023
Seattle, Washington
Summary: The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) is creating an artist roster of approximately 200-300 artists, that will include both artists who are emerging into the field and experienced public artists, who will be pre-qualified for future public art projects in 2021-2023 within city utility facilities, parks, street right-of-way, and other locations.
The roster will serve 3 functions:
- As a method of selecting emerging artists to develop permanent or temporary, free-standing or site-integrated artwork projects in a variety of forms, sizes, and complexities, outdoors or indoors, of budgets under $40,000.
- As a method of selecting established artists to develop permanent or temporary, free-standing or site-integrated artwork projects in a variety of forms, sizes, and complexities, outdoors or indoors, of budgets over $40,000.
- An online searchable portal hosted by ARTS in which the general public and organizations have access to information and work sample images of roster artists.
Budget: n/a
Deadline: 11/30/20 5pm (Pacific Standard Time).
How to apply: Submittable
Eligibility Requirements: This call is open to established artists currently residing in the United States and emerging artists currently residing in Washington state. Artists will be asked to self-identify as either an emerging or established public artist.
Special Notes: For this application, an emerging artist is defined as a visual artist who has been awarded three or fewer commissions from public agencies, corporations, or other organizations not exceeding $20,000 (individual budget amounts, not cumulative). Eligibility is limited to emerging artists currently resident in Washington state.
For this application, an established artist is defined as a visual artist who has been awarded more than three commissions from public agencies, corporations or other organizations over the amount of $20,000 (individual budget amounts, not cumulative). Eligibility is open to established artists currently resident in the United States.
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Missouri Art Now
Missouri
Summary: Missouri Art Now is a state-wide competition for artists who live and work in Missouri. To celebrate Missouri’s bicentennial, several arts organizations have come together to present a traveling exhibit throughout 2021. The exhibition will feature sixty works from artists throughout the State of Missouri, together demonstrating the vibrant visual arts culture in the state.
Budget: $30,000
Deadline: 12/1/20
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: Missouri Art Now is open to both 2-D and 3-D artists who reside in Missouri.
Special Notes: There is a $30.00 application fee for this call.
Event Dates: 3/5/21 – 11/7/21
3D artworks must weigh 100 pounds or less and not over 32” x 32” x 68”
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Create Public Art For New Cambridge School Complex
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Summary: The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is seeking qualifications from artists interested in creating a site-responsive outdoor public artwork for what will be the newly constructed Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools complex, located at 197 Vassal Lane in northwest Cambridge.
Budget: $650,000
Deadline: 12/4/20, noon Eastern
How to apply: SlideRoom
Eligibility Requirements: This is an open call. The city seeks artists with public art experience, which we know can come in various forms. Recognizing that working in the public realm is multi-faceted, we welcome applicants within a broad range of artistic backgrounds, and we encourage artist-led interdisciplinary teams.
Special Notes: At this stage, we are not asking for proposals, but rather only qualifications in the form of materials that represent an artist’s past work. From this Request for Qualifications (RFQ), four finalists will be selected by an Art Jury. Each finalist will be invited and paid $3,000 to submit concept proposals that are based on site parameters and developed in consultation with city staff and members of the community.
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Surratts-Clinton Branch Library Interior Installation
Prince George’s County, Maryland
Summary: Prince George’s County, Maryland, is accepting qualifications from artists or artist teams interested in a public art opportunity at the Surratts-Clinton Branch Library in Prince George’s County, Maryland. For this public art opportunity, the selected artist or artist team will design, fabricate, and install an interior public art piece in the form of a glass, mosaics, and/or ceramic mural.
Budget: $76,000
Deadline: 12/4/20
How to apply: email (see link below)
Eligibility Requirements: Professional artist(s) and design professionals are invited to apply as individuals or teams.
Special Notes: Local artists are encouraged to apply. Artists and design professionals that are residents/have studios in Prince George’s County are encouraged to apply
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Napa Art Walk 2021-2023
Napa, California
Summary: The City of Napa, CA is seeking up to 10 temporary installations for the seventh Napa Art Walk outdoor art exhibit.
Budget: Each selected artist will receive an Artist Honorarium of $2,000 to assist with transportation, travel and other expenses
Deadline: 12/4/20 MIDNIGHT, Pacific Standard Time
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: This opportunity is open to established professional artists residing or working in AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, OR, UT or WA; age 18 and older. All submissions must be previously completed artworks. No artwork proposals for yet-to-be-created art will be accepted.
Special Notes: All pieces submitted for the seventh Napa Art Walk should integrate and embody a work centered around the theme Play. Using kinetic art, movement and/ or light to define dimensions and interaction in space, this art should contain symbolic movement or require motion for its effects.
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UNL Mabel Lee Hall Public Art RFQ
Lincoln, Nebraska
Summary: This new MLH replacement building will house College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS), which is dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals, families, schools, and communities and to strengthening the relationships among them. To achieve this mission, CEHS provides state-of-the art education programs for students, conducts research, carries out creative work, and applies knowledge through outreach. CEHS is one of the 4 largest colleges on the UNL campus, serving both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as conducting outreach/extension in all 93 Nebraska counties. This building will house the Dean’s Office, the CEHS Business Center, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and School (CYFS), the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF), the Department Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education (TLTE), and a portion of the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences (NHS).
Budget: $330,300
A maximum of $330,300.00 is available for all the project sites, total amount for each site indicated above for the selected artist or artists’ team (All travel and lodging, equipment rental, supplies and fabrication for the final design and commission will be responsibility of the artist/artists team).
Site 1 | Exterior site $100,150
Site 2 | Living Room $129,800
Site 3 | Hallway Study Seating Niches, $100,150
Deadline: 12/4/20
How to apply: SlideRoom
Eligibility Requirements: Professional public artists or artist teams throughout the United States are eligible.
Special Notes: The overarching goal for the art in this building is to “Make Learning Visible,” a unifying concept – figurative and practical – for the various art sites throughout the building.
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MTech College
Lehi, Utah
Summary: Request for qualifications from artists and/or artist teams resident in the western United States, interested in creating site specific exterior artwork for the Mountainland Technical College Trades and Technology Building
Budget: $88,000
Deadline: 12/4/20, midnight Mountain Time
How to apply: CaFÉ™
Eligibility Requirements: Resident American or legal resident artist / artist teams living in the western United States (UTAH, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington or Wyoming) eligible for this commission. Utah artists are encouraged to apply.
Special Notes: In development of work for this project, artists may consider the specific training offered at MTECH and/or the union between educational training and economic development – a significant responsibility of the college. Other considerations may include the topography, community, and traditions of the Mountainland Region and Utah County.
The Committee has identified the exterior for art placement/involvement at the North side of the new facility.
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2021 Spotlight on Wake Forest Artists
Project Head (H3)
Summary: The Wake Forest Public Art Commission (PAC) invites Wake Forest Guild of Artist members, 9-12 grade students living in Wake Forest, and artists residing within the Town of Wake Forest and it’s ETJ (extraterritorial jurisdiction) to submit one piece of original art to the Spotlight on Wake Forest Artists Contest. There is no entry fee.
The art piece may be oriented either in landscape or portrait style. There are no restrictions on the type or theme of the art except that it must also fit within the societal boundaries of good taste. It must be a piece of art that can be faithfully reproduced digitally.
Images of two-dimensional or mixed media art or photographs of pottery, woodwork, jewelry and other art mediums are accepted. Each of the four selected art works will be scanned into an electronic image. The electronic image of each selected art piece will be reproduced in vinyl and mounted on a building in Wake Forest. All artists entering the contest will keep their original artwork.
Budget: Each of the selected artists will receive an honorarium of $100.00 and will have their art on display for one year.
Deadline: 12/4/20
How to apply: Please contact Debra Horton for more information on the rolling Call For Artists.
Eligibility Requirements: Artists eligible for this contest are those who reside in the Town of Wake Forest and its ETJ, members of the Wake Forest Guild of Artists and high school students living in Wake Forest.
Special Notes: Artists are NOT allowed to apply in teams.
This is a rolling call.
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