Call for Artists: MD Art @ College Park

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The Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) invites all artists residing in Maryland and all artist members of MFA to enter its fine art juried competition for artists working in two- and three-dimensional formats. Submissions following exhibition guidelines will be considered by the juror. The selected artworks will be on exhibit at The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, by invitation to MFA.

  • Exhibition Chair: Stephen Borko
  • Exhibition Dates: June 19 – Aug 1
  • Submissions Deadline: April 23
  • Juror: Yumi Hogan, Adjunct Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore MD.
  • Download printable prospectus (pdf)
Terms of Entry For Exhibitions

Exhibition and Presentation Guidelines are detailed in the prospectus. Additional information will be included in the acceptance letter.

Eligibility

  • All Maryland residents are eligible to enter.
  • All MFA members living in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico are eligible to enter.

Work

  • A maximum of 6 original works created in the past 3 years may be entered.
  • Works previously exhibited in a juried show at University of MD’s The Art Gallery are not eligible.
  • Two-dimensional works may not exceed 8 feet in height or width. Three-dimensional works may not exceed 10 feet in height nor 6 feet in width and depth.

Entries and Submission Fees

  • Entries must be submitted online.
  • Entry fees are $35 (MFA members, $20) for one or two entries and $5 each for up to four additional entries. Entry fees are non-refundable.
  • To enter online, you will need an MFA account that includes an email address and a password.  There is no charge to create an MFA account
  • Images must be in JPEG files less than 2MB with the recommended longest pixel dimension between 1600 and 2000 pixels (maximum).
  • Images of accepted works may be used at the sole discretion of MFA for promotional purposes including but not limited to the invitation, catalog, web site or on a subsequent year’s prospectus. Image will include attribution whenever possible.

Call for Artists: San Diego Airport Public Art Project

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PUBLIC ART PROJECT OPPORTUNITY: San Diego County Regional Airport Authority

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): Parking Plaza Public Art Opportunity:

Artists are invited to collaborate with the Authority’s design-build team to create an integral, visually dynamic, and experiential artwork within the new Parking Plaza. The Parking Plaza is expected to be a 3-story post-tensioned concrete structure of approximately 1,000,000 square feet with 3,000 parking spaces and will be located on the current footprint of the Terminal 2 East parking lot.

This opportunity will serve as the introductory Airport experience for passengers utilizing the Parking Plaza, and should therefore create a sense of place and support intuitive way-finding within the structure. The artwork should respond to and reflect the building’s smart technology, which senses vehicle occupancy and uses real-time data to simplify the user experience. This may be accomplished through the use of responsive or participatory features, by utilizing data generated from the structure to enhance interactive elements, or by integrating renewable energy devices into the artist’s design.

Budget: $900,000

Eligibility: RFQ is open to all professional designers, artists and teams legally qualified to work in the US; artists must have successfully completed at least one large-scale permanent public art commission with a project budget of at least $500,000 within the past ten years. Additional requirements are listed in the RFQ.

Application Deadline:  Applications must be received by March 27, 2015

For full guidelines, information, and to apply for the opportunity, all artists must register in the Authority’s Vendor Database:

To register visit: http://www.san.org/businessand complete the Vendor Registration.
What you need to register:
1. You will be asked to create a user name and password, please write them down and save for reference,
2. Have your federal tax ID # or your SSN available, and
3. Select your Business Category. For this opportunity use the following Business Category: 711510 Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers

Once you’ve successfully completed the registration process you will receive an e-mail from the Authority confirming your successful registration.
Then, you can login to our website to view and/or print the opportunity

Call for Artists: Storefronts DC 2015

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CulturalDC, in collaboration with Atlas Performing Arts Center, the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Project, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and community organizations, is pleased to announce the Storefronts DC competition to commission a series of temporary art installations, pop-up events and short-term art projects in Wards 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Washington, DC. The program is intended to be a transformative initiative that activates vacant spaces and increases foot-traffic through an infusion of arts and cultural projects.

The call can be found here:

http://www.culturaldc.org/2015/03/storefronts-dc-2015-call-for-proposals/

Call for Artists: Public Art Project (Chattanooga, TN)

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Request for proposals (RFP): Bringing Tap Back Public Art Project in Chattanooga, TN

 

Public Art Chattanooga (PAC) and the Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN) are seeking proposals for original, two-dimensional designs for Bringing Tap Back.Bringing Tap Back is a state-wide initiative that raises awareness of the importance of drinking water by providing free and publically accessible water bottle refill stations in public spaces. We are seeking original artwork that will be printed and installed on eight new outdoor water bottle refill stations in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Three designs will be selected for production and installed in summer 2015. The selected artists/designers will receive a $2,500 honorarium for their design. Winning designs will be on view for up to three years. Artwork should be visually compelling to encourage users and stand alone as public artwork.

Eligibility: This RFP is open to all professional designers, artists and teams over the age of 18, who currently reside in the United States.

 

Application Deadline:  Applications must be received by April 30, 2015 4:00 pm. EST. No exceptions.

 

For full guidelines and information:   http://www.chattanooga.gov/public-art/about/calls-to-artists

Call for Artists: Public Art Project (NC)

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The City of Charlotte Joint Communication Center (JCC) Public Art Opportunity

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 9, 2015 – 11:59 p.m. EDT

Pre-submittal Meeting:

March 24, 2015 4:00 p.m. EDT (Attendance is optional)

This meeting is an opportunity for potential applicants to ask questions regarding the project site, public art scope and the submission process.

Meeting location

Arts & Science Council Board Room

227 W. Trade Street, Suite 250

Charlotte, NC 28202

 

Background

The Arts & Science Council (ASC) is accepting qualifications from professional Artists or Teams of Artists in response to a significant public art opportunity for the City of Charlotte’s Joint Communications Center (JCC).

The JCC will be built on a campus with other buildings occupying a little over five acres.  The site is currently flanked by multi and single family housing on its West side and a mix of industrial and commercial businesses on its East side.  Located at the intersection of North Graham Street and Statesville Avenue in a distressed area, the property is currently being considered for rezoning from an industrial site to a mixed urban development in hopes of spurring economic growth and investment.

The four-story facility is approximately 82,000 square feet and will provide improved emergency response services by consolidating operator groups who use the same technology to monitor and respond to real-time emergency and non-emergency calls throughout the city of Charlotte.  In addition to the primary day-to-day operational functions, the building will house a public waiting area to accommodate the public, public officials, media and emergency personnel awaiting proper deployment during an emergency activation.

 

Project Description

This is a significant public art opportunity that will impact not only the JCC operators, but also the surrounding neighborhood, businesses, and vehicular traffic. The selected artist or team of artists will be invited to create an engaging experience that is sculptural and interactive. This experience could provide intuitive clues that allude to the hi-tech activity housed inside the facility. The feature will be sited on the exterior of the facility and could trace the perimeter of the property and possibly spill into, activate or engage the entry plaza.

It should be visually engaging during the day and at night. And is further envisioned to invite diverse interpretations while exploring a range of interactive media including, but not limited to: modular, large scale, dynamic, interactive, kinetic, time-based and/or web-based.

The selected artist/artist team(s) must take into consideration specific site conditions including but not limited to security and traffic sight lines. All considered media must be durable, low maintenance, and of a permanent nature.

 

BUDGET

An amount not to exceed $400,000 is allocated to include all artists’ fees, design, fabrication and installation.  Engineering fees and all requirements for code shall be included in this amount.

 

Minimum Eligibility

  • Professional artists who have experience managing, designing and completing public art project commissions over $280,000.00 within the past five (5) years are eligible.
  • Must reside in the United States.
  • Artists, contractors, designers or architects who are currently under contract with the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the City of Charlotte or Mecklenburg County or who have completed contracts within the past three (3) years with any of the above listed agencies are not eligible to apply. City or County staff, Public Art Commission members, ASC Board members, ASC staff, and their immediate family members are not eligible.
  • Architects interested in applying must have successfully completed at least three (3) public art projects (that are distinguished from infrastructure design) within the last five (5) years to be considered eligible to participate in this opportunity. Eligibility must be demonstrated in the application materials submitted.

 

SUBMISSION MATERIALS

  • Credentials: a Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV)demonstrating professional history and skills or experience as a professional artist (maximum two pages)
  • Statement of Interest: a brief introductory narrative that also provides insight about your interest in the project
  • Images: up to ten (10) images or three (3) digital video or movie files limited to two minutes each – of recent work completed within the past five (5) years
  • Annotation: titles, date, media and dimensions of artwork
  • References will be requested from the finalists

 

APPLICATION/submission Process

Participants must submit all required materials through SlideRoom. (https://artsandscience.slideroom.com), an online application system

Please be sure to allow adequate time to submit your application as technical difficulties can occur. Applications that are mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand-delivered will not be considered.

Selection Process

This solicitation process is being undertaken to enable the Public Art Commission to identify the most highly qualified artist(s) for this opportunity.  A panel of local and national arts professionals and community stakeholders appointed by the Public Art Commission will review eligible artists’ applications, determine a shortlist of finalists, interview three to five finalists and select one (1) artist or team of artists.  The selected artist or team of artists will be recommended to the ASC Board of Directors to enter into agreement for this project.

Artist(s) selected for this project will be required to coordinate with Artist(s) working on the Statesville Corridor Public Art Opportunity.

Deadline

April 9, 2015 – 11:59 p.m. EDT

LATE AND INCOMPLETE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED.

SlideRoom technical support is available Monday – Saturday by email until 8 p.m. (CDT) at support@slideroom.com.

Questions

randella.foster@artsandscience.org

Artist Resources: Literary Hill BookFest

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SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016

The mission of the Literary Hill BookFest is to celebrate books and authors on Capitol Hill by:

1. Providing a venue for authors who live on, write about, or have some strong connection to Capitol Hill and who have published work within the preceding five years.
2. Providing a venue for Capitol Hill book sellers, libraries, publishers, and other organizations with a focus on books, readers, or writers.

By promoting local writers and book-related businesses and groups, our ultimate goal is to make Capitol Hill a respected center for literacy and the humanities in the metropolitan D.C. area.

What is the BookFest and Who Runs It?

The Literary Hill BookFest began as away of turning the Literary Hill column that Karen Lyon writies for the Hill Rag into a live event. Karen’s column showcases local writers and, after more than a decade of monthly columns, it was clear that Capitol Hill seems to have an almost limitless supply. What if we could bring together some of these authors who live on or write about Capitol Hill to meet their readers, as well as each other? Thus was born the 2011 Literary Hill BookFest. Everybody liked it so much that they encouraged us to do it again, and now we’re gearing up for Year Four.

Also represented at the BookFest are the Hill’s booksellers, libraries, publishers, and other organizations with a focus on books. Our ultimate goal is to make Capitol Hill a respected center for literacy and the humanities in the metropolitan D.C. area. And we’re well on our way. Our first BookFest attracted more than a thousand visitors; last year, an estimated 1,500 people came to Eastern Market to meet our local writers and learn more about literary services in our area. Please join us this year and make 2014 our best BookFest ever!

The Literary Hill BookFest is run entirely by volunteers. If you’d like to help us out, please visit the Volunteer section of this website or write to us at volunteer@literaryhillbookfest.org.

Board of Directors

Karen Lyon, President

Ed McManus, Treasurer

Carrol Kindel

Sharon Hanley

The BookFest Team
Karen Lyon, Author Coordinator
Ed McManus, Logistics Coordinator
Carrol Kindel, Exhibitor Coordinator
Abby Yochelson, Volunteer Coordinator
Paul Marengo, Public Affairs Director
Sharon Hanley, Public Affairs Assistant

We would also like to acknowledge the inestimable contributions of Maggie Hall, who was a BookFest co-founder and its original publicist, and Stephanie Cavanaugh, our first webmistress.

HOW TO CONTACT US
Phone (202-546-7231)
Email (info@literaryhillbookfest.org

http://www.literaryhillbookfest.org