CALL FOR ARTISTS: PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY – THE DISCOVERY CENTER (Philadelphia)

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Call to Artists/Request for Qualifications

The Discovery Center
Project Budget: $80,000
Deadline for Submissions: August 24, 2016

Philadelphia – The City of Philadelphia’s Percent for Art Program, through the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, announce a public art competition to commission three site-specific entry-gates for The Discovery Center, a new environmental education center to-be-located in the Strawberry Mansion district of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.  This commission is in collaboration with the the East Park Leadership and Conservation Center, and is part of a $8.2 million new construction project.

A budget of $80,000 has been allocated for this Percent for Art commission.  This sum is inclusive of all artist(s) fees, insurance, fabrication, installation, travel, and all other project related expenses.

Click here to view the entire Call to Artists

Contact:  Public Art Director Margot Berg, margot.berg@phila.gov; or Percent for Art Project Manager Jacque Liu, jacque.liu@phila.gov

Registration for 28th Annual Open Studio Tour Opens FRIDAY, 7/1

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2016 School 33 Art Center Open Studio Tour: Registration Opens on Friday, July 1st!

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Michelle Dickson’s studio during the 2015 Open Studio Tour

Are you an artist with a studio in Baltimore City? School 33 Art Center’s annual Open Studio Tour brings art lovers and collectors into the studios of Baltimore’s artists on October 8 & 9, 2016. Traveling from throughout Maryland and the surrounding region, visitors get a chance to meet the artist, see their work and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their working processes. This October, take the opportunity to share your work with the public and with other artists during this city-wide event. Registration opens on Friday, July 1st, 2016. Click Here To Register Online (the registration page will not be available until Friday, July 1st)

CALL FOR ARTISTS: ITHACA MURAL PROGRAM

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Rolling Submission Deadline: 2nd Monday of Each Month

The City of Ithaca Public Art Commission (PAC) seeks proposals from artists or organizations for site-specific murals that will become part of the city-wide public art mural initiative. The theme is open, but proposed installations should be thoughtful of the community in which they are being placed.

Rolling Submission Deadline: 2nd Monday of Each Month

Information: ithacamuralstreetart@gmail.com

or New England Foundation For The Arts

CALL FOR ARTISTS: RIVERFEST SCULPTURE PROPOSALS

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SANDBOX Initiative

Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland

Request for Proposal for RiverFest Sculpture

We are now seeking proposals for the creation of a work or placement of an existing work specific to this site. Proposals for sculptures may includde photographs of exisitng pieces, fully developed concept drawings of a work in progress, or drawings sufficient to indicate the development of a work over the short instalation time-frame.

Proposals should have a clear end product and strategy for its realization. It is important that the work be strong enough structurally to withstand the elements for the five and a half week exhibiton period.

Completed proposals should be submitted by July 18, 2016 to: Alex Castro, Director

SANDBOX Initiative Washington College, 107 South Cross Street Chestertown, Maryland 21620

For more information about the application process and the RiverFest project please visit their website.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA

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Public Arts Project: The Free Library of Philadelphia

The City of Philadelphia’s Percent for Art Program, through the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) announces a $50,000 competition to commission an interior site-specific artwork for The Free Library of Philadelphia’s main branch at Parkway Central. This commission is part of a $36 million major renovation.

The Percent for the Art Program and the Free Library of Philadelphia seek to commission an indoor high quality, original site-specific artwork. Alongside the design team, we have identified a two-story open shelving system as the site for this commission. This system is located on the first and second floors of the renovated space, within the BRIC and Common areas. Potential artwork could be a surface treatment of the shelves themselves, or placement of objects within or on the shelves. More information will be given at the Pre-Proposal Meeting. A budget of $50,000 has been allocated for this Percent for Art commission. This sum is inclusive of all artist(s) fees, insurance, fabrication, installation, travel, and all other project related expenses.

This competition is open to artists and artist-teams who reside in the United States. The City of Philadelphia reserves the right to determine additional eligibility requirements. Artwork will be selected on the basis of creativity, artistic merit, technical proficiency, and relationship to the site. Long-term maintenance, durability, and public safety concerns will be major selection criteria. Artists are required to comply with applicable rules, contracts, and procedures of all governmental boards and agencies of the City of Philadelphia.

Applications for round one of the selection process are due June 29, 2016 at 5PM. 

For more detailed information please refer to the complete Call for Artists.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: MULTIPLE EXPOSURES GALLERY, PHOTO ’16

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You are invited to submit to Photo ‘16, a national juried fine art photography exhibit at Multiple Exposures Gallery at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA.

Juror: Sam Abell – Distinguished photographer, teacher, writer, lecturer and National Geographic documentary photographer. Exhibit dates: October 18, 2016 – November 27, 2016.

Awards and opening reception, Saturday, October, 29th, 2016, 2 – 4 pm.

All artists 18 years of age or older who work in traditional, digital, or alternative photographic processes are invited to submit. We cannot accept entries from outside the U.S. submit

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: June 30, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. EDT (will NOT be extended)

Email notification of jury results: August 1, 2016

Framed work delivered to gallery: October 12 – 15, 2016

Exhibit dates: October 18 – November 27, 2016

Artist reception & award presentation: October 29, 2016, 2-4pm

Entry Fee: $35.00 for up to three (3) images

Awards: $500 (Juror’s Selection) and $250 (Gallery Selection)

Submission Instructions: Entries must be completed online. Artists may submit up to three images, and are encouraged to include an artist bio of 200 words or less.

Payment is by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover or PayPal. There is no theme. Images must be JPGs, sized at 1600 px on the long side, 300 ppi, and sRGB color space. No watermarked images will be considered.

For the full prospectus, please visit MultipleExposuresGallery.com

Questions: Questions should be directed to Multiple Exposures Gallery atphoto16@multipleexposuresgallery.com

 

CALL FOR ARTISTS: THE ART OF STORYTELLING

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Come to a free and creative space and share experiences and interactions you’ve had with Baltimore City Police using any form of expression. Boasting testimonials, songs, poems, photography, artwork, and more, the evening will provide a rare and much needed platform for healthy and artistic exchanges concerning civil liberties and social issues.

ALL FORMS OF ART & EXPRESSION ARE WELCOME!

FEATURING:
Kondwani Fidel
Eze Jackson
Shannon Wallace
PFK Boom & Friends
Megan Kelly
The Incredible Creation
Brianna Faulkner
Bashi Rose
83 Cutlass
D. Chase
and more!!

Contact Taneishia.Bundy@BaltimoreCity.Gov for more information and to sign-up to participate!!

PRESENTED BY:
The Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement
Civilian Review Board Police Complaint Mediation Program

#TAOS #BMORECIVIL