ARTWORK COMPETITION TO COMMEMORATE THE 19TH AMENDMENT
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Arts and Culture is proud to hereby invite its creative community to reflect on the centennial, celebrate the achievements of the suffragists, and place the movement in a larger historical context. We welcome LA-based artists to submit their qualifications, including a letter of interest, resume, images, and annotated image list to be considered for the final award. Final awards will be offered to a maximum of five artists to create two original artworks commemorating the centennial.
AWARDS:
Maximum of five prizes at $4,000 each
FEE:
No entry free
SUBMITTAL DEADLINE:
February 17, 2020
AWARDS
Selected artists will be awarded a contract of $4,000 to create two original artworks.
TO RESPOND
All submittal materials must be received by February 17, 2020 | 5PM PST. Any materials received after that date and time will not be accepted or considered.
Submittal materials must include the following components in the below mentioned order:
- Resume including name, mailing address, phone number(s), email, web page (if applicable), and bio. Resume should not exceed three pages.
- A maximum one-page letter of interest addressing your artistic practice, sources of inspiration, why this project interests you, and how you plan to celebrate women’s empowerment and equity in the final artworks.
- Up to five images of your relevant work.
- An annotated image list that indicates title, date, medium, dimensions, and brief project description of the maximum five images submitted (maximum 100 characters).
WETRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS:
- Resume, letter of interest, and annotated image list must be saved as a PDF document.
- Images must be saved as a single PDF or Powerpoint document. Individual images that are not compiled into a single pdf or Powerpoint document will not be accepted and your application will be considered incomplete.
- Save your application materials in a single folder. Name your folder using the following naming convention:
FirstInitialLastName-Application
(example: JJones-Application). If you are applying as a collective, use your collective’s name instead of FirstInitialLastName (example: JonesStudio-Application). - Submit your application file or folder through Wetransfer.com to [email protected].
Please submit additional questions about the competition to Civic Art Project Manager Marah Morris at (213) 202-5923 or [email protected] before February 7, 2020 | 5PM PST.
Responses to additional questions will be posted on the Arts and Culture website on February 12, 2020.
RESOURCES
View and download a PDF version of this RFQ.