Call for Artists - City of Wichita and Harvester Arts: A City Where I Belong
August 8, 2023 | Kristin
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that the City of Wichita has been approved for a $75,000 ‘Our Town’ award in support of “A City Where I Belong: A Toolkit for Artists.” These placemaking grants support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into local efforts to strengthen and authentically engage communities in order to advance local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes in communities.
For this project, the City’s Division of Arts and Cultural Services has partnered with Harvester Arts and visiting artist Aaron Asis. COW, HA, and Asis will assemble a cohort of three local artists to analyze and interpret the City’s ‘Percent for Art’ program and public art commissioning processes, deploy temporary art engagements that collect feedback from the public, and ultimately incorporate our findings into a public artist toolkit that will expand access and address barriers to enter the public art field for local artists.
TIME COMMITMENT
Artists selected for the cohort should expect a 10-15 hour per week commitment. The cohort will meet in person and/or virtually and should be able to be easily reached by phone and email, and be outside for extended periods of time.
FUNDING
The three local artists that are selected for the cohort will each receive $1000 per month for year 1 (12 months) and $600 per month for year 2 (10 months) and be provided up to $5000 in materials for a temporary public art project they will develop as part of the cohort.
QUALIFICATIONS DUE
August 21, 2023, 5 PM CST
TIMELINE
Application open: August 3, 2023
Artist questions due: August 10, 2023, 5 PM CST
Response to questions: August 14, 2023
Applications due: August 21, 2023, 5 PM CST
Notification of finalists: August 25, 2023
Finalist interviews: August 28 - August 31, 2023
Notification of award: September 6, 2023
Tags: Community, Exhibitions