Call For 2019 Arts In Parks Temporary Installations

A City Art In Parks installation - The Peoples Pyramid, created by Ari Glass, Hanako O'Leary, Rome Esmaili and Zue Cheng Coop. Photo by Eric Olson — A City Art In Parks installation – The Peoples Pyramid, created by Ari Glass, Hanako O’Leary, Rome Esmaili and Zue Cheng Coop. Photo by Eric Olson

Through October 23^rd, the Office of Arts & Culture has issued a call for artists to participate in the 2019 Arts In Parks, in partnership with the Seattle Parks & Recreation. These temporary art installations or social practice activities are intended to activate the spaces and engage visitors in their surrounding communities.

Artists, and artists teams, willing to work with communities who live/work near, or visit, the selected parks are being sought. The artists will create a site specific temporary artwork, or social practice activity, that aligns with the goals of the Seattle’s Race & Social Justice Initiative (click here to find the .pdf outlining those goals.)

This call is open to all artists living in Washington State who have a documented track record of making art, and are interested in creating art in public places. Applicants must be over 18 years of age, and interested in working collaboratively with the public. Artists who were awarded grants in the 2018 Arts In Parks cycle are not eligible to apply for 2019.

The selected artists will receive $4,500, inclusive of all fees including design-development of the final proposal, materials and installation. The artists will receive 40% of the total commission upon acceptance of the final proposal, 40% after documented installation of the art, and the remaining 20% after a brief project summary and documented de-installation have been completed.

Applications for this Call For Entries can be submitted on-line (click here,) until 11p on Tuesday, October 23^rd. First-time applicants, and anyone seeking additional information, is strongly invited to attend one of the four up-coming informational workshops:

September 19^th, from 1:30p – 3p, at the Rainier Beach Branch Library (9125 Rainier Ave S)
September 27^th, from 5:30p – 7p, at the Southwest Branch Library (9010 – 35^th Ave SW)
October 4^th, from 3:30p – 5p, at the Douglass-Truth Branch Library (2300 E Yesler Way)
October 10^th, from 6p – 7:30p, at the Broadview Branch Library (12755 Greenwood Ave N)

For any further, specific information, please contact Sandy Esene at 206-233-3930 or sandy.esene@seattle.gov