Category: Call for Artists

TBBCA Cultural pARTner Creative Pinellas has issued a Call for Artists to launch a series of prints designed by artists in Tampa Bay, to celebrate our MLB and USL teams The Tampa Bay Rays and the Tampa Bay Rowdies and to honor the authentic, unique culture of our region. The goal of the project is to create a series of fun, unique prints that bring artists and fans together around a community-oriented, accessible art collectible.
Artists from Charlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk or Sarasota counties are invited to submit a brief application, CV and 3-5 portfolio samples by the deadline of March 1 at 11:59 p.m. A panel of artists, curators and other professionals will select the artists who will be invited to create the poster designs. Each artists should create a piece that represents their own style, perspective and interpretation of the Rays/Rowdies brand. Artist Compensation: $1,000 + other exciting benefits to be announced Prints will be created for the following games:
TAMPA BAY RAYS GAMES
Series Dates — Opponent — Theme
May 10 – 12 — New York Yankees — Throwback/Devil Rays
(throwback uniforms will be worn on 05/11)
June 14 – 16 — Los Angeles Angels — Pride
July 4 – 7 — New York Yankees — Independence Day
August 3 – 4 — Miami Marlins — Citrus Series
September 5 – 8 — Toronto Blue Jays — Latinx Heritage
September 20 – 22 — Boston Red Sox — Artist’s Choice
TAMPA BAY ROWDIES GAME
August 24 — Memphis USL
For more information, see link to guidelines https://creativepinellas.org/raysprintseries/ or email leigh.davis@creativepinellas.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Maureen McDole
Keep St. Pete Lit
(727)798-4530
keepstpetelit@gmail.com

$500 to winning poster design for 2019 SunLitFestival and featured April 11th Kick-Off at Chihuly Collection St. Petersburg Florida
February 22, 2019 St. Petersburg, FL — TBBCA Cultural pARTner the literary nonprofit organization Keep St. Pete Lit has launched a poster design competition for the upcoming 5th Annual SunLit Festival (April 11-28, 2019). The poster competition is part of the festival’s commitment to support and advance the enjoyment of the literary arts and engage the local community. Open to all Florida residents, the competition gives artists the opportunity to create an iconic design that celebrates the vibrancy of Florida’s literary scene and promotes the 5th Annual SunLit Festival. The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of $500 and spotlight at the SunLit Festival in St. Petersburg.
Artists should digitally submit their poster designs to keepstpetelit@gmail.com. by the deadline Friday, March 15, 2019 at 5 p.m. All poster designs submitted must be original artwork. Up to two poster design submissions are accepted per person, though all entries must be submitted on an individual basis and no shared work is allowed. Creativity and different artistic styles are encouraged. Any mixed media suitable for reproduction as a poster is allowed, including computer-generated graphics. Posters must be two-dimensional. Poster design can be horizontal or vertical, and must be scalable to 8.5” x 11″. No trademarked or copyrighted images or phrases should be used, with the exception of the SunLit logo. For more information, guidelines and requirements visit www.keepstpetelit.org/sunlit-festival/sunlit-festival-poster-contest/
You can follow Keep St. Pete Lit’s SunLit Festival updates online at www.sunlitfestival.org or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SunLitFestival.
For additional information and inquiries, contact Maureen McDole, Founder and Director of Keep St.Pete Lit, keepstpetelit@gmail.com or (727) 798-4530.
About Keep St. Pete Lit
Producer of the SunLit Festival, Keep St. Pete Lit celebrates and promotes greater St. Petersburg’s literary community – past, present and future – through arts, education and events with a literary twist. Keep St. Pete Lit is made up of readers, writers and lovers of words who strive to bring an approachable, engaging literary component to St. Petersburg’s vibrant arts community.
About the SunLit Festival
SunLit Festival is a confederation of like-minded literary, cultural, and civic organizations coordinating their individual efforts for the common goal of advancing the enjoyment of books, reading, writing, and the classic art of letterpress printing. SunLit Festival 2019 brings together over 35 various organizations and arts disciplines to celebrate literacy, literature, reading, and writing.

Hillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry Campus Announces an open Call to Artists / Request for Qualifications (RFQ): ART ALLOCATION: $20,000 APPLICATION OPEN: August 27, 2018 APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 1, 2018
HCC Dale Mabry CampusHillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry campus is seeking a mural for the Learning Resources Center building. Artist budget is $20,000 inclusive of fabrication, materials, installation, programming, etc. Three finalists will receive a stipend of $200 for a professional design proposal. Professional artists based in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Polk, or Manatee County with experience working in public spaces are eligible. Please address questions to Amanda Poss at aposs@hccfl.edu.
For full application details, including project description, goals, qualifications, and how to apply, see the attached document visit www.hccfl.edu/gallery221 and select the “Grounds4Art@HCC” page.
HCC looks forward to receiving applications for this exciting project as they celebrate HCC’s 50th Anniversary in 2018-2019

Hillsborough Community College is celebrating 50 years and announces a CALL to current and former HCC alumni, students, staff and faculty. Did you attend one of HCC visual and performing arts classes? Do you have a special talent that you would like to show off? Share your talents with the community to honor HCC Ybor City campus! HCC is looking for uniquely fun and entertaining performances by performing artists who have been inspired by HCC. All artistic disciplines are eligible (dance, theatre, film/video, music, performance-based arts and interdisciplinary arts.
Are you a former student who has gone on to perform on Broadway? Is your music ensemble filled with HCC alumni who perform locally? Have you become a director/producer since attending HCC? HCC is looking to reconnect with you and involve you in this showcase.
Apply here: https://goo.gl/forms/BQtiLVurE987OuAk2
Guidelines for Submissions – Performances should be:
1) Entertaining, fun and accessible for a very diverse audience.
2) No longer than 6 minutes in length.
3) Family friendly. No adult material.
4) Well-rehearsed and should require minimal technical support.
5) Available to perform on performance date and attend technical rehearsal listed below.
Performance date: Thursday, October 11th at 7:30 pm in the Mainstage Theatre with Technical rehearsal slots will be assigned for October 10th once program has been selected.
**There will be a run through of the entire showcase on October 10th beginning at 5:30 pm.
Submission/Application Deadline: August 31st at 11:59 PM
Applicants will be notified of selections by September 10th.
NOTE: Artists are performing as volunteers and for the benefit of HCC

The city of Clearwater’s Community Redevelopment Agency, in partnership with the Clearwater Public Art and Design Board and the Downtown Development Board, is seeking artists to design and paint a series of murals on public and private properties throughout Downtown Clearwater.
Applications are due July 9. The selected artists will be notified by July 20. Murals must be completed by Jan. 31. The budget for each mural will range from $5,000 – $20,000 depending on the size and complexity of the artwork.
This is the first large scale mural project in Downtown Clearwater. It will help set the tone for future public art projects. The CRA seeks to establish a visual look and feel that distinguishes Downtown Clearwater from Clearwater Beach and surrounding communities.
City officials said they are seeking experienced mural artists with a strong point of view and the ability to create complex, engaging designs. Artists are welcome to use Clearwater’s history, signature events and physical environment as inspiration; however, the final designs must go beyond the simple visual representation of an object or event.
These sites have been confirmed to receive murals:
Garden Street Parking Garage, 28 N Garden Ave.;
the Flag Company (aka Vet’s Flags), 1360 Cleveland St.;
Creative Contractors (trail side), 620 Drew St.;
Commercial Building, 512 Cleveland St.; and
Clearwater Tower Parking Garage (the portion facing Station Square Park), 33 N Garden Ave.
The exact size of the mural and location on the building will be determined in collaboration with the CRA staff, the artist and the property owner.
For information about the project, go to myclearwaterparks.com. or contact Anne Lopez, the CRA’s executive assistant, at the Clearwater CommunityRedevelopment Agency atanne.lopez@myclearwater.com or (727) 562-4039.
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https://www.myclearwaterparks.com/programs/arts-culture/call-to-artists

Visit Tampa Bay and the Arts Council of Hillsborough County are calling all local artists to enter for a chance to have their art featured on the cover of Visit Tampa Bay’s 2019 Official Visitor’s Guide.
“Visit Tampa Bay prides itself on publishing a visitor’s guide that shows off the destination’s best and brightest talent every year,” says Visit Tampa Bay president and CEO, Santiago Corrada, “Giving a local artist a chance to be featured in our cover pays homage to the amazing talent we have right here in Hillsborough County.”
Published annually, the visitor’s guide promotes Tampa Bay as a vibrant tourism and convention destination and is distributed to 150,000 national and international media, tour operators and meeting planners throughout the year.
“The Arts Council is thrilled to collaborate with Visit Tampa Bay in this endeavor,” says Martine Meredith Collier, executive director of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County, “Arts and tourism are natural partners, and this contest provides an opportunity for those who know the community best—our residents—to highlight what makes Tampa Bay special to them.”
In addition to being featured on the cover of Visit Tampa Bay’s official visitor’s guide, the winning artist will win a cash prize of $1,000. All artists must reside in Hillsborough County and submissions must be received by July 31, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. PST on visittampabay.com/covercontest. Click here for contest terms and conditions.
MORE INFO: https://www.visittampabay.com/covercontest/rules/
DEADLINE: July 31, 2018

Call to Professional Artists – Commission for site-specific exterior artwork for Water Street Tampa Project Budget $600,000 – City of Tampa, Water Street Tampa, University of South Florida APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5:00PM EST Friday, February 23, 2018
The City of Tampa’s Art Program Division and Strategic Property Partners, LLC, the developer of Water Street Tampa along with The University of South Florida Art in State Buildings Program, seek to commission a professional artist to create a site-specific exterior artwork to be placed or integrated in the open plaza area designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects. The Plaza is situated between the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute, designed by HOK Architects, and a high-performance office tower with Water Street Tampa’s Community Wellness Center, designed by COOKFOX Architects.
https://www.tampagov.net/art-programs/Info/call-to-artists