Call for Artists: Temporary Public Art Projects

Clark County Parks and Recreation Department’s Public Arts Office is seeking four (4) artists who are interested in public art (but have never worked in the field before), to participate in a professional development and mentorship program. This project is open only to artist residents of Clark County, older the age of 18, who are not part-time or full-time Clark County employees or currently under contract for any Clark County Public Arts project larger than $50,000. Any artist that has participated in this program the previous three years is not eligible.

Artists will be selected through a competitive process and will participate in training with the guidance of public art staff. In the training, the artists will learn how to create a lesson plan, lead workshops for children, develop three-dimensional sculptural installations, and collaborate on designs that fulfill the needs of the program. After the training, each artist will be tasked with administering their developed project through leading workshops to youth at two (2) Clark County locations and create a temporary 3-dimensional public art project that will travel to these two (2) sites assigned to the artist.

After showcasing their work at their designated locations, all artists will be required to exhibit their artwork in a gallery setting and must attend the reception at the Winchester Dondero Cultural Center. The artists will be displaying their artwork at their assigned locations, including Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, for four-six weeks each.  Artists will be required to transport, install, and deinstall artwork.

Selected artists will create a concept and proposal for the project, lesson plan, and will meet with County staff to discuss classroom and installation logistics. The goal is to create a professional and thoughtful traveling temporary public art installation with elements created by the children enrolled in the program. In return, the artist develops skills in workshop facilitation, community engagement, public art creation, collaboration, project management, and learns how to maintain artistic creativity and vision while attending to the demands of the public process.

The artist can gather inspiration from the history and/or environment of the site, or draw from the themes of nature, environment, celebration of life, or “just boxes.”

Interested artists can read the full call and submit to the call through Submittable: https://clarkcountynvpublicarts.submittable.com/

For more information about the program visit:

https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/departments/parks___recreation/services/public_art/public_arts_education/youth_arts_education_projects.php