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8x5 Houston: Artists Respond to the Mass Incarceration Crisis

OPEN CALL - HOUSTON/TEXAS ARTISTS

SaveArtSpace and Art at a Time Like This (ATLT) have partnered to present the Houston, Tx edition of 8X5, a nationwide public art campaign named for the size of an average prison cell. This timely public intervention presents the work of artists responding to mass incarceration and inequalities in the justice system. Originally launched in Miami in June 2022, 8x5 Houston will go live at the end of October 2023.

ATLT is looking for YOU to create designs and artworks that reflect and respond to the impact of the incarceral system in YOUR community.

Superpresent - Summer Issue

Superpresent Magazine (www.superpresent.org)  is seeking submissions on the theme Inquiries.  Superpresent is an arts and literature magazine that places equal emphasis on literature and visual arts.  We are looking for all forms of visual art as well as essays, short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. 

HCCC Artist Residency Program

Program Info & Requirements

Media accepted: Wood, Glass, Metal, Fiber, and Clay

Applicants must be able to fulfill a program requirement of working in their studios for two days per week during HCCC public hours:  Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.  All resident artists are required to open their studios to public interaction on Saturdays and one other day of the week (TBD), as well as during exhibition openings and specific educational programs on the evenings and weekends. Applicants should consider the public facing nature of the residencies and the fact that a major goal of the program is to provide visitors with an opportunity to explore contemporary craft through engaging with working artists.

New Montrose Library RFQ

 

Houston Civic Art

Request for Qualifications

Civic Art Project for Montrose Library

Budget: $85,000.00

Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2023 5:00 PM CST

Location: 1001 California Street, Houston, TX 77006

Eligibility: Nationwide

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Summary

The Civic Art Program of the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) requests the submission of qualifications from artists or artist teams to design, fabricate, and install a major permanent work of public art for Houston Public Library’s new Montrose Library. Commissioned works will be accessioned into the City of Houston’s Civic Art Collection.

Superpresent Winter Issue

Superpresent magazine is seeking submissions on the theme of FOOD. Food not only in the literal sense but also in the metaphorical sense. What feeds us? What feeds our mind? What do we feed others? What do we hunger for? All food for thought.  www.superpresent.org

Superpresent - Summer Issue

The theme for the Summer 2022 issue is Signs & Symbols.  We are are seeking poetry, short stories, essays, experimental art, video, sound art, all forms of visual art as well as asemic writing and textual arts of all kinds.

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