CALL TO ARTISTS & COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES
- SAACA Arts, Creative & Maker Opportunities for makers, creatives, chefs, musicians and more
- Arts Based Job Opportunities
- Public Art
- Call to Artists
- Community Arts Engagement & Learning Opportunities
- SAACA Job & Internship Opportunities
The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance is dedicated to the creation, preservation and advancement of the arts. By supporting and developing innovative community arts programming, we help create communities capable of positive, diverse and equitable public dialogue and action. We believe the arts provide a tool for mobilization and build community leadership and capacity.
We are proud to collaborate with local businesses, governments, arts and cultural organizations, and individual artists in our community to create custom arts partnerships and opportunities.
If you are a community member and would like to add an artist opportunity to our monthly updates, please fill out the link below.
We are proud to collaborate with local businesses, governments, arts and cultural organizations, and individual artists in our community to create custom arts partnerships and opportunities.
If you are a community member and would like to add an artist opportunity to our monthly updates, please fill out the link below.
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QUESTIONS?
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VISUAL ART OPPORTUNITIES
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PHOENIX MURAL HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION
The Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance is partnering up with Tempe Marketplace and Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix, AZ to celebrate Halloween with an arts themed experience. Opportunities for 12 custom paintings to be created in advance and displayed onsite, on both days of the events. Tempe Marketplace: Friday, Oct. 23rd Desert Ridge Marketplace: Saturday, Oct. 24th 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM 12 Large Format paintings on provided canvas to be displayed at each Marketplace (4’x5’ ). $450 Artist Commission, per mural. All mural designs will be reproduced to included in an exclusive event coloring book made available to attendees. |
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Sahuarita Chalk Art Festival
The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance and the Town of Sahuarita are inviting artists to hit the pavement, with chalk that is. In one day, an amazing collection of chalk artists will bring the park pavement to colorful life in the second annual Sahuarita Chalk Art Festival. Attendees can watch professional artists create 6-foot murals in a variety of themes throughout the community, or grab a piece of chalk and make their own colorful addition at home.
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ARTS CARE PACKAGES
The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance is looking to our creative partners and individuals - musicians, crafters, artisans, makers and enthusiasts to help us deliver over 400 arts care packages to Southern Arizona individuals and Veterans living in isolated environments in local Assisted Living, Nursing and full time care facilities. HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE Below is a list of the types of items we are looking to create, and provide. We are looking for 15-25 small kits or items per person to be donated. If you have a project in mind that is not listed below, just let us know!
The activities would have to be for individuals with limited dexterity and include clear instruction sheets, which SAACA can print out for you. If there is a designed coloring sheet, we can print that in-house for you as well. These would have to all be in-room, self-paced activities. Donated materials will be disinfected before delivery to the residents.
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CATALYST Visual Teaching Artist
The CATALYST Art & Maker Space offers classroom space for professional artists, design professionals, engineers, musicians and chefs and culinary makers to conduct workshops, lectures, or classes. Artists must apply and be accepted to the approved schedule prior to scheduling any classes or soliciting students. In this self-directed program, Creative Educators will determine their own class schedule, syllabus, and workshop content. SAACA will provide the space, tables, chairs, and access to shared studio equipment for students, depending on space used. SAACA will include Creative Educators’ classes and workshops on our Website, including description, date and time, fee, and sign-up directions. SAACA provides monthly, email advertising to 25,000+ list, social media, local print advertising promoting the facility, memberships, and classes. Specific class marketing is the responsibility of the artist. All supplies and materials are provided by the teacher. Art Educators have two choices for using space and offering classes/workshops: 1. Rental Space with hourly fee to CATALYST, without use of SAACA class registration system and promotions 2. Rental Space with hourly fee to CATALYST; SAACA facilitates class registration and payment portal, with marketing supplemental listed above. 10% fee on all class registrations kept by SAACA to cover marketing and registration processing fees. Teacher is paid within 7-10 business days following the class. |
OUTSIDE OPPORTUNITIES & COMMUNITY CALL TO ARTISTS
Complete the form below contact information and artist opportunity details below to be considered for addition to SAACA's 'Calls to Artist' opportunities. There is no charge for listing an arts opportunity.
SAACA publishes our calls to artist in two ways:
Submissions must be received by the 25th of each month to be considered for addition to the website and email blast for the following month.
Any questions can be directed to the Matt, Director of Programs & Community Outreach - matt@saaca.org
SAACA publishes our calls to artist in two ways:
- Monthly email blast on or close to the 1st of each month sent to our 'artist opportunities' distribution list.
- Hosting on SAACA website https://www.saaca.org/callstoartist.html.
Submissions must be received by the 25th of each month to be considered for addition to the website and email blast for the following month.
Any questions can be directed to the Matt, Director of Programs & Community Outreach - matt@saaca.org
Call to Artists: Native American Public Artist Commission
SculptureTucson
DEADLINE: Sep 15, 2020 11:59 PM
LOCATION: Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, Tucson, Arizona
How to Apply: Please apply by sending a letter of introduction and images of your work to Ryan Hill at sculpturetucson@gmail.com. You will need to be Native American to be considered eligible.
SculptureTucson has a donor who wants to support a Native American artist to create an outdoor sculpture for the Tucson. We invite indigenous artists to apply with images of their sculpture, even if they have never made a large-scale work before. We could support the artist make arrangements for the commissioned work to be produced and once finished the sculpture would enter SculptureTucson's new Sculpture-on-the-Streets program. This program rents or sells large-scale, public art to businesses in Tucson. If the artist applies and gets accepted, they would be paid for the commission and, additionally, if the sculpture is rented or purchased by a business client.
Call to Artists: Sonoran Art Festival (Virtual Art Festival for Southern Arizona Artists)
www.sonoranart.org
Deadline: 9/25/20
Two event dates: October 11-12-13 and December 12-13-14.
The Sonoran Art Festival provides a cooperative virtual effort for our Southern Arizona visual artists. Selling online allows art patrons to learn more about the artist and purchase safely from the comfort of home while shopping online, locally. With so many art shows being canceled, now is the time for local artists to give online sales a try. Each virtual festival will feature 30 artists. Buyers will be invited to go to the Festival’s website where they can easily view the types of art being offered and learn more about each artist's style. Then if they want to see more, they will click onto the individual artist website where they can purchase directly. Acceptance will be at the discretion of the festival committee.
Each artist is donating a portion of sales to support Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA)'s “Arts Care Packages” which is providing assisted living communities and hospital patients with a diverse array of creative experiences including music, craft kits, journaling and DIY arts projects, all designed for residents to enjoy from the comfort of their own rooms. The program was envisioned to provide much needed support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information please contact the Sonoran Art Festival by email at sonoranartfestival@gmail.com; text or call Mary Sherwood at 252.308.2694; or visit the website at www.sonoranart.org.
Call to Artists: Mommy and Me for Tea (Artist Collaboration)
DEADLINE 9/30/20
Contact AnneSegal@gmail.com
A local Tucson author is looking for collaborative watercolor artist to work together to create a special cookbook for children and young adults about hosting and having tea parties through the ages. The cookbook will have specialized recipes, activities and illustrations to create an inviting and creative atmosphere for parents and children. This is a great project for an artist who wants to try something new and is willing to try a creative project.
Call to Artists: Herberger Theater Center Human Spirit Exhibit
https://www.herbergertheater.org/
The Human Spirit - 2D Juried Art Exhibit Phoenix, AZ
DEADLINE 9/30/2020
The Human Spirit exhibit will spotlight artwork that has an uplifting message, whether it comes from inner resiliency, inspiration, serving others, or nature's beauty. The exhibit is open to Arizona artists 18 and older. Work will be selected using a blind jury process. Criteria include: adequacy to the theme, originality and quality of execution.
Apply online or by mail.
For instructions, go to: https://www.herbergertheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Human-Spirit-Call..pdf
Call to Artists: Sculpture-on-the-Street Program
sculpturetucson@gmail.com
SculptureTucson
Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, Tucson, Arizona
DEADLINE 10/1/2020
SculptureTucson has launched a program to turn the entire City of Tucson into a public sculpture gallery. We work to place large-scale sculpture in front of businesses on heavily traveled roadways. Your work of art is either purchased outright or leased to the business. If purchased, you get paid at the time of sale. If leased, you receive a quarterly payment and it remains for sale while on display. It costs nothing to join the program. If your piece is sold or leased, SculptureTucson does all the bookkeeping and pays you 70% of the sale or lease price. SculptureTucson retains 30% to keep the program going. The business is responsible for site preparation and construction of an appropriate base (if needed) as well as insuring the piece while it is on their property. You're responsible for delivering and installing the work of art. Once you apply, if a sculpture is selected it may be exhibited at the Post House sculpture garden.
Fill out the online application here: https://sculpturetucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Sculpture-on-the-Street-Artist-Application-2-0.pdf.
If a piece is selected, we will include the image in our physical and digital book of available sculpture
Call to Artists: Foundry Art Centre Paperworks VII
Saint Charles, MO
DEADLINE 10/4/2020
Exhibit: November 20, 2020- January 7, 2021
The Foundry Art Centre in Saint Charles, Missouri is seeking submissions for “Paperworks VII” an paper centered exhibition focusing on how paper can be expressed in art. Last held at the Foundry in 2013, this juried exhibition is open to all artists who utilizes paper as an integral component of expression. We want to ask all artists how they push this ancient, tactile experience of making paper into making book arts, sculptures, and other forms of fine art. All two and three dimensional work will be considered for this exhibition.
To Learn More: http://www.foundryartcentre.org/paperworks-vii
To Directly Submit To This Call: https://form.jotform.com/202315242720138
Questions about eligibility can be sent to exhibitions@foundryartcentre.org
Call to Artists: The Hopper Prize
The Hopper Prize
https://www.herbergertheater.org/
$1,000 Grants - All Media Eligible
DEADLINE 11/17/2020
The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Fall 2020 artist grants. We are offering 5 grants in the amount of $1,000 USD. This is an international open call. All media is eligible. Grant submissions will be juried by Christine Koppes, Curator & Director of Public Programs, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, and Jade Powers, Assistant Curator, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of these forward thinking exhibition makers. In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal as well as our Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 46K.
For instructions go to: https://hopperprize.org to submit your work.
Call to Artists: Old Pueblo Playwrights
Location of Opportunity: Tucson, AZ
DEADLINE for Submission: Nov 30, 2020 07:00 PM
"Where words come first"
Submit your original dramatic work for consideration for Old Pueblo Playwrights 30th Annual Festival (Spring 2021) by joining OPP for only $36/year. But first check out our 2020 Festival, Mar. 26-29, at St. Francis in the Foothills. Deadline for submission for 2021 Spring Festival: Plays must be "table-read" at least twice at our weekly Monday night meeting then voted on by the members. So start working on your script now! A Tucson nonprofit, Old Pueblo Playwrights aims to inspire professional and aspiring writers of any age, race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or political persuasion to create new works for stage, film, radio, or TV.
How to Apply: Be our guest any Mon. evening at 7 at the Temple of Music and Art (330 S Scott Ave) where we meet to read and critique original member works in the upstairs Rehearsal Hall behind the Cabaret Theater. Visit us on Facebook at Old Pueblo Playwrights.
Call to Artists: Art of Covid (Virtual Exhibition)
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020
Contact theartofcovid@casafoundation.org
Casa de la Luz Foundation
The Art of COVID is a community education project of Casa de la Luz Foundation. Inspired by the kindness and creativity that led people to create masks for healthcare workers during the shortages caused by corona virus, we created The Art of COVID project to serve as a collective in capturing the images, stories, and art of our global community experiencing this pandemic. In addition, we think art is a great way to engage people in thinking about their one precious life and how they want to live it. Although our inspiration came from homemade masks, we are in awe of all works of art that have been created in response to the pandemic. We invite you to share your art, images and stories with us.
SculptureTucson
DEADLINE: Sep 15, 2020 11:59 PM
LOCATION: Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, Tucson, Arizona
How to Apply: Please apply by sending a letter of introduction and images of your work to Ryan Hill at sculpturetucson@gmail.com. You will need to be Native American to be considered eligible.
SculptureTucson has a donor who wants to support a Native American artist to create an outdoor sculpture for the Tucson. We invite indigenous artists to apply with images of their sculpture, even if they have never made a large-scale work before. We could support the artist make arrangements for the commissioned work to be produced and once finished the sculpture would enter SculptureTucson's new Sculpture-on-the-Streets program. This program rents or sells large-scale, public art to businesses in Tucson. If the artist applies and gets accepted, they would be paid for the commission and, additionally, if the sculpture is rented or purchased by a business client.
Call to Artists: Sonoran Art Festival (Virtual Art Festival for Southern Arizona Artists)
www.sonoranart.org
Deadline: 9/25/20
Two event dates: October 11-12-13 and December 12-13-14.
The Sonoran Art Festival provides a cooperative virtual effort for our Southern Arizona visual artists. Selling online allows art patrons to learn more about the artist and purchase safely from the comfort of home while shopping online, locally. With so many art shows being canceled, now is the time for local artists to give online sales a try. Each virtual festival will feature 30 artists. Buyers will be invited to go to the Festival’s website where they can easily view the types of art being offered and learn more about each artist's style. Then if they want to see more, they will click onto the individual artist website where they can purchase directly. Acceptance will be at the discretion of the festival committee.
Each artist is donating a portion of sales to support Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA)'s “Arts Care Packages” which is providing assisted living communities and hospital patients with a diverse array of creative experiences including music, craft kits, journaling and DIY arts projects, all designed for residents to enjoy from the comfort of their own rooms. The program was envisioned to provide much needed support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information please contact the Sonoran Art Festival by email at sonoranartfestival@gmail.com; text or call Mary Sherwood at 252.308.2694; or visit the website at www.sonoranart.org.
Call to Artists: Mommy and Me for Tea (Artist Collaboration)
DEADLINE 9/30/20
Contact AnneSegal@gmail.com
A local Tucson author is looking for collaborative watercolor artist to work together to create a special cookbook for children and young adults about hosting and having tea parties through the ages. The cookbook will have specialized recipes, activities and illustrations to create an inviting and creative atmosphere for parents and children. This is a great project for an artist who wants to try something new and is willing to try a creative project.
Call to Artists: Herberger Theater Center Human Spirit Exhibit
https://www.herbergertheater.org/
The Human Spirit - 2D Juried Art Exhibit Phoenix, AZ
DEADLINE 9/30/2020
The Human Spirit exhibit will spotlight artwork that has an uplifting message, whether it comes from inner resiliency, inspiration, serving others, or nature's beauty. The exhibit is open to Arizona artists 18 and older. Work will be selected using a blind jury process. Criteria include: adequacy to the theme, originality and quality of execution.
Apply online or by mail.
For instructions, go to: https://www.herbergertheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Human-Spirit-Call..pdf
Call to Artists: Sculpture-on-the-Street Program
sculpturetucson@gmail.com
SculptureTucson
Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, Tucson, Arizona
DEADLINE 10/1/2020
SculptureTucson has launched a program to turn the entire City of Tucson into a public sculpture gallery. We work to place large-scale sculpture in front of businesses on heavily traveled roadways. Your work of art is either purchased outright or leased to the business. If purchased, you get paid at the time of sale. If leased, you receive a quarterly payment and it remains for sale while on display. It costs nothing to join the program. If your piece is sold or leased, SculptureTucson does all the bookkeeping and pays you 70% of the sale or lease price. SculptureTucson retains 30% to keep the program going. The business is responsible for site preparation and construction of an appropriate base (if needed) as well as insuring the piece while it is on their property. You're responsible for delivering and installing the work of art. Once you apply, if a sculpture is selected it may be exhibited at the Post House sculpture garden.
Fill out the online application here: https://sculpturetucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Sculpture-on-the-Street-Artist-Application-2-0.pdf.
If a piece is selected, we will include the image in our physical and digital book of available sculpture
Call to Artists: Foundry Art Centre Paperworks VII
Saint Charles, MO
DEADLINE 10/4/2020
Exhibit: November 20, 2020- January 7, 2021
The Foundry Art Centre in Saint Charles, Missouri is seeking submissions for “Paperworks VII” an paper centered exhibition focusing on how paper can be expressed in art. Last held at the Foundry in 2013, this juried exhibition is open to all artists who utilizes paper as an integral component of expression. We want to ask all artists how they push this ancient, tactile experience of making paper into making book arts, sculptures, and other forms of fine art. All two and three dimensional work will be considered for this exhibition.
To Learn More: http://www.foundryartcentre.org/paperworks-vii
To Directly Submit To This Call: https://form.jotform.com/202315242720138
Questions about eligibility can be sent to exhibitions@foundryartcentre.org
Call to Artists: The Hopper Prize
The Hopper Prize
https://www.herbergertheater.org/
$1,000 Grants - All Media Eligible
DEADLINE 11/17/2020
The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Fall 2020 artist grants. We are offering 5 grants in the amount of $1,000 USD. This is an international open call. All media is eligible. Grant submissions will be juried by Christine Koppes, Curator & Director of Public Programs, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, and Jade Powers, Assistant Curator, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of these forward thinking exhibition makers. In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal as well as our Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 46K.
For instructions go to: https://hopperprize.org to submit your work.
Call to Artists: Old Pueblo Playwrights
Location of Opportunity: Tucson, AZ
DEADLINE for Submission: Nov 30, 2020 07:00 PM
"Where words come first"
Submit your original dramatic work for consideration for Old Pueblo Playwrights 30th Annual Festival (Spring 2021) by joining OPP for only $36/year. But first check out our 2020 Festival, Mar. 26-29, at St. Francis in the Foothills. Deadline for submission for 2021 Spring Festival: Plays must be "table-read" at least twice at our weekly Monday night meeting then voted on by the members. So start working on your script now! A Tucson nonprofit, Old Pueblo Playwrights aims to inspire professional and aspiring writers of any age, race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or political persuasion to create new works for stage, film, radio, or TV.
How to Apply: Be our guest any Mon. evening at 7 at the Temple of Music and Art (330 S Scott Ave) where we meet to read and critique original member works in the upstairs Rehearsal Hall behind the Cabaret Theater. Visit us on Facebook at Old Pueblo Playwrights.
Call to Artists: Art of Covid (Virtual Exhibition)
DEADLINE: December 31, 2020
Contact theartofcovid@casafoundation.org
Casa de la Luz Foundation
The Art of COVID is a community education project of Casa de la Luz Foundation. Inspired by the kindness and creativity that led people to create masks for healthcare workers during the shortages caused by corona virus, we created The Art of COVID project to serve as a collective in capturing the images, stories, and art of our global community experiencing this pandemic. In addition, we think art is a great way to engage people in thinking about their one precious life and how they want to live it. Although our inspiration came from homemade masks, we are in awe of all works of art that have been created in response to the pandemic. We invite you to share your art, images and stories with us.
Coffee Shop Seeking Artwork
Organization Name: Crema Coffee
Location of Opportunity: Tucson, AZ
Deadline for Submission: On-going
Crema Coffee is a brand new coffee shop located on the NW side in the Bookman’s plaza on the SE corner of Ina and Thornydale. They are seeking new pieces of artwork and photography to showcase on their walls. Most mediums are welcome.
How to Apply: Please direct inquiries to Amy and Aaron at cremacoffee42@gmail.com or call 520-425-3257.
Location of Opportunity: Tucson, AZ
Deadline for Submission: On-going
Crema Coffee is a brand new coffee shop located on the NW side in the Bookman’s plaza on the SE corner of Ina and Thornydale. They are seeking new pieces of artwork and photography to showcase on their walls. Most mediums are welcome.
How to Apply: Please direct inquiries to Amy and Aaron at cremacoffee42@gmail.com or call 520-425-3257.