There are more and more opportunities for artists to create work in public space, from requests for qualifications, to requests for proposals, to direct commissions. But, what is the difference between each type of opportunity, and how does an artist new to public art find them?
Register for all three sessions of the Winter Intensive: Demystifying the Public Art Application Process series.
When applying for an artist opportunity, an artist has only one chance to make a powerful first impression with their work samples. In this session, artist and OPA project Manager, Derek Reese will help to provide insight into the application review process to demystify the work sample submission portion of artist calls.
In this session, Jessica Gaynelle Moss and Alberto Aguilar will frame writing for applications as something that is a part of your practice and how written elements can be used as a preview to your artistic style.
Lena Chen and Aino El Solh are members of the Berlin-based artist collective, Maternal Fantasies. Their Instagram Live discussion will focus on the topics of care, healing, and mothering.
OPA Live! is an Instagram Live takeover series. This session, with Ann Tarantino and Jennie Lamensdorf, will focus on the topics of People, Place, and Space.
OPA Live! is an Instagram Live takeover series. This session, with Sculpture Support System and Jim Walker of Big Car Collaborative, will focus on the topic of Collaboration.
Join the Office of Public Art (OPA) for a conversation with three artists making work about Pittsburgh’s environmental health crises.
Pittsburgh artist Naomi Chambers takes over the OPA Instagram account to go live and talk about the family business of artmaking with her sister-in-law, Dail Chambers of St. Louis, MO.
Host Rachel Fillipini and guest Michael Hansen take over the OPA Instagram account for their live conversation, "A Tale of Two GASPs".
Host Alyssa Kail and guest Elizabeth Chin Start take over the OPA Instagram account for a live discussion about the intersection of art and environmentalism.
Writer Sherrie Flick will lead this guided hour-and-a-half walking and writing tour that uses the urban environment for creative inspiration.
