The City of Santa Clarita and the Santa Clarita Arts Commission (SCAC) are seeking exhibit proposals from Los Angeles County artists or artist teams for the Westfield Valencia Town Center Art Space, and abstract art pieces for the First Floor Gallery at City Hall.
Artists or artist teams are invited to submit exhibit proposals for the January 2016 to November 2016 season at the Westfield Valencia Town Center Art Space, located at 24201 Valencia Boulevard. The exhibition space is a 20×20 foot space on the lower level of the mall. All exhibits in the display space will be featured for four months.
Selected artists will be awarded $500 for the execution of their art exhibit, including the artist design fee, project-related travel, consultation throughout, project fabrication and other artist-related costs. All applicants must be able to organize and mount the proposed exhibition by January 1, 2016.
Interested artists and artist teams must submit a letter explaining the proposed project, three examples of previous artwork and up to two selections of support materials such as reviews or news articles, to jbarber@santa-clarita.com by Tuesday, September 1, 2015.
The City of Santa Clarita’s Arts and Events Office is also accepting entries of abstract art for an upcoming exhibit titled, “A Foot in the Door: Abstract Art and Meaning” in the First Floor Gallery of City Hall, located at 23920 Valencia Boulevard.
Selected artists will be asked to write a short paragraph about what inspired their piece and the message they are trying to convey through the artwork. The exhibit will be on display from January 15, 2016 through April 9, 2016.
Interested artists may submit up to three pieces of work for consideration through email to jbarber@santa-clarita.com by October 1, 2015.
For more information about the Westfield Valencia Town Center Art Space or the First Floor Gallery exhibit, visit Arts.Santa-Clarita.com/Arts.
