Western States

Hesperian Triangle

San Leandro, California

Deadline: July 15th 2024

Twelve Month Out-of-Doors Display

Local Artists Berkeley and the City of San Leandro are pleased to announce a Call for Art; we are seeking sculptural artwork to be placed in San Leandro at 14th St and 150th St at the Hesperian Triangle. The location is a vacant triangular lot at the intersection of three roads, with a fully visible open space in a highly trafficked area.  

All submitted artwork will be processed through a jury panel of arts professionals.

Artists may apply in any medium that can endure the outdoors in a public setting for twelve months. All object based sculptures must be securely mounted to the ground or plinth at the designated site, and all work must be made safe for children and pedestrian traffic. We are looking for mid-range to large scale artwork.  

Stipend of $9,000 will be offered to the selected artist for the loan of their artwork. Although there are no geographic restrictions for applicants, artists are responsible for transportation outside of California’s Bay Area. LAB will assist with installation, and deaccession of their work, as well as returning the site to its original condition. Each sculpture will be identified with a nameplate provided by LAB. 

LAB will monitor the condition of the sculpture on a weekly basis; however the artist is responsible for repairs or maintenance of their work.  Assistance from participating artists is expected. 

Local Artists Berkeley is a California 501(c)3 non-profit organization which seeks to provide public access to artwork through out-of-doors exhibition and display for educational, informational, and cultural purposes. LAB seeks to encourage the artistic and cultural interests of the community by providing a showcase for art created by local and greater Bay Area artists.

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Exhibition Overview: Caminos Por Andar will explore Latinx and Chicanofuturism in contemporary art through the lens of speculative fiction, magical realism, and anti-colonial traditions. Artists featured in this exhibition will engage with a liberated heritage, to envision joyful and equitable futures through a variety of artistic mediums. Given the fluidity of human identity and blurred lines between culture and heritage, artists are free to create from a place of diasporic understanding, drawing on their own ancestry and traditions to center Latinx and Cincano/a/x experiences in imagined and alternate realities. 

Exhibition Dates: September 23 – November 7
Location: Campus Commons Gallery, University of Northern Colorado
Application Deadline: June 23 (11:59 pm Mountain Time)
Notification: August 1 by 5pm Mountain Time
Work Due to Gallery: September 9th by 5pm Mountain Time

Juror: Kaelyn D. Rodríguez is a Black Chicana from Los Angeles. She earned her Ph.D. in Chicana/o Studies from UCLA. She holds master’s degrees in the History of Art from UC, Riverside and in Chicana/o Studies from UCLA. Kaelyn is a Full-Time Assistant Professor of Art History at Santa Monica College, an alumni from UCLA’s Urban Humanities Certificate Program, a 2018 Smithsonian Fellow and a 2020 Edward A. Dickson Fellow in the History of Art.

Application Eligibility and Requirements:
-Open to all artists emerging and established, 18 years or older.

-Applicants may submit up to 3 pieces of original artwork for juror consideration. All visual art mediums are eligible for inclusion, but artwork must be original in conception, composition and implementation. 

-Only artworks made within the past 10 years will be considered for submission

-For video or performance-based works: Applicants may submit a link to an external site where the video/performance may be viewed.

-For all other mediums: Applicants may submit up to two images per piece (6 images total). Images should be submitted in .jpeg, .pdf, or .png format and the image size should not exceed 5MB per image. 

-Please label image files to include the artist’s last name and title of the work.
Examples: Last Name_Artwork Title, Last Name_Artwork Title(Detail)

-Applicants will be asked to provide basic contact information, a statement of interest, and descriptive information for each piece. 

-There is no fee to apply and accepted artists may receive a $100 honorarium to assist with shipping and exhibition-related costs. 

Questions about this application may be directed to galleries@unco.edu.