This “Call for Qualification” is seeking Professional Artists who wish to be considered by the Town of Danville for a commissioned artwork that will be admired for years. The Town of Danville has ventured into temporary public art pieces and is now working to establish its first permanent public art exhibit, Acorns of the Old Oak. The exhibit would consist of placing small bronze, three-dimensional acorn sculptures in Downtown Danville where they would be placed at town-owned facilities and/or historic building sites. These acorns would be homage to Danville’s iconic Old Oak Tree, a symbol of stability and strength in the Town. Please visit www.danville.ca.gov/arts for more information or to apply.
Call for Qualifications-Bronze Acorns
❄️ WINTER * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo
WINTER 2025 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00.
Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. Innovate Grant’s commitment extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. For more information and to apply visit https://innovateartistgrants.org
Innovate Grant supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We’ve simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that.
Innovate Grant awards:
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Visual Artist
+ 1 x $1,800.00 Grant to a Photographer
+ 12 x Honorable Mentions
Explore the work of ALL Past Innovate Grant recipients and read their interviews at https://innovateartistgrants.org
How to Apply: Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. Apply today at https://innovateartistgrants.org
Category: Multiple disciplines and genres accepted
Deadline: Thursday, March 27, 2025 – Submit by 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time
Region: US & International
Awards: 2 x $1,800.00 USD Grants // 12 x Honorable Mentions
Apply Online Today
https://innovateartistgrants.org
Legislative & Governmental Affairs Manager- Telework Option (Staff Services Manager I)
This position is Hybrid and eligible for telework up to three days a week in accordance with DGS’s Telework Policy and will be required to report to the office located at 2750 Gateway Oaks, Suite 300 Sacramento, CA 95833 as needed/required. The successful candidate must reside in California upon appointment.
Under the general direction of the Chief Deputy Director (CDD), the Staff Services Manager (SSM) I Specialist in CAC’s Legislative Affairs Unit serves as a non-supervisory staff member to the CAC Director, executive management team, and other supervisors on legislative and governmental affairs. The SSM I Specialist has primary responsibility for the agency functions associated with the state legislative process, including but not limited to bill analysis, legislation tracking, arts-related committee work/ budget hearings, agency related advocacy, trailer bill language, budget change proposals, etc.
Click here to read the Duty Statement.
Click here to apply for the Legislative & Governmental Affairs Manager – Telework Option.
Required Application Package Documents
The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
- Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
- Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.
- Statement of Qualifications -REQUIRED – Statement of Qualifications. Please see the Statement of Qualifications section on the job advertisement for details and instructions.
Statement of Qualifications (SOQ)
A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) is required when applying for this vacancy. The SOQ must be no more than 2 pages in length using Arial font size 12. Resumes DO NOT take the place of the SOQ.
- Describe your experience in managing legislative and intergovernmental affairs, including bill tracking, analyses, and recommendations. Provide specific examples.
- Describe your experience advising or making recommendations to an executive team and oversight body (e.g., council or board of advisors) on policy related issues. Provide specific examples.
- Describe your experience working directly with the legislature and special interest/advocacy groups. Have you represented an agency, department, or group before a committee? Provide specific examples.
Examination information for State hiring process
Individuals who are new to state service must have the Staff Services Manager I list eligibility in order to gain employment as an Staff Services Manager I with any state agency. Click here to learn more about examinations administered by DGS and examinations available online.
Call for Submissions: International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 2025
Call for Submissions: International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 2025
ISVC Website: https://cicamuseum.com/isvc
September 10 – 28, 2025 Exhibition “Visual Culture 2025” at the CICA Museum, Korea
September 20, 2025 International Symposium at the Cultural Arts Center and the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Organized by CICA Museum
Hosted by the Visual and Performing Arts Department, Montgomery College
We invite artists, scholars, and researchers from around the world to participate in the International Symposium for Visual Culture & Exhibition 2025. This global gathering of artists, researchers, and academics will take place in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., and will be accompanied by an exhibition at the CICA Museum in Korea. The symposium is hosted by Montgomery College’s Visual and Performing Arts Department and organized by the CICA Museum.
ISVC is an international platform for diverse and critical perspectives on visual culture. Through ISVC, we aim to create a global network of researchers/artists and consumers/makers of visual culture, and foster critical thoughts and in-depth understanding of visual culture on a global scale.
Participating artists and researchers will be featured in the book “New Media Art 2026.” The book is expected to be released in full-color paperback in December 2025. The article may include any form of text (e.g., interview, essay, poetry) in English, drawings, and pictures that introduce the artists’ works.
*Categories & Keywords:
-Art and Politics
-Art and Capitalism
-Art, Technology, and Culture
-Artificial Intelligence and Humanism
-Originality, Authorship, and Copyright Issues
-Digital Humanism
-Post-humanism
-Environmental issues and Culture
-Race and Identity in Art & Culture
-Feminist Studies on Visual Culture
-Art & Culture in a Global Pandemic
-Nationalism and Visual Culture
-Digital Culture and Social Media
-Mass Culture
-Critical Studies
-Globalism
-Postmodernism
-New Media Art
-Digital Nomad
[Symposium] International Symposium for Visual Culture (ISVC) 2025 in Silver Spring Maryland
The symposium will be held on September 20, 2025 at the Cultural Arts Center and the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD.
Every artist/researcher of an accepted proposal will be provided with an opportunity to discuss the merits of his or her contribution with peers. It is required that the presenter will register for the symposium and present or perform in a session. We are open to proposals for paper presentations, workshops, experimental sessions, as well as artistic performance.
Three general admission tickets to ISVC 2025 will be provided for the Presenter/Team so that they can invite guests. Additional tickets will be available to purchase via ISVC website in the future.
* Montgomery College students will receive a free guest pass to the symposium, while faculty and staff will get a 51% discount on registration as presenters or guests.
[Exhibition] “Visual Culture 2025” at the CICA Museum
The international exhibition “Visual Culture 2025” will take place at the CICA Museum from September 10 to September 28, 2025. Artists who register as presenters may showcase up to two works in the exhibition.
*Installation:
– Photographs & 2D Digital Art
Selected works will be printed in 10×15 or 10 x 10 inches, framed, and installed by the museum curators & assistants. If requested by the artist, works can be printed and framed in larger sizes. Additional fees may apply.
– Video & Interactive Art
The museum will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players for the show. Multiple single-channel works will be screened through a projector. The museum curators & assistants will install your work(s) according to your installation guidelines. If the work is required to be screened through a projector exclusively, or more than two projectors/monitors are needed, please indicate the special requirements in the submission email. Additional fees may apply.
– Physical Work & Installation Art
The artist is responsible for the shipment and delivery of his/her physical work to and from CICA Museum, as well as all related expenses. The two-dimensional work should be no larger than 39 inch (1 m) on the longest side, and the installation piece should be no larger than 39x39x79 inches (1 x 1 x 2 m, w x l x h). The work that needs to be mounted on the wall should not exceed 10 kg. Please indicate in the submission email if you are interested in exhibiting works exceeding the size/weight limit.
*Timeline:
March 28, 2025 Submission Deadline
April 4 – 11, 2025 Presenter’s Registration
September 10 – 28, 2025 Exhibition “Visual Culture 2025” at the CICA Museum, Korea
September 20, 2025 International Symposium at the Cultural Arts Center and the Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
December 1, 2025 Expected publication date of “New Media Art 2026”
***The schedule is subject to change.
*How to submit your work: Please visit our website for more information.
https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-submissions-international-symposium-for-visual-culture-exhibition-2025/
Call for Artists: Contemporary Landscape 2026
Call for Artists: Contemporary Landscape 2026
CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the international exhibition “Contemporary Landscape 2026.” We are open to photography, 2D digital art, video art, interactive art, painting, sculpture and installation art.
*Deadline: March 21, 2025
*Category:
-Photographs & 2D Digital Art
-Video & Interactive Art
-Painting & Installation Art
*Installation:
-Photography & 2D Digital Art
Selected works will be printed on A3 (297 x 420 mm) foam poster board, and installed by our curators & assistants. If requested by the artist, works can be printed and framed in different sizes. Additional fees may apply. If a special printing process is required, the artist may print and frame the works, and ship them to us. Please refer to the “physical works” guidelines below.
-Video & Interactive Art
We will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players for the show. Multiple single-channel works will be screened via a projector. If the work is required to be screened via a projector exclusively, or more than two projectors/monitors are needed, please indicate the special requirements in the submission email. Additional fees may apply.
-Physical Works (Painting, Drawing, Print, Sculpture, and Installation Art)
The artist is responsible for the shipment and delivery of his/her physical work to and from CICA Museum, as well as all related expenses. The two-dimensional work should be no larger than 39 inch (1 m) on the longest side, and the installation piece should be no larger than 39x39x79 inches (1 x 1 x 2 m, w x l x h). The work that needs to be mounted on the wall should not exceed 10 kg. Please indicate in the submission email if you are interested in exhibiting works exceeding the size/weight limit.
*Exhibition Dates: January 2 – 18, 2026
***The dates are subject to change.
*How to submit your work:Please visit our website for more information.
https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-artists-contemporary-landscape/
Interwoven: Patterns & Textures Art Competition
Artists worldwide are invited to explore the beauty of repetition, rhythm, and depth in A Celebration of Patterns & Textures. This competition welcomes artwork that highlights intricate designs, bold textures, and dynamic compositions, showcasing the harmony between structure and spontaneity. Whether abstract or representational, your work should capture the essence of pattern and texture as a fundamental visual language.
Win $150 in Cash, prizes, & promotions.
Winners will be featured on our website, social media, and newsletter, receiving a certificate of achievement. Honorable Mentions and Finalists will also be recognized, with all winners showcased in the Blue Koi Online Art Exhibition, alongside some of the world’s most innovative contemporary artists.
Entry Fee: $20 for 4 images, $30 for 6 images.
Submit application here: https://koisartistaward.com/patterns-textures/
