ATTENTION CALIFORNIA ARTISTS: The LightWorks Isla Vista deadline has been extended to Monday, March 7 at 11:59 p.m. Apply here:http://www.cac.ca.gov/opportunities/acdetail.php?id=29270
Maiza Hixson
Visual Arts Coordinator/Curator of Collections
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ARTIST CALL DETAIL
Request For Proposals
For California artists
The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission with the University of California Santa Barbara announces a Request For Proposals from California-based artists for LightWorks: Isla Vista, a light-based arts festival taking place from May 19-21, 2016 in downtown Isla Vista. To apply, visit: https://ucsb.slideroom.com/#/login/program/29780.
Select artists will be commissioned to create temporary sculptural installations designed to transform the central parks of downtown Isla Vista into illuminated spaces for art, performance, and evening engagement by the community. Artists who employ light-emitting technologies as a medium in the creation of site-specific or free-standing installations (ranging in scale and scope) are encouraged to apply, as well as any artists who have experience online forex
in community-based practices and the public realm.The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and University of California Santa Barbara’s Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) received a Creative California Communities Grant Award in the amount of $43,500 for Light Works: Isla Vista (IV).
LightWorks: IV is part of a long-term community improvement effort led by a strategic group of partners and agencies, including the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, Office of the 3rd Supervisorial District and County Sheriff, UC Santa Barbara Visual and Public Arts, Santa Barbara Foundation, Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District (IVRPD), Isla Vista Community Network (IVCN), UCSB Materials Research Laboratory, and the Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science and Technology (SBCAST).
Honoraria (for artists’ travel, cost of materials, and lodging) will be paid to each artist in two installments, with half of the honorarium disbursed upon approval of project and half upon completion. No additional funding is available beyond the honorarium. Artworks approved for Light Works must be de-installed the week following the event.