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CALL FOR ARTISTS:  

DEADLINE: January 11, 2024

For more information call Metro Arts at 515-280-3222.

CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE COPY OF THE ENTRY FORM.

Metro Arts Alliance, in partnership with The City of Des Moines and the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation, invites visual artists who have past or current ties to the community to submit original art to be published in the City of Des Moines' 2005 Performance Report: The Art of Community . Nine pieces will be selected for the report based upon their quality and thematic representation of the report's content.  

With the financial support of the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation, a $500 award will be provided to artists for each piece chosen for inclusion in the report. Selected artists will retain ownership of their artwork.   In addition to the financial opportunity, this competition provides excellent public exposure for chosen artists.   With the honor, the photograph and information about each artist will be published in the report along with the featured artwork. The finished report will also be included on the City and Metro Arts Alliance websites.

The Art of Community Performance Report will be the City's second report of its kind.   The City printed 12,000 copies of its report, Creating the City of Choice , in February of 2005, which since has been recognized as one of nine award-winning performance reports from the Association of Government Accountants.  

Those interested in submitting art for the competition may contact Metro Arts Alliance for guidelines and an application.   Completed submissions in the form of slides or digital images must be received no later than January 11, 2006.   For more information contact Tracy Levine, Executive Director of Metro Arts Alliance at 515-280-3222.

Metro Arts Alliance is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life in greater Des Moines by connecting people to the arts through programming, communication and support artists and arts organizations.  For 30 years, Metro Arts has served the community through arts programs including: artists in school residencies, Jazz in July, Two Rivers Art Expo, Arts on the Go, and Metro Kids Arts Awareness.

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