Welcome to the City of Boynton Beach "Call to Artists"
Opportunities are posted here for new public art commission, exhibitions, jobs and art fairs sponsored by the City of Boynton Beach. Other opportunities in South Florida and the Treasure Coast can be posted by request. The Public Art Program strives to enhance the arts by supporting Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County and other Florida artists in the region. Click here to be on the mailing list for announcements. https://bit.ly/BoyntonList
Call to Artists:
In the last 20 years, several Florida cities have utilized a mural program to improve the aesthetics of older buildings in their downtowns and warehouse districts. Miami, Hollywood, Lake Worth, and West Palm Beach are a few examples. Miami’s Wynwood District became a national tourist attraction, propelling the careers of many up-and-coming artists.
Murals can inspire collaboration and pride within a community as well as be catalysts for economic growth. As an artist, you will work closely with the City of Boynton Beach, community constituents, and local business owners to celebrate the past and imagine the future of our city.
Mural Specifications:
Process:
Application:
Submit all requirements to PublicArt@bbfl.us by Tuesday, June 7th at 5:00 pm
Download Mural Program Guidelines here: Mural Program Guidelines
Download Mural Application here: Mural Application
Why Participate:
In the last 20 years, several Florida cities have utilized a mural program to improve the aesthetics of older buildings in their downtowns and warehouse districts. Miami, Hollywood, Lake Worth, and West Palm Beach are a few examples. Miami’s Wynwood District became a national tourist attraction, propelling the careers of many up-and-coming artists.
Murals can inspire collaboration and pride within a community as well as be catalysts for economic growth. As an artist, you will work closely with the City of Boynton Beach, community constituents, and local business owners to celebrate the past and imagine the future of our city.
Matching Grants for Murals:
To encourage murals in the City, matching grants for excellent murals on privately-owned buildings and sites will be made available based on available city funding. All these murals must be guaranteed by the building or site owner for a minimum of five years with maintenance and repair if necessary. Murals cannot be signs for a business and must follow specific criteria.
As funds are available, the Art Advisory Board will review applications for mural grants. The grants can support a maximum of 50% of the mural costs up to a maximum of $5,000. The other 50% could potentially be matched by the CRA’s Commercial Property Improvement Grant Program:
cra.boyntonarts.org
Application:
Download Mural Program Guidelines here: Mural Program Guidelines
Download Mural Application here: Mural Application
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 7, 2023
Click here to apply - Six Sculptures Call for Artists: $75K-$300K each. Total $1.4 million
Applications Due: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 7, 2023
Budgets: Range from $75,000 to $300,000
Total Dollars Approximately $1,400,000
BoyntonArts seek multiple sculptors to create outdoor works for five property developers and one hospital in Boynton Beach, Florida. With one application, each artist will be presented to all developers and the hospital over the next two years. Four sculptures will join the 40 ft tall “Cavalcade” by Albert Paley on the Avenue of the Arts (Ocean Ave) as a cultural destination in South Florida. A total of $1.4 million will be spent on new commissions or existing works ranging from $75,000 and $300,000. The developers and hospital welcome all styles with engaging content in materials resistant to Florida’s winds, sun and salt air. Boynton Beach is well known for its cultural diversity, charter fishing and Kinetic Biennial. boytnonarts.org @boyntonarts @kineticbiennial.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Art in City Buildings
Application Deadline: Rolling
BoyntonArts seeks paintings, drawings, prints, photography and other 2D works for display in City of Boynton Beach buildings. Works will be displayed in public lobbies and staff office areas including the Mayor and City Commissioners. The works will be identified with wall text and can be available for sale. BoyntonArts will have a special webpage that shows all the art with links to the artists.
The minimum loan period is six months with a preference for a year commitment. Buildings include City Hall, Carolyn Sims Center, Utilities Headquarters, Intracoastal, Senior Center and historic Women’s Club building, now an event rental facility. Works that depicts the people, events, fishing, sports, cars, businesses, buildings, bridges, canals, landscapes, seascapes, etc. from Boynton Beach are appreciated, but not a mandatory requirement.
Your work will be insured and the artist will receive a $100 honorarium for each work displayed.
The application should provide the following information:
The policy of the Public Art Program is to support diverse, equitable and inclusive arts. All exhibitions should include a cultural and ethnic diversity of artists.
Send application to: Veronica Inberg, Public Art Coordinator at InbergV@bbfl.us Questions: Veronica Inberg at 561-742-6757
View current and previous exhibitions at: boyntonarts.org
Boynton Beach Public Art Program
City Hall, 125 East Ocean Ave, Boynton Beach, Florida #boyntonarts boyntonarts.org
publicart@bbfl.us 561-742-6757 Glenn Weiss, Manager. Veronica Inberg, Coordinator
Call for Volunteer Curators
Boynton Beach Arts & Cultural Center Gallery
Deadline: Rolling
Released July 29, 2022
BoyntonArts invites experienced curators and individual artists to volunteer to curate the gallery in the Boynton Beach Arts & Cultural Center (BBACC). Four curators will be chosen to organize 2-3-month exhibitions between in 2022 & 2023. Curatorial responsibilities will include, but is not limited to attending opening receptions, hanging work, provide a curatorial statement, finding artists, and writing wall text. This is an excellent opportunity for both practicing curators and artists to experiment with and develop their curatorial vision, as well as build their audience and portfolios. The curator may include their own art in the exhibition.
With the ongoing development of Downtown Boynton Beach as an arts and cultural destination, the BBACC Gallery has already hosted eleven shows since its opening in 2021 to a diverse and growing audience. All shows will be marketed as a partnership between BoyntonArts and the curator through the City’s social media platforms, newsletters, digital billboards and website.
About the Art Gallery – Located on the first floor of the Boynton beach Arts & Cultural Center (BBACC), the gallery has 12” wide hallways, with a total of 2,112 square foot space. Modern lighting that evenly illuminates artwork on the two 9.6’high X 88’ long walls, which can be adjusted by the curator(s). The Art Gallery is where BoyntonArts has displayed rotating exhibitions and hosted opening receptions in neighboring classrooms and/or event space. The exhibitions feature local and national artists that contribute to thought provoking, intriguing and educational topics that attract visitors to the City of Boynton Beach. Additionally:
Location and Hours
100 East Ocean Ave, Boynton Beach, FL
As a public building the gallery is open during business hours as follows:
Volunteer Curator Responsibilities:
BoyntonArts Responsibilities:
The application should provide the following information:
The policy of the Public Art Program is to support diverse, equitable and inclusive arts. All exhibitions should include a cultural and ethnic diversity of artists.
Please send application to:
Veronica Inberg, Public Art Coordinator at InbergV@bbfl.us
Questions: Veronica Inberg at 561-742-6757
