City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
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The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture's Public Art Program is requesting qualifications from artists for an opportunity to serve as an Artist in Residence at the 27th Avenue Solid Waste Management Facility during the spring of 2016. Up to three artists may be selected for the opportunity.
Selected artists will be commissioned to spend four months creating works made from materials found at the site. The mission of this commission is to create works that transform trash to treasure while assisting in the educational programming of the Solid Waste Management team. Artists will be required to take part in an educational training before beginning the process, and work closely with the educational outreach team throughout the residency period. Artists will be provided with a temporary office, storage space and access to materials at the facility. To read the full call please go to https://www.phoenix.gov/
If you have any additional questions about this call please contact Rebecca.Rothman@phoenix.gov.
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Artist in residence: The artist studios of Last Ship are situated opposite the UNESCO World Heritage temples of Khajuraho. The Viswanath temple built in 999 AD is right in front, less than 20 meters from Last Ship. Little known prehistoric and ancient historic sites in this region tell parts of a story more than 10,000 years old, of the Mughals, the Chandelas, going back to the Guptas, the Kushans, the Shungas and the Indo-Greeks all the way to prehistoric cave-dwellers, revealing secrets of the birth of the philosophies of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism and their common Tantric spiritual traditions. The artists of the residency are invited to have their own experience of this heritage, like the sadhus, aghoris, and mystics who make solitary pilgrimages through this region, called the most powerful tantric region in the world, in search of enlightenment. The Last Ship residency program is a one-of-a-kind experience of a history, nature and culture, hidden in the chaos and turmoil...
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