2022 Taos is Art Banner Competition

The Town of Taos and Taos Arts Council are seeking Taos County artists' artwork for a lamppost banner campaign to highlight Taos as an arts destination, celebrate the community's diversity, and beautify the historic district. The campaign will be on view within the Town of Taos from approximately late spring through early fall. A total of 66 banners will be displayed: forty-one 30" x 60" banners along Paseo del Pueblo Sur and Norte, and twenty-five 18" x 30" banners along Kit Carson Road, Bent Street, and within the historic district.

Eligibility: Entrants must be at least 18 years old and currently living and working within Taos County. Work must have been produced within the last 5 years and cannot be a duplicate of a winning entry from a prior Banner competition. Each individual or artist representative may enter one piece with one image; groups may enter one collectively created piece under one collective name. The competition welcomes diverse and inclusive images from any artistic discipline or media that can be photographed and displayed visually on a banner, including painting, pottery, sculpture, printmaking, photography, projection and installation, glass, jewelry, metalwork, fiber art, performing arts, and non-traditional media.

Submissions will be judged by blind jury selection based on aesthetic impact, diversity of medium and artist background, suitability for the medium, appropriateness for public display, and legibility for drive-by viewers and pedestrians. Selected artists will be featured on one banner and will receive their banner to keep once the campaign ends. The entry fee is $22, which includes a $20 fee to offset banner project expenses and a $2 addition to fund replacement banners. Entries open February 1, 2022 and close March 11, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. MST. Winners will be notified approximately 1-3 days after the blind jury selection process is completed. All entries must be submitted through the CaFE website at https://www.callforentry.org.