2025 Site-Specific Arts Galleries - City of Auburn, WA

The City of Auburn, Washington, seeks applications from regional artists to install 3-dimensional or multi-media art installations in two site-specific gallery spaces in downtown Auburn: the Art on Main Gallery and the Vault Gallery. Both spaces provide a $1,000 artist stipend to support the creation of new work and site-specific projects, or the installation of existing work.

Eligibility: Any individual artist or collaborative artist team in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho) may apply. Past participants of Art on Main are welcome to reapply. Four time slots are available for the 2025 year: January–March, April–June, July–September, and October–December. Selection is based on artistic excellence, strength and creativity in concept and site engagement, ability to create innovative work that engages the public, and comfort exhibiting in a space that is locked and secure but not climate controlled and may encounter direct sunlight.

Selected artists will receive a $1,000 award and must sign an agreement with the City of Auburn, install and de-install their own work, partner with the City to market the exhibition, comply with all federal, state, and local laws, and leave the space in the same or better condition. Initial stipend payment is made within 30 days after installation upon receipt of an invoice, with a portion retained until de-installation is complete. Artists are encouraged to offer works for sale, with all sales handled privately; the City takes no commission. Application deadline: September 5, 2024 at 10:59 PM Pacific Time. Notification of accepted artists: October 2024. Contact: Allison Hyde, [email protected], 253.804.5043.