Clif Bar & Company Outdoor Atrium Sculptures

Clif Bar & Company seeks to place sculptures in two outdoor atriums located at its headquarters in Emeryville, CA. This opportunity is open to emerging and established artists or artist teams residing in ten Bay Area Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma and Sacramento who are at least 18 years of age. Two sculptures will be selected with a rental fee of $3,000 paid per sculpture for a one-year period, with the option to purchase the sculptures when the rental term ends.

Sculptures must be made from recycled or reclaimed materials, durable and free of materials that may be considered precious or fragile, and capable of withstanding outdoor elements for one year. Sculptures depicting nudity, violence, political statements or competing products will not be considered. Artists have the choice of installing work on the ground or hanging from two supports. The atriums are 20'x20' with two cross beams approximately 16' off the ground. Hanging sculptures must not exceed 16'x16'x9' and 500 lbs. in weight. Sculptures on the ground should not exceed 12' in height. All work must be stable and constructed with audience safety in mind for display in a public setting.

All sculptures must be original works of the submitting artist or team and ready to install. The artist shall arrange for transportation and installation in coordination with Clif Bar and is solely responsible for the cost of installation and transportation. Artists whose sculpture is selected will be required to sign a rental agreement and make any necessary repairs during the rental term. Clif Bar reserves the right to photograph and reproduce the sculptures selected for display without further compensation to the artist. Applications must include an artist's statement (not exceeding 1,000 characters), resume (not exceeding 2 pages per artist), and up to 4 digital JPEG images (300 dpi, maximum 3MB). If proposing a new sculpture, submit one detail drawing. There is no entry fee required.