Public Art Roster

The City of Sarasota Public Art Program is accepting applications to the 2024-2026 Artist Roster from August 21, 2023 through September 25, 2023. This call is open to local, regional, national, and international artists, including individual artists and artist teams or collectives. The Artist Roster is a list of artists who pre-qualify to work with the City's public art program and will be the main tool for selecting artists for citywide public art projects. Roster artists will create site-responsive commissions, architecturally integrated projects, community-centric commissions, and painted and printed murals. All installations will take place within the City of Sarasota limits.

Required submission materials include contact information, eight artwork sample images (up to 300 dpi), image details and descriptions, artist biography (250-word limit), artist statement (250-word limit), and public engagement methodology (250-word limit). Qualifying artists and artist teams from Florida will be placed into the Regional Artist Roster. The Public Art Program will not accept late, incomplete, mailed, or hand-delivered applications.

If selected, qualified artists will create artwork for public spaces, design and propose artworks for approval by Public Art staff and the Public Art Committee, work within a fixed budget and timeline, possess excellent public engagement techniques, present to the public and City boards if requested, travel as needed, register as a City of Sarasota-approved vendor, and adhere to state and local requirements. The Artist Roster will be used to select artists for projects with budgets between $35,000 and $150,000. Applicants will be notified of acceptance status by December 1, 2023. Successful applicants will be eligible for projects from January 2024 through July 2026. Acceptance into the Roster does not guarantee individual project proposals will be accepted or that artists will be selected for a public art project.