Opportunities for Artists
Imagine what can happen when the right artist meets the right opportunity.
Santa Monica Cultural Affairs welcomes and cultivates artists through fellowships and residencies for individual artists.
| Description | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Prequalified Artist Roster | June 28, 2019 |
| ACBH Fall and Spring Writer Residency | July, 2019 |
| Camera Obscura Art Lab Studio Residency | October, 2019 |
| ACBH Choreographer Residency | March, 2020 |
| Jazz on the Lawn | April, 2020 |
| ACBH Public Practice Immersion Residency: Out of the Blue | April, 2021 |
| ACBH Gallery Group Exhibits | TBA |
| Artist Fellowship | Closed for 2019-2020 |
Artist Fellowship
The purpose of the Santa Monica Artist Fellowship program is to nourish and stimulate the creation of new work by Santa Monica artists, recognize excellence, and reinforce our community’s high regard for creativity and innovation. Five Fellowships are awarded annually: two fellowships of $20,000 by means of a nomination process, and three $4,200 Project Fellowships by application.
- Guidelines
- Santa Monica Artist and Project Fellowships 2019-20 Guidelines
- Deadline
- Closed for 2019-2020
- Applications Will Be Available
- TBA
- Past Fellows
- Artist fellows from 2010-2019
- Eligibility
- Professional artists who create, rather than interpret, original work, and who either reside in the City or maintain a studio and business license in the city, are eligible to apply. Applicants must have met the residency requirements for at least one year. (Five years for nominated Fellows.)
Artist Residencies
Residency programs promote a diverse variety of artistic endeavors in Santa Monica, provide fresh interpretations of this “city like no other,” and open avenues of discourse between artists and Santa Monica communities. Residencies currently take place at the Annenberg Community Beach House and the Camera Obscura Art Lab.
ACBH Fall and Spring Writer Residency
- Where
- Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 PCH
- Deadline
- July
- Applications Will Be Available
- Annually in May
- Eligibility
- LA County residents; writers of poetry, plays, and fiction
- Length
- 9 weeks per residency
- Fall is October - December
- Spring is January - March
- Required
- Public Events
- Office Hours
- Weekly Blog posts
ACBH Public Practice Immersion Residency: Out of the Blue
- Where
- Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 PCH
- Deadline
- April of same year
- Applications Will Be Available
- Biennially (odd years) in February
- Eligibility
- LA County Residents
- Length
- 1 - 7 Weeks
- July and August
- Required
- Site Sensitive Public Oriented Work
- Public Practice
- Weekly Blog posts
ACBH Choreographer Residency
- Where
- Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 PCH
- Guidelines
- Call for Choreographers, Public Practice Residency Annenberg Community Beach House
- Deadline
- March of same year
- Applications Will Be Available
- Biennially (even years) in January
- Eligibility
- LA County Residents
- Length
- 3 Months Planning and 5+ Weeks rehearsal/perfomance in September and October
- Required
- Site Sensitive Public Oriented Work
- Public Practice
- Blog Posts
Camera Obscura Art Lab Studio Residency
- Deadline
- October
- Where
- Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave.
- Applications Will Be Available
- August
- Eligibility
- LA County Residents
- Length
- 14 Weeks in January, April, August
- Required
- Weekly Workshops
- Blog Posts
- Culminating Exhibit/Performance
Performance Opportunities
Jazz on the Lawn
- Deadline
- Rolling, Closing Mid-April Annually
- Where
- Gandara Park, 1819 Stewart St.
- To Apply
- Email name of band, brief 3-5 word genre description (ex. Ragtime, New Orleans Jazz), 2-3 sentences description of band (including the number of musicians and style of music), website link, link to an online video to: Allison Ostrovsky, Cultural Affairs Supervisor. Notifications will be sent by June 1.
- Eligibility
- Professional Jazz and Jazz-Related Bands Based in Southern California
- Length
- Single Performance During Event Series. Events Are Every Sunday in August 5pm-7pm
ACBH Gallery Group Exhibits
- Deadline
- TBA
- Where
- Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 PCH
- Applications Will Be Available
- Late Summer
- Eligible
- Greater Southern California Residents
- Length
- Exhibits on Display for 2-4 Months
- Required
- 3 or More Artists Per Show
- Artwork Ready to Hang
- Curatorial Statement
Prequalified Artist Roster
Rolling Call for Qualifications
Santa Monica Cultural Affairs invites local, regional, national and international artists/teams to submit qualifications for a prequalified artists roster. The Artist Roster, a curated shortlist of artists, will enable us to connect amazing qualified artists to projects and opportunities in Santa Monica. Cultural Affairs believes artwork is labor, and will ensure that funding is allocated in project budgets to pay artists for their time. All entities using the Santa Monica Cultura Affairs’ prequalified roster will be strongly encouraged to budget artists’ fees when planning potential projects.
Deadlines
Applications are reviewed quarterly.
- March 29, 2019
- June 28, 2019
- September 30, 2019
- December 31, 2019