Call to Artists: 2025 Contemporary Arts Program
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens invites South Florida-based artists to apply for the opportunity to develop site-specific work inspired by the historic estate, connecting with their audiences in creative and innovative ways. The selected artist will be commissioned new work that will be exhibited for six months beginning in November 2025. It can be a single installation or a multi-space exhibition.
Project Dates: April 1, 2025 – May 30, 2026
Project Support: $12,500 Artist Fee. $24,000 Production Budget. It may include but is not limited to production/fabrication, materials, equipment rental, technical support and display needs. The final budget will be determined based on the proposal’s scope and scale of the project.
Submission Deadline: Sunday, February 2, 2025
Interview Date: Friday, February 21, 2025
Decision notification: Friday, February 28, 2025
Eligibility: South Florida-based artists who have not received a CAP commission in the past 5 years.
What You Need To Apply? Full contact information, A brief artist statement/description of your practice (max 300 words), CV or resume, A short statement of intent addressing interest in the project (150 words), Concept description, including anticipated challenges, general timeline, and production budget (max 1,000 words), Upload up to 10 images or links to videos of recent work and Three references from previous partners or cultural institutions familiar with your work and professionalism.
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ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ARTS PROGRAMS (CAP)
Launched in 2006, the Contemporary Arts Program (CAP) is a commission program that provides artists with the creative challenge to develop original, site-specific work in response to a historic site situated in the public realm. CAP was inspired by the dynamic, creative spirit that characterized Vizcaya’s inception one hundred years ago, and it preserves Vizcaya owner James Deering’s tradition as a patron of the arts. From John Singer Sargent, a houseguest who painted watercolors of the estate, to A. Stirling Calder, who sculpted the figures on the Barge, and Robert Winthrop Chanler, creator of the swimming pool grotto ceiling mural, Vizcaya continues a dialogue between the historic and the contemporary. As was the case one hundred years ago, Vizcaya’s singular sense of place remains the point of departure for artists.
