Digital Mural Competition and Festival call to Artists

AIDS Services Foundation (ASF) Orange County encourages artists working in 2-D genres, new genres, video, documentation, experimental media, graphic design, and animation (objective and/or subjective) to apply to a digital mural projection Request for Proposal.

A total of ten murals, either still or animation, will be selected for inclusion in at least one mural projection exhibition (murals will be digitally projected onto walls rather than painted or attached directly onto them) in Orange County, CA.

Through either formal adjudication or by popular vote, up to five of the finalist murals will be selected to receive a cash prize of $2,000. The stipend will be awarded to the winners only. Remaining finalists will receive no compensation.

The final exhibition date(s) and location(s) are still to be determined. Applications are due by 5:00pm, Friday, June 5, 2015. Finalists will be required to complete and deliver the high-resolution JPEGs of their mural(s), suitable for digital projection, by 5:00pm, Friday, July 10, 2015.

BACKGROUND & MESSAGING: ASF has embarked upon a three-year communications plan consisting primarily of public art. The works created throughout this project will convey “HIV/AIDS is not yet cured” and bring attention to the on-going struggle against HIV/AIDS in Orange County as well as ASF’s position as a leader in HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, and care in the community.

ASF currently cares for 1,300 men, women, and children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS in Orange County, CA. On average, five persons per week are infected with HIV in our community. Over 50% of new infections occur in people aged thirty-five years and younger. A more complete picture of HIV/AIDS in Orange County can be found at www.ocasf.org/statistics.html.

ELIGIBILITY: This call is open to emerging and established visual artists, college-aged or older, who are legally authorized to work in the United States (per U.S. Department of Labor).

Prior public art experience is not a requirement.

To download or view the entire RFP, click here.