2021 Jorge and Darlene Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design

Deadline: March 15, 2021

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In 2021, Americans for the Arts will award the first Jorge and Darlene Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design

The 2021 Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design will recognize an arts administrator with a track record of exemplary work in producing with the intention to advance community, civic, or social good by implementing art-based processes and/or projects that lead to positive change in the built environment of a local community. This includes increasing awareness of issues; promoting dialogue; shifting attitudes; promoting healing; motivating action; or improving conditions of equity, access, and inclusion.

Because art in civic design encompasses a vast range of forms and genres, for the purpose of the 2021 Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design, we are inviting submissions in select categories: public art; visual arts; community-based artists; artists-in-residencies combined with civic design fields such as planning, transportation, and land use development; artist as part of design teams; hybrids of the aforementioned; and multidisciplinary work in which artistic practice elements are predominant.

The Prize recipient will receive a $30,000 cash award that they can be used to continue their pursuit of their administrative work aligned with the goals of creative transformation of the built environment. The recipient will also receive additional financial support that will enable them to access other national opportunities for further learning as well as dialogue and discussion about their work with national leaders in the arts and other allied fields.