This past week in my Professional Practices class we had Whitney Ranson come and speak with us on behalf of the Urban Arts Commission. She took us through the process of applying of an open call for urban art and the process that is required for it to be actualized. The information was very interesting. In her presentation she showed images of a mural that was created for a community center in Frayser. She explained how three finalists are chosen, then one winner is picked from the three after they have presented their drawings and ideas to a board. After the winner is selected they have more drawings due and discussions about materials and a timeline is put together. She was clear that these projects do not happen over night and can take anywhere from seven months to two years for some projects to be completed. It all depends of what type of project and what scale the project is. Every project is started out with a budget, I found it interesting that the artist can keep up to twenty percent. If you got a good amount of these calls it could be a great option for a boost of income and publicity of your art. She also spoke about signing up for their artists registry on the Urban Arts website. To enter any of the calls you have to have one of these profiles. Urban Arts lists local only and national calls.
Whitney Ranson is someone who I think we can all strive to be. She ended up making a career from her internship, and that is a common goal that I think some of us share. It was also nice to hear from someone who was closer to our age and is not busing tables or working at Whole Foods. It would still be nice to find someone who is able to practice their art directly from college and what they did to be able to realize that.
http://www.urbanartcommission.org/
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