Arts & Culture
Artist Opportunities
Public Art Calls to Artists
NEW! - Municipal Services Garage Exhibition (deadline April 9, 2010)
The Clearwater Public Art and Design Program is seeking artists to participate in three month exhibitions in the city’s Municipal Services Garage display cases located in downtown Clearwater.
View complete MSB Garage Exhibition Call to Artists
NEW! - Sculpture360: Season III (deadline May 14, 2010)
The Clearwater Public Art and Design Program is seeking up to three artists to participate in a temporary outdoor sculpture exhibition from September 2010 – September 2011. Artwork will be selected to compliment the Cleveland Street District streetscape and will serve as a visual anchor point and identity for the District.
View complete Sculpture 360 Season III Call to Artists
View a sample contract
View the Sculpture360 Web page
Cultural Affairs Division
 Mission: to facilitate, stimulate, and enhance the cultural life
in Clearwater for residents and visitors.
Arts and Culture bring many benefits to a community including increasing
a city's livability, stimulating economic development and revitalization,
strengthening education, and creating an understanding of diverse populations.
These are some of the reasons that the Cultural Affairs Division was created
in 2003, as a result of a cultural planning
process.
The Cultural Arts Division seeks to build partnerships with other government
agencies, private businesses and organizations so that arts and culture can
be incorporated in the lives of all our residents and visitors.
Sculpture360 Season II
View a gallery of photos from the installation of the new Sculpture360 Season II artwork on Cleveland Street, or visit the Sculpture360 program page.
The sculpture of artist Jack Howard-Potter, of Long Island City, NY was installed Aug. 27, the first of three sculptures on Cleveland Street, replacing those by Hanna Jubran, of Grimesland, NC; Claudia Jane Klein of Lake Worth, Fla; and Bruce White of Nokomis, Fla that had been on display since July of last year.
Howard-Potter’s work, “Going Green” weighs about 600 pounds and is made of steel with a green powder coat finish.
Jarret Hawkins may be an artist of the abstract, but his “Linear V” communicates very real perceptions that may not seem so abstract on a personal level. The piece is an exploration of how our bodies feel as we live inside them. The term he uses is “proprioception,” or the internal perception of the our bodies as we move the parts in relation to one another. He invites viewers to get a sense of the kinetic, if not visceral nature of proprioception by walking around the sculpture and noticing how its form appears to change dramatically with the angle of view.
"Henry" might be viewed as Cleveland Street’s official guard dog through next summer. His owner, artist Doug Makemson, makes it clear that the dog, er, his work, is not presumptuous and that’s the secret of its charm. What sets this dog apart from other canine sculptures is how alive it seems as the materials used in construction - a farm conveyor belt, a tractor, parts of an extinct gas station awning - seem to create a personality for the animal. The familiar objects generate a sense of wonder for the works Makemson creates that he says are popular with the public.
The Sculpture 360 Program along Cleveland Street downtown Clearwater is funded through a partnership with the Downtown Development Board and brings high-quality public artwork to residents and visitors. For more information about Sculpture360, please contact Christopher Hubbard at (727) 562-4837 or e-mail Christopher.Hubbard@myclearwater.com.
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