Call to Artists

An artist will be selected to create a site-specific public art component for existing Heart of Soquel Multi-Use Linear Parkway in Santa Cruz County!  Information about what to include in your proposal can be found in the Call to Artists brochure – click PDF link just below.
Proposals due by December 16, 2022 

• Heart of Soquel Parkway Call to Artists BrochurePDF
• Parkway Plan (Potential Public Art Locations)
• Example Public Art Contract

An artist will be selected to create a site-specific public art component for a location or locations along the 2-mile pathway.  The Green Valley Road Multi-Use Trail Improvements Project will replace a dilapidated pedestrian trail with a pervious, two-way, multi-use trail to provide a safe, accessible connection between the City of Watsonville and unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County to nearby schools, parks, social services, and numerous transit stops. Information about what to include in your proposal can be found in the Call to Artists brochure – click PDF link just below. Proposals due by January 20, 2023. 

• Green Valley MUP - Call to Artists BrochurePDF
• Project Map
• Corridor Map - potential public art project locations
• Example of Public Art Contract

"Outside the Box" - Traffic Controller Box Art Program Santa Cruz County Department of Parks, Open Spaces & Cultural Services is seeking artists to participate in the Outside the Box public art program, in which selected artists paint a mural on traffic signal controller boxes.  Artists must reside in the County of Santa Cruz and may submit a proposal for one or more of the boxes listed below.  Please click here for a Call to Artists, which provides information regarding payment, what to submit in your proposal, and other relevant information.

• Soquel Drive & Aptos Creek Road, Aptos
• Soquel Drive & Trout Gulch Road, Aptos
• Soquel Drive & Main Street, Soquel
• 41st Avenue & Redwood Center, Soquel
• Green Valley Road & Minto Road, Watsonville

Type 332 Cabinet Dimensions and Type P Cabinet Dimensions

Questions?  Please email prc039@scparks.com

To view boxes painted by artists in previous phases of Outside the Box, please visit https://www.scparks.com/Home/FindaProgram/ArtsCulturalPrograms/OutsidetheBox.aspx