Resource Center and Anderson+Kincaid seek PICTURES OF JOY, an artistic project for Oak Lawn Place, the first affordable, LGBTQIA+ affirming housing development in North Texas for individuals 55+.
Resource Center, in partnership with the artistic collaborative team of Anderson+Kincaid, is reaching out to the North Texas LQBTQIA+ community for assistance in creating works for Oak Lawn Place, the first affordable, LGBTQIA+ affirming housing development for individuals 55+ in North Texas. The 84-unit development, located at 5723 Sadler Circle in Oak Lawn, is under construction to help meet the growing demand for affordable housing in the area, as well as provide an affirming and safe place for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Resource Center and Anderson+Kincaid are inviting queer-identifying and ally artists aged 30 or under, to submit PICTURES OF JOY, artwork that reflects moments of JOY, LOVE, PRIDE, and CELEBRATION in the LGBTQIA+ community. Works could be digital drawings/paintings, photography, or any two-dimensional art medium.
Selected artworks will be either digitally printed on Dibond aluminum panels for permanent display at Oak Lawn Place, or produced in mural format to be installed directly on residential hallway walls, and artists selected will receive an honorarium.
Works submitted may be single images, diptychs, or triptychs, and must fit the following standard sizes: 16 x 20,” 18 x 24,” 24 x 24,” 24 x 36,” and 32 x 40”
SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH AT 11:59 PM CST.
