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CALL FOR ENTRY - TATTOO YOU
TATTOO YOU

Exhibition Dates: May 21 – June 26, 2022
Juror: Kevin Chen

Arts Benicia invites artists and tattoo artists to submit artwork related to tattoos for a juried exhibition in 2022. All media accepted.

Tattoos play an important role in shaping human culture by visually expressing a culture, defining and refining identities, and more importantly, providing a language to aid in self-expression. Tattoos have been a subject of taboo, badges of honor, a sign of defiance, a tribute, and even a reminder of a personal event. Is there a correlation between graffiti, cave markings, scarification, and the tattoo? “Tattoo You” seeks to find the “artistry” behind tattoos through drawings, paintings, and photographs that can highlight the unique collaboration between the tattoo artist and the client resulting in a meaningful statement of “I am/was here,” “I matter,” “I belong.”

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: 
Friday, March 18, 2022 (10:59 Pacific Time)

EXHIBITION LOCATION:
Arts Benicia, 1 Commandant's Lane,
Commanding Officer's Quarters, Benicia, CA 94510

For more information and to apply, visit:

Photography by Michael Dare
YOUTH ART TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES
Arts Benicia is looking to employ a small team of enthusiastic and inspirational Teaching Artists to instruct in an after-school arts program for elementary students.

  • The program is Monday through Thursday from February 28 – June 30; 2:30 to 5:30 pm. Including Spring Break dates of April 11 -15 and 18, as well as a Summer Session: Monday - Friday during June 6 – 30.
  • Three 1-hour classes each afternoon will be divided into groups by age of students.
  • Wage: $300 per three hour session 
  • Positions can be offered for just one day a week or various days depending on availability.
  • Instruct on a variety of basic art mediums and concepts or share your own specialized craft to foster creativity and confidence for students from 5 to 11 years old.
  • Onsite instruction will be at Benicia Unified Elementary Schools.

Requirements:
  • LiveScan background check and fingerprint – cost will be reimbursed
  • TB test
  • Proof of COVID vaccination

Please submit resume, two references and a lesson plan from a recent program you have taught to [email protected] .
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