Call for Artists

Request for Entries: Sparks City Hall Gallery

DEADLINE: 9/14/2026, 11:45 p.m. (PST)

BACKGROUND
The Sparks City Hall Gallery is a new program in Sparks featuring a gallery of bi-annually rotating artists inside the foyer of Sparks City Hall. The City of Sparks Parks and Recreation Department is now accepting submissions for works to be considered for their recommendation in this new gallery space. This call is restricted to artists who live or work in Sparks only in order to show our pride and appreciation for the artists living in our community.

The Gallery space is a 12 ft X 7 ft wall inside of the main doors of City Hall which sees an average foot traffic of 2,000 people per month. This program will allow Sparks resident artists an opportunity to reach new audiences and art buyers, while City of Sparks employees are inspired by local artists’ work. Selected artists’ work will be featured on the City of Sparks social media pages, highlighted in a media release and may be featured at a future City Council meeting.

DETAILS
The Sparks City Hall Gallery features a 12ft X 7ft linear space that can accommodate 4-10 pieces depending on size. Each installation will feature a QR code directed to the artist’s contact information/website and prices of the work if the artist chooses. All gallery pieces will be for sale directly through the artist. Transactions cannot be completed at Sparks City Hall. Artists who create wall-hanging work including paintings, photography, or other frameable art and are eager to have their work on display are highly encouraged to apply.

Interested artists should apply here. The deadline to apply is 9/14/26. Please only submit 4-10 pieces that are completed and available to hang until March 2027. The pieces submitted to this call must be the pieces you would like to hang in the gallery space. Should an art piece be sold by the date of selection, artist must provide for display a piece of similar content in its place, subject to the Parks and Recreation Director’s approval. The selection panel will review submissions and recommend that the Director of Parks and Recreation choose a single artist/body of work to be on display for 6 months. There is no fee to submit.

All questions and inquiries can be directed to Raquel Monserrat at rmonserrat@sparksnv.gov

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY
1.  Artists or artist teams must live and/Or work within the City of Sparks.
2. Please only submit ONE body of work that includes 4-10 pieces.
3. Works must be professionally presentable and easily hung from the center of the piece on a cable-hanging system in a quality frame.