Eskenazi Health Center East 38th Street Call for Artwork Acquisitions

This Call for Artwork is open to all residents, artisans, professional artists, artist-led teams currently residing in the state of Indiana or representatives for Indiana artists. Artists living in or with a strong personal connection to Indianapolis’ Eastside are particularly urged to apply.

• All artworks must be original and not duplications, copies or forgeries of other’s artwork.
• All varieties of artworks are welcome for submission except films or videos. 3D artworks must be wall-hanging works only (ceramics, textile, mixed media, mosaic) and must be contained (close to the wall); nothing jutting out to a degree which might harm someone walking by.
• No artworks should exceed 120 inches in any direction.
• All artworks must be stable materials and medium.
• Artworks must be in the best possible physical state of preservation. Artworks that are fragile or require conservation will not be approved for purchase.
• Art should not depict conflict, cause stress, support a controversial social or political message, or contain nudity, offensive language or imagery, copyrighted imagery, corporate logos or endorse corporate sponsorship.
• Artworks must have a legal title free and clear of restrictions or qualifications.
  • For purchased artworks, title is deemed to be transferred on the date when payment is issued.
  • Artworks will not be acquired if they have knowingly been obtained under illegal circumstances.

Artworks do not need to be mounted or framed as Eskenazi Health will facilitate and incur the expense of framing. If the artwork is already framed, please indicate it on the application form.

Eskenazi Health values art as an instrument for healing and believes that artwork can reduce patient stress and improve health outcomes. The themes and subject matter of art should support Eskenazi Health's mission to advocate, care, teach and serve, support a healing environment, and consider the diversity of the community served.  

The price of each artwork must be stated in the application documents for each artwork. Eskenazi Health does not negotiate or set the price of the artwork, but the price should reflect the current market value. Artists applying for commissions should list prices with sizes in proposal documents.

All applications will be reviewed by Eskenazi Health, 60 on Center and GANGGANG. Artwork purchase recommendations will be made by 60 on Center and the Eskenazi Health Center East 38^th Street Art Workgroup. Final artwork selections will be made by the Eskenazi Health Art Selection Committee: a committee of representatives from Eskenazi Health and the Eskenazi Health Foundation.

Note: While this is the intended selection process, in the event of an insufficient number of qualified applicants Eskenazi Health and 60 on Center reserve the right to change the process to propose selected artworks or artists outside of the application process to the Eskenazi Health Art Selection Committee for consideration of purchase or commission and also reserve the right to cancel the opportunity entirely at any point and for any reason, as the best interests of the project may dictate.

Aug. 1, 2023: Call opens
Sept. 17, 2023: Call closes
Oct. 30, 2023: Artist notifications
Oct. 30, 2023 - Jan. 8, 2024: Collect purchases with artist payments and production time for commissioned pieces
Jan. 15, 2024: All artwork is in the possession of Eskenazi Health or its representative
Spring 2024: Artworks on public display (official date to be announced)

Provide the lead artist’s name, address, phone number(s), email address(es), demographic information and, if applicable, website address and/or social media accounts featuring artwork. If the work was performed by a team, include the names of your other team members along with address(es), phone number(s), email address(es), demographic information and website(s) and/or social media accounts featuring artwork.

To ensure a wide representation of the communities Eskenazi Health serves, our application process asks for personal demographic information about the applicant artist(s). This information is required and will be used internally by the selection members and committees to guide the process to ensure we represent the communities of Indianapolis and Eskenazi Health fairly and accurately. Any reporting of this information externally will be done so without personal identifying information. While there is a “prefer not to say” option for each question, we encourage you to complete this section accurately.

Please provide a bio and/or summary of experience. You may also attach a resume, narrative biography or CV.

A narrative explaining artwork conception, artistic vision and/or artistic practice. If applicable, please note any information about the proposed artwork’s relationship to health, healing or Eskenazi Health. Artists living in Indianapolis’ Eastside, or those with a strong connection to the Eastside, may briefly describe their relationship.

• Upload up to 10 image files, including detail images where needed or may upload a single PDF, DOC or DOCX file containing multiple images/projects (with images and descriptions)
• Saved in JPEG, PDF or PNG format
• Image size should not exceed horizontal pixel dimension of 1,600 pixels or vertical pixel dimension of 1,200 pixels and minimum resolution of 72 dpi
• Each file must be less than 1MB
• Saved as the artist's last name and image title (Example: SMITH_UNTITLED.jpg)

Please provide one document which lists the following information for each submitted artwork (unless contained in image PDF or DOC/DOCX packet):

• Title
• Date completed
• Media
• Dimensions (including depth)
• Price
• Weight of artwork (if applicable)
• Optional description about the artwork