Organizer Information
Yavapai College is a public community college based in Arizona, United States, with campuses in Prescott and the Verde Valley. The institution maintains a strong commitment to arts education and public cultural engagement through its gallery program, which includes the Prescott Art Gallery and the Verde Art Gallery. These exhibition spaces function as accessible cultural hubs for students, regional audiences, and visiting publics, showcasing a wide range of practices across contemporary visual arts.
The Prescott Art Gallery, located within the college’s Performing Arts Center, is a professionally equipped exhibition venue with approximately 1,792 square feet of space, high ceilings, movable wall systems, and LED track lighting. Alongside it, the Verde Art Gallery offers an additional 900 square feet of exhibition space on the Verde Valley campus in Clarkdale. Together, these galleries host both nationally recognized and emerging artists, positioning Yavapai College as a relevant regional platform for experimental, educational, and community-oriented artistic production.
Title & Description
Interactive Phone Booth Sculpture Proposal – Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery
The Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery invites artists to submit proposals for the transformation of a vintage phone booth into an interactive sculptural installation. This open call focuses on interdisciplinary and technologically engaged practices, encouraging artists to merge aesthetics with interactivity to create an immersive viewer experience.
The selected proposal will reimagine a pre-existing phone booth structure (8 ft height × 4 ft width × 4 ft depth) as an interactive artwork. The booth already includes electrical infrastructure powering a light and fan, offering opportunities for integration with sound, light-based media, sensors, or other responsive systems. Artists are expected to conceptualize the booth not merely as an object but as a participatory environment that invites audience engagement.
The final installation will be permanently or semi-permanently placed on the Prescott campus, positioning the selected work within a public-facing educational setting with ongoing visibility.
Categories
- Visual Art
- Sculpture
- Installation Art
- Interactive / Digital Art
- Media Art / Technology-based Practices
Eligibility
- Open to artists working in all media, with a focus on those experienced in installation or interactive work
- International applicants are eligible
- Both emerging and established artists are encouraged to apply
- No explicit age restriction mentioned
- Artists should demonstrate the technical feasibility of their proposal
Program Benefits & Awards
The selected artist will receive:
- $1,000 USD for materials and construction
- $1,000 USD artist stipend
- $500 USD travel allowance
In addition to financial support, the artist gains:
- A public installation opportunity on a college campus
- Exposure to students, faculty, and visiting audiences
- Institutional support from a recognized academic gallery program
- Potential documentation and portfolio visibility through the gallery’s platform
Application Fee
None
Application Requirements
- Project proposal outlining the concept and interaction design
- Visual documentation (sketches, renderings, or references)
- Portfolio of previous work
- CV or artist résumé
- Technical description (materials, electrical/interactive components, feasibility)
Access to the physical phone booth can be arranged upon request for proposal development.
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 5 June 2026
Location
Prescott, Arizona, United States
Additional Details
The phone booth structure includes built-in electrical connections, which can be leveraged for interactive features such as lighting systems, audio components, or responsive technologies. Artists are strongly encouraged to think beyond static sculpture and consider audience engagement as a core component of the proposal.
The scale constraints (8’ × 4’ × 4’) require careful spatial planning, particularly for immersive or participatory designs. Given the academic setting, proposals that engage with themes of communication, public interaction, or technological mediation may be especially relevant, though no strict thematic limitation is imposed.
Site access is available upon request, allowing artists to better understand spatial and technical conditions prior to submission.