Calls for Artists

Music

Sing Here Now welcomes people with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia to join this Vancouver choir, which meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, March 5 and 12. Participation is free, but registration is required by calling 1-800-272-3900. Rehearsals take place at Mannahouse, 14311 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver.

Columbia River Chorus invites women who enjoy singing to join its weekly rehearsals at 7 p.m. Mondays in the Clark College Beacock Building, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Sight reading is not required. For more information, call 360-887-4927. columbiariverchorus.com

Vancouver Community Concert Band seeks brass, woodwind and percussion players, active or retired. All abilities welcome; no audition required. The volunteer community band, along with its polka band, Dixieland Jazz Band and chamber ensembles, performs regularly around the area. Rehearsals are 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at St. John Lutheran Church, 11005 N.E. Highway 99, Vancouver. Beginning band is offered from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Facebook.com/VCCBand or vanccband@gmail.com

Vancouver Pops Orchestra seeks musicians who play orchestral instruments. The ensemble plays 20 to 25 45-minute assemblies each year in local grade schools. Rehearsals are 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays. Vancouver Heights United Methodist Church, 5701 MacArthur Blvd., Vancouver. For more information, contact Dennis Pieren at 360-907-9141.

The Rose City Timberliners Barbershop Chorus seeks new voices to sing in four-part harmony. No audition is necessary; just come to a rehearsal, held every Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wilshire United Methodist Church, 3917 N.E. Shaver St., Portland. timberliners.org/about-us

Vancouver Community Library seeks musicians for select First Friday events, lasting three hours. Musicians may accept donations and sell promotional merchandise. For details, contact Beth Wood at 360-906-5132 or bwood@fvrl.org.

Art

The Society of Washington Artists seeks artists 18 and older to enter the nonjuried, professionally judged Spring Show and Sale (the largest such show in Southwest Washington), April 30 to May 3 at the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver. Online registration begins Feb. 10 and continues until April 17 or until 200 pieces have been registered. Both 2D and 3D items may be entered. For complete registration information, visit swavancouver.com.

Mosaic Arts Alliance seeks submissions for “Celebration of the Female Form,” Feb. 4-28 at Angst Gallery, 1015 Main St., Vancouver, with an opening reception 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 7. The show will include depictions and interpretations of the female form clothed, unclothed, realistic or abstract in various media. Artists may submit up to two pieces by Feb. 2. The entry fee for Mosaic Arts Alliance members is $35 and $45 for nonmembers. Pieces larger than 36″ x 36″ will incur additional fees. Contact mosaicartsvancouver@gmail.com for details or visit gallery360.vanc@gmail.com.

Vancouver Community Library invites creative writers and visual artists to submit original works for “Visions & Voices,” and then to create a response piece to the original work assigned to them. The submission deadline is Feb. 28. There is no cost to submit. Written work may be submitted to vaartteam@fvrl.org, or in person at the library, 901 C St., Vancouver. Art pieces must be submitted at the library. Participants will be notified of acceptance by email, and their response piece will also be sent through email. Pick up an application at Vancouver Community Library, or go to www.fvrl.org; click on Locations>Vancouver, and click on the purple button labeled Apply for Visions & Voices. Each work and its response piece will be displayed beginning Friday, April 3. For more details, call 360-906-5000.

The city of Vancouver invites artists to submit proposals for public art at the Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main St., Vancouver. Proposals are due by 3 p.m. Feb. 26. The project’s goal is to create something that demonstrates the museum’s relevance while respecting its commitment to preserving the community’s stories and artifacts. Proposals will be reviewed by the city’s Public Art Committee, in consultation with the museum and the Uptown Village Association. Once a proposal is selected, artwork will be completed and installed within six months. The project’s budget is set at $30,000, including artist’s fees, engineering fees, labor and materials, documentation and transportation to the site. The city will be responsible for site preparation and installation of the artwork, in consultation with the artist(s). For complete details, visit www.cityofvancouver.us/PublicArtCommittee.

Vancouver’s Downtown Association seeks artists to submit proposals for two funded projects that are slated for 2020. “12th & Main Artlet” will install a parklet with artful treatments at a downtown intersection, along with painted crosswalks and bulb-outs and the artful treatment of the blank facade of an adjacent parking structure. “Bike Art Park on Main” will install two bike corrals on Main Street. The bike racks will be custom-designed and incorporate artistic features that celebrate architectural designs from local, historic buildings as well as cultural icons of downtown Vancouver, along with street art murals beneath the corrals. Submissions must be received by noon Feb. 10. Submissions should be clearly marked with the name and address of the respondent. For details, contact Michael Walker at 360-258-1129 or director@vdausa.org. Find complete information at dausa.org/call-for-artists/.