Call for Artists


TDAC has many opportunities for The Exhibition and Sales gallery as well as other calls for artists.

The Dalles Art Center and The City of The Dalles are seeking artists to provide a design for a sculpture to be placed downtown The Dalles. The selected artist will work in collaboration with the Peoples Forge Project to translate the artists design into a three-dimensional sculpture to be the centerpiece of a new pocket park on the corner of Second Street and Washington Street.

The Peoples Forge Project is a group of blacksmiths led by Kellen Bateham that produce public art based on an artists design. Based out of Bend, Oregon, the Peoples Forge Project produces and manages a three-day event in which the general public becomes a participant in the sculptures creation. Members of the community work with a professional blacksmith to forge parts that complete the sculpture. The last Peoples Forge Project event was completed at the 2020 Winterfest in Bend, Oregon.

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