Calls to Artists

Underwater Sculpture Garden Round 4

BUDGET: $35,000
DEADLINE: March 3, 2026

The City of Pompano Beach is looking to commission an artist/artist team for a work for hire project to design and fabricate a sculpture that will be displayed at the beach for a one year. After a year, it will be submerged into the ocean and attached to Lady Luck in Shipwreck Park. It will be the selected artist’s responsibility to work with South Florida Diving Headquarters to sink and attach the sculpture.

For more information and to apply, please visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=16803


Hillsboro Inlet Painted Pompano Sculpture

DEADLINE: January 14, 2026
BUDGET: $2,000.00
LOCATION: Roy L. Rogers Family Park, 2700 N Ocean Blvd, Pompano Beach

The City is looking to commission an artist located in the Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties for a work for hire project to design and fabricate that design on a Painted Pompano fish sculpture. The pompano fish is the City’s namesake and a symbol of the identity of Pompano residents. Once completed, the sculpture will be placed at Hillsboro Inlet Park, 2700 N Ocean Blvd, Pompano Beach, FL 33062. The Painted Pompano sculpture will be individualized by the artist. The theme for the design is Pompano Beach’s Shipwreck Park and Wahoo Bay, scuba diving, boating, marine life, and ecosystem awareness. An anti-graffiti and UV Resistant Coating must be applied. All applications must be submitted on the provided template and materials must also be listed.

To apply, https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=16389