Ephemeral Art Application

2025 Artist Application

Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) Ephemeral Art Program

The Rappahannock Association for Arts and the Community (RAAC) and the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP), in partnership with the Sperryville Community Alliance (SCA) and the Rappahannock County Recreational Facilities Authority (RCRFA), is once again offering Rappahannock-based artists the opportunity to participate in its annual Ephemeral Art Program.

Ephemeral art is art that is non-permanent, brief, fleeting. It’s a term that usually describes art that happens once and is not preserved as a lasting object in a museum or private collection. The Ephemeral Art Program invites artists to create art from natural materials taken from the environment at hand – leaves, sticks, rocks, earth, and manmade or found objects. For 2025, artists will once again select from one of two locations for their installation: the Sperryville River Trail or the Rappahannock County Park.

Applications to the 2025 Ephemeral Art Program will be reviewed by a select committee made up of RAAC, RLEP, SCA, and RCRFA members. Winning applicants will be notified by early August. Artists will install their art during the weekend of September 6-7, 2025 and will be required to maintain their installations until the weekend of November 8-9, 2025. Artists will be responsible for fully removing all trace of their art from its installation site by no later than November 9, 2025.

Winning applicants will receive an award of $300.

Artist name *

Home address (Note that this competition is only open to residents of Rappahannock County) *

Phone number *

Email *

Social media (website, social media handles, etc.)

Will your art installation be installed at the Rappahannock County Park or on the Sperryville River Trail? Note that you must select only one location. *

Rappahannock County Park
Sperryville River Trail

How did you hear about the RAAC Ephemeral Art Program? What attracts you to ephemeral art? *

Briefly describe the general concept and goals for your proposed ephemeral art project. *

Describe your proposed art installation: The size? Principal materials? Your plan for installing and removing it? Any special equipment needed to install it? Any ongoing maintenance required? *

As specifically as you can, please describe with as much detail as possible the specific location of your art installation (using the maps located at the bottom of this page) at either the Rappahannock County Park or on the Sperryville River Trail. Please also explain why are you selecting that particular location. *

While not a requirement, do you have prior experience in creating ephemeral art? If so, please describe your experience.

Phone

If my Ephemeral Art proposal is selected, I understand that I will be required to accept and sign the following statement:

As a participating artist in the 2025 Ephemeral Art Program, I understand that my art installation must be fully in place by no later than September 7, 2025. I will ensure that it remains in place, including the performance of any required maintenance as necessary, through November 9, 2025, and will remove it by the designated removal date of November 9, 2025. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless RAAC, RLEP, SCA, and RCRFA for any injury or damage related to the installation, maintenance, and/or removal of my art installation, and I agree to restore the location of my art installation as closely as possible to its original condition once my art is removed. I further agree to be available for photographs, interviews, and other media efforts, if requested by RAAC, in order to promote the Ephemeral Art Program to the community, and to credit RAAC and co-sponsors RLEP, SCA, and RCRFA in any public statements regarding my art installation specifically or the Ephemeral Art Program in general.

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