Stigma Highlighted: Beyond the Label

Stigma Highlighted: Beyond the Label -Artist Application

Apply to participate as an artist in the Stigma Highlighted – Beyond the Label portrait project.
Thank you for your interest in participating in the 2027 installation of Stigma
Highlighted – Beyond the Label.

Stigma Highlighted-Beyond the Label, is a community legacy art project designed to challenge the stigma surrounding addiction. Experienced local artists will be enlisted to create portraits of individuals from Maryland whose lives were lost to addiction. Accompanying each portrait will be stories shared by family members and loved ones, highlighting the individual's passions, achievements, personality, and the lasting impact they made on those around them. The completed collection of portraits and stories will be first exhibited at Salisbury University in April 2027 and later at the Art League of Ocean City during National Recovery Month in September 2027. At the conclusion of the exhibition, each participating family will receive the original portrait of their loved one as a lasting tribute.

The first step is to complete this application. Your information is confidential and will not be shared with any third party organizations.

Applications will be accepted until October 16, 2026.

Our goal is to accept 30 participant applications, and we expect to have our final roster of participants selected no later than November 1, 2026. If selected to contribute as an artist, you will be invited to participate in a virtual onboarding meeting in early November to learn more program details and meet the participants.

Portraits must be completed by February 14, 2027, so our goal is to have a maximum of 30 artists (one portrait per artist or a minimum of 15 artists each completing 2 portraits). Each portrait will be 16 x 20, with painting medium selected by artist. Each portrait will be professionally framed and all art materials will be sponsored.
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Do you have portrait painting experience? Please describe and provide at least 2 examples of portraits you have painted.
What is most compelling about this project to you? WHY do you want to participate?
Are you willing to paint a portrait pro bono? If not, what commission would you require to participate?
What is your preferred medium for painting?
Do the deadlines and timeline for production described sound reasonable to you?
Would you be willing/able to participate in a virtual interview of your assigned participant to learn about their loved one and review/select a reference photo?
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Stigma Highlighted: Beyond the Label -Artist Application