Amplify Arts — Convocatoria para artistas: North Omaha Trail and Chambers Court

Overview
Amplify Arts, in collaboration with Spark, has issued an open call for the creation of 13 new public artworks sited along the North Omaha Trail and at Ernie Chambers Court (2014 N 16th St, Omaha, NE 68110). The project is explicitly rooted in place: priority will be given to applicants with strong community ties to North Omaha and/or residence in North Omaha postal codes. This is not a generic public-art commission but an invitation to engage with the specific histories, culture, and future of a defined neighborhood. The call is open to artists and artistic collectives of any discipline, with no application fee. The budget is subject to the selected location and artistic medium, and the installation deadline is October 31, 2027. The absence of a fixed prize or fee structure reflects the project's site-responsive nature, where scope and materials will be determined in dialogue with selected artists. The curatorial vision centers on narratives that emerge from North Omaha itself—its stories, its past, and its aspirations—rather than imposing an external thematic framework. For practitioners whose work is socially engaged, research-driven, or materially grounded in community context, this opportunity offers a rare chance to contribute to a multi-site public art initiative with a long installation horizon. The jury will likely weigh demonstrated relationships to North Omaha alongside artistic rigor, making this a call for artists who can articulate both a compelling formal proposal and a meaningful connection to the place and its people.