This commission is issued by the City of Surprise Arts & Culture as part of its civic programming for the Roots of Creation: Arts and Nature Festival, scheduled for January 30, 2027. The call is directed specifically to student art clubs and science clubs in the West Valley, as well as the educators, club leaders, and artists who work or volunteer directly with those organizations. It is not an open call for individual professional artists, but rather an institutional invitation for youth-led creative teams to contribute to a public festival context. The selected concepts will be realized as free-standing sculptures constructed from recycled materials. Each selected club will receive a $500 stipend, which may be applied to materials, artist fees, transportation, and wages. The work will be featured at the festival, positioning the sculptures as a highlighted element of the event. The curatorial premise is explicitly thematic: all submissions must be family friendly and relate to nature and/or recycling. This aligns the commission with environmentally engaged, community-facing art practices rather than speculative or conceptually hermetic work. The opportunity carries no submission fee. The call opens on July 1, 2026, at 12:00 a.m. MST, and the deadline for submissions is October 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. MST. The festival itself takes place on January 30, 2027. The City of Surprise Arts & Culture frames the project as a platform for student clubs to contribute to a public arts and nature festival, with the stipend functioning as a modest but practical production budget. The curatorial vision is one of accessible, material-conscious, and community-rooted sculpture made by young practitioners under the guidance of educators or artist-mentors.