Submissions
submissions@chandracerrito.com
Chandra Cerrito/Art Advisors welcomes new artists to its database on an ongoing basis to ensure we have extensive resources for our projects. We are particularly interested in growing our awareness of artists experienced in permanent public art, as well as Northern California artists whose work is suitable for our clientele. Before submitting, please review images on this web site to determine if your work is applicable in terms of subject matter, scale, and level of refinement. Please allow at least 4 weeks to receive a response. We appreciate your patience.
General Submission Guidelines
Please submit the following documents as PDFs and images as JPEGs to submissions@chandracerrito.com. You may submit your materials via one or multiple emails up to 10MB each.
Please do not send links to shared Dropbox or Google Drive files.
Application Materials
15-20 JPEGs, approximately 300 ppi at 7" in the longest dimension*
Image list, including the following for each artwork: (PDF document labeled “Surname_ImageList.pdf”) Title, date medium dimensions (height x width x depth, in inches) edition size (if applicable) retail price
Resume or CV (PDF document labeled “Surname_Resume.pdf”)
Artist Statement (PDF document labeled “Surname_Statement.pdf”)
Contact Information (including mailing address)
*Please name JPEG files as follows: Surname.ArtTitle.medium.dimensions.retail_2026.jpg Example: Smith.NewDay.a/c.40x60.5000_2026.jpg Please abbreviate media, such as: a acrylic ph photograph o oil pp paper mm mixed media c canvas wc watercolor pn panel I ink / on
(acrylic “on” canvas is “a/c”)
Dimensions should be in inches, height x width (x depth for 3D works). Retail price should be followed by an underscore and the year you are submitting this image to CC/AA, such as “_2026”
Public Art Submission Guidelines
Artists who have successfully completed at least two permanent public artworks or comparable large-scale commissioned works, especially works that are monumental, outdoors, and/or site-specific, may send a submission for our public artist database.
Please submit the materials requested in the general submission guidelines above, with the following modifications:
Please list the project budget rather than retail price in both the JPEG file name and image list.
Please list the project location and commissioning agency in the image list.
Current Artist Calls
Outdoor Sculpture Artist Pool for Pediatric Hospital
Chandra Cerrito / Art Advisors is seeking experienced artists for an Outdoor Sculpture Artist Pool for a beautifully designed new pediatrics hospital building in the San Francisco Bay Area. Art will contribute significantly to a welcoming, healing environment for this world-class institution serving infants, children, and young adults from diverse families of all economic levels. There are multiple opportunities for site-specific, permanently installed outdoor sculptures ranging from small-scale to monumental with budgets ranging from $90,000 to $700,000. Short-listed artists will be provided further details.
Artist selection will be based on past work and finalist interviews. No proposals are required. As part of the contracted scope of work, selected artists will work with client stakeholders to develop site-specific designs. Artist must have prior public art or equivalent experience before applying (a minimum of 2 public art commissions or permanent outdoor artwork installations).
To Apply: Applications will be accepted through CaFE at https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=17441.
Deadline for applications: June 15, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. We strongly encourage artists to apply early as this Call is limited to first 250 applications submitted.
Past Artist Calls
