Artadia solicits artists through an open call and then uses national judges to make their selections.
Though some might see soliciting artists to help raise funds for the institution as a potential conflict, Vergne disagreed, noting MOCA's history with artists.
The Glendale Arts and Culture Commission — which gave the green light for the program the first time around — is interested in another round of soliciting artists, said Teri Deaver, a commission member.
Thus the rise of savvy e-commerce sites like Artsy, but also weirder spaces to shop for art online, like the Louvre in Second Life, or the "Monumental Work of Public Art" competition in Cloud Party (another virtual world like Second Life), where Artinfo editor Ben Davis is currently soliciting artists to design public sculptures in exchange for real prize money.
Tim Marshall, the New School's provost, said Mr. Ligon's work was chosen from proposals solicited from artists selected by the faculty.
An "art gallery" between the rooms also displayed items solicited from artists.
After playing the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan on Wednesday night, she heads out on a tour financed through Kickstarter, a Web site where artists solicit donations from fans.
Snapchat will solicit sign-ups from artists who want their art added to the platform.
We don't commission artists, we solicit sketches and ideas from them.
Jutta Koether's Best-Of List, in Artforum Artforum is, for better (critical perspicacity) or worse (incomprehensible jargon), the gold standard of year-end lists in the art world; no publication casts a wider net, soliciting picks from artists, as well as critics and curators.
It's now used for a range of activities from musical performances to yoga classes to badminton matches and Station North is currently soliciting proposals from artists and performers for additional uses.
