Call for Expressions of Interest: Parkette Mural, City of Brantford

Apply to the Call for Artists for the Parkette Mural

Extended Deadline: August 2, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. ET

The City of Brantford seeks to commission a muralist or mural collective to create a mural on the west wall of the Brantford Public Library, located at 173 Colborne Street in downtown Brantford, in late summer/early fall of 2024.

Project Requirements

This mural is part of a larger project to create a community performance stage to enhance community wellbeing and create space for live music in the downtown core, while also beautifying and developing an under-utilized space. This mural will create a visual element and backdrop for the artists performing on the new stage. All applicants should be aware of La Landscape de Kanata, a public art piece installed adjacent to the proposed mural wall. The successful mural will be one that works with this public art piece to enhance and compliment the space to create visual cohesion in the parkette.

Eligibility

This Call to Artists is open to all professional artists. Artist teams are welcome to apply but must share the total project award.

Compensation

The project budget of $15,000 (inclusive of HST) includes all costs directly associated with the artwork: including taxes, artist fees, production, materials, equipment rental, installation, and other professional services, insurance, permits, travel and other incidental and production expenses.

Selection Process

Eligible artists are invited to submit expressions of interest and qualifications to this call. The successful artist or artist team will be selected based on qualifications demonstrated from their submitted application, which include:

• Previous artistic excellence demonstrated through previous samples of work
• Letter of intent
• Past experience of managing and facilitating projects or public art competitions of similar scopes and sizes
• Assessment and review of references

The artist/artist team selected by the jury as the winner and approved by City Staff will enter into a contract with the City to create the final public artwork.

Submission Requirements

Professional artists/artist teams are invited to respond to this Artist Call by submitting a single PDF document. This PDF document should be labelled with the name of the artist and project (Name_Brantford_Parkette_Mural.pdf). The successful muralist/group must score a baseline of 14 points out of 20 to be eligible for consideration.

The single PDF document should include the following:

• Letter of Intent: Suggested two-page in 11-point font. Outline of artistic experience, ability, approach and interest in this project, and community, highlighting relevant experience. While proposals are not accepted at this stage of the competition, we encourage artists to speak to the artwork themes in this letter.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV): Suggested 3-page maximum. Detail professional experience as an artist, past public art experience, and other information relevant to this Artist Call. If applying as a team, provide one CV per team member.
• Artistic Support Material: Suggested of ten (10) images of work. For each image, a title and image number should be provided. If applying as a team, please only submit a total of ten (10) images.
• Support Material List: A written list that clearly outlines the Artistic Support Material (above) with corresponding titles and numbers. Include the following details in order of: Title, date, location, commissioning agent (if applicable), budget, dimensions, medium/materials and a brief description of the works (Suggested 50 words each).
• References: Names and contact information (current email and phone number) for two (2) references (preferably from recent public art projects) with their role and affiliation listed.

Note: If applying as a team, please list team members and submit required credentials for each. Please also only provide the contact information for the designated lead contact person. The contract will be between the City and the lead contact person for the collective/group.

How To Submit
Submit an application at www.brantford.ca/parkettemural.

Extended Deadline: August 2, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. ET

For additional information or questions, please contact:
Adrienne Briggs
Arts and Culture Coordinator, City of Brantford
culture@brantford.ca

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