Call for Submissions: Shipping Container Mural, Jury Lands Foundation

Call for Submissions: Shipping Container Mural
Camp 30 – Jury Lands Foundation, Bowmanville

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2025

The Jury Lands Foundation is looking for an artist to paint a mural on the outside of a shipping container. The mural should encourage the public to imagine this site’s future positive possibilities and discourage graffiti on the container itself. This mural project will be located outdoors on the Jury Lands property close to the former cafeteria building. Located: 2020 Lambs Road, Bowmanville.

The Jury Lands Foundation is a charitable foundation dedicated to conserving and revitalizing the former Ontario Training School for Boys. The site is also popularly called ‘Camp 30 Bowmanville’ due to its wartime history as a Second World War POW camp. This summer recognizes that it has been 100 years since the reform school was opened. We are working with the Municipality and other partners to protect the property from demolition and vandalism as we raise money to restore the cafeteria building and transform it into a usable community space.

Jury Lands Foundation Mission

To rejuvenate a Canadian historic and architecturally significant site in Clarington, Ontario. This site holds international, national, and local importance as Prisoner of War – Camp 30. Also significant is its educational history as the Boys Training School. Today this historically designated site lies in ruins. Our mission is to conserve the site and many of its buildings so the property may be reused by our community in the future.

Visit jurylandsfoundation.com to learn more about efforts to save this historically designated site and to learn about its reform school and wartime history as a POW camp.

Project Requirements

The painting should last outdoors for approximately 10 years. The Jury Lands Foundation reserves the right to repair and or replace the mural due to vandalism and damage.

• There is no electricity, running water or bathroom on site this summer. Artists can expect to see several visitors on site during the daytime because a public walking tail is nearby.
• Sea Can Shipping Container dimensions: 20 feet long, 8.6 feet tall feet tall, 8 feet wide.
• Material: corrugated steel (paint color unknown).
• The artist must provide all paint and primer, tools, materials and equipment required for the execution of this mural.
• The mural must be painted directly on the shipping container walls using a quality paint intended for outdoor applications.
• Artist can use the shipping container for safe storage of their tools and materials during their time working on site. There Is restricted vehicle access to the site.

Eligibility

Artists and art students eligible to work in Canada.

Compensation

$7700 artist fee. 25% of this fee will be paid to the winning artist after their project plans have been approved by the mural committee. 25% to be paid when the artist begins the mural. The remaining 50% of the fee will be paid to the artist upon completion of the project.

Fee includes all materials, equipment rentals and labour costs incurred by the artist. Artists may add hst if applicable.

Selection Process

Interested artists can apply or ask questions by emailing Todd Tremeer at info@jurylandsfoundation.com. Applications will be reviewed by a committee of the Jury Lands Foundation.

Timeline

• Deadline for Mural Proposals: June 1, 2025
• Artist selected and notified: June 14, 2025
• Preliminary plans/mock-up due to Mural Committee by the winning artist (June 30)
• Mural painting should be painted sometime before the end of September and must be completed by October 1, 2025.

Submissions Package Should Include:

1. Artist CV.
2. Letter outlining their ideas for the project with technical notes as to how they intend to paint a large corrugated metal walled container.
3. Digital photos of related artworks they have completed to demonstrate their experience executing projects of similar size and scope. Drawings, photos, mock-ups for this project are not required at this time but a detailed mural concept plan will be required by the selected artist before they are approved to begin the project.

How To Submit

Applications should be emailed to info@jurylandsfoundation.com.

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2025

For additional information or questions, please contact:
Todd Tremeer
info@jurylandsfoundation.com | 905-260-8566

Jury Lands Foundation
2020 Lambs Road
Clarington, ON
jurylandsfoundation.com
info@jurylandsfoundation.com
905-260-8566
@jurylandsfoundation

Accessibility:
Jury Lands property is only partially accessible at this time due to the site’s state of disrepair. For more information email info@jurylandsfoundation.com.