Call For Public Art

The Gloucester Committee for the Arts, on behalf of the City of Gloucester, MA, is seeking professional artist/s and/or artist team(s) for 3 new public art commissions.

Artists are asked to submit proposals to design, create and install new public art work in downtown Gloucester for our 2012 designed HarborWalk. The total project budget is $47,000 which will be distributed as follows: $20,000 for one (1) permanent project; two (2) additional prizes will be awarded totaling $27,000, at least one of which must be temporary. The minimum project budget is $7500. This Call for Art is a two-stage process requesting concepts and full proposal to select a short list of semi-finalists.

- Open to artist/s and/or artist team(s) nationally
- Deadline: February 8, 2013
- Open to all media; artists working in all creative arts
- There is no fee to apply

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We are also delighted to announce that the panel for selection of the 3 finalists will include, among others, these distinguished jurors:

Andrée Bober
Landmarks Director, The University of Texas, Austin, TX

Trevor Smith
Curator of Contemporary Art, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

Peter Sollogub/Chris Muskopf
Architects, Cambridge Seven Associates, MA.

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Please use subject line “Public Art”