Garden City Mural Call to Artists 2015

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Garden City Mural Project
CONTACT: Karen Bubb, Surel’s Place Board President, bubb@cableone.org or 208-860-2401
DEADLINE: Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 4:00 PM
Garden City is a hotbed of creativity. Artists, nonprofits, and business innovators are making Garden
City home. Two such organizations—Surel’s Place, an
Artist-in-Residence program on 33rd Street, and
Cinder, a locally-owned winery on 44th Street--are
joining forces to commission a mural with the theme
of “Garden of Creativity” for an alley wall at 107 E.
44th Street (between 44th and 43rd), opposite the
entrance of Cinder’s urban winery and tasting room.
This will be the second of five murals developed for
this site. Adjacent wall spaces will be available for
murals in future years.
2014 MURAL
The first mural, created by Sector 17 in 2014 after a
successful Kickstarter campaign is a vibrant
celebration of life in Garden City. The project
garnered two print articles in The Idaho Statesman:
First Garden City Winery Mural Gets its Funding
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/08/18/333037
7/first-garden-city-winery-mural.html
Artistic Duo Draws on “A Garden of Creativity”
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/09/19/338177
1/artistic-duo-draws-on-a-garden.html
2015 MURAL
For this year’s mural, we are hoping to find a
proposal that has an altogether different style, but
still celebrates creativity and community through
vibrant color.
See next page for eligibility/application information.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to Idaho visual artists.
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COMMISSION: $5,000
APPLICATION: Submit by Friday, 3/21/14,
4:00 PM:
• The Completed Application Form
(included at the end of this
document)
• Letter of Interest (maxi 1 page)
• Resume (Max 2 pages)
• Visual Representation of
Examples of Past Work
a. Digital Images Only
b. Up to 10 works
c. 300 DPI, JPG, no larger than
5x7 inches
d. Title each image with first
and last name and sequence
number: (IE: jillsmith01.jpg,
jillsmith02.jpg)
e. Provide an image list
describing artwork Title,
Date, Medium
SUBMISSION: Mail applications on cd or thumb
drive to:
Surel’s Place
Mural Project
PO Box 2004
Boise, ID 83701
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A selection panel representing Surel’s Place,
Cinder, Garden City-based business and
artists will meet, review applications and
choose three finalists. The criteria they will
consider are appropriateness of type of work
for this site and quality of the artwork.
Cinder will pay $250 to each finalist, who will
create proposals for what they would create
on the wall.
April 7 proposals will be submitted and put
on display at Surel’s Other Place, a gallery
in the mezzanine level in Cinder’s tasting
room; public input will be solicited.
At the end of April, the panel will re-convene
and select which mural to fund.
From April to June a crowd-source
fundraising effort will raise $5,000 to
complete the selected mural.
From July 1st – Sept 5th the mural will be
created.
A pre-harvest celebration will be held at
Cinder where the “reveal” of the first
completed mural will take place. Garden
City dignitaries will be invited, Surel’s place
supporters, and wine club members.
TERMS
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Artwork will be owned by the property
owner whose building it is on.
Cinder and Surel’s Place will have the right
to reproduce the work for sale to raise
money for future Garden City-based cultural
activities.
The artist retains the full copyright to the
artwork and ability to reproduce it for any
other purposes.
SELECTION AND EXHIBITION PROCESS:
Surel’s Place at 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City of Boise
For more information about our programming or residency opportunities, please visit our website at
www.surelsplace.org
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APPLICATION: Garden City Mural Project
Name:_________________________________________________________________________
Artistic Medium:__________________________________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________________________________
City/ State/ Postal Code:___________________________________________________________
Phone:_________________________________________________________________________
Email:________________________________________ Website: __________________________
Please include following items:
o Application (this page)
o Letter of Interest
o Artist Resume
o JPEG Images of available, existing art
o Descriptive list of included JPEG images
How did you find out about this opportunity? ____________________________________________
Would you like to receive an e-newsletter from Surel’s Place about programs and opportunities?
o Yes, please!
o No, thanks, I’ll keep up on Facebook!
Mail applications on cd or thumb drive to:
Surel’s Place
Mural Project
PO Box 2004
Boise, ID 83701
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