The City of Emeryville is requesting proposals from emerging and professional artists working in art media that can be photographed for use as two-dimensional art, for reproductions as posters for placement in four bus shelters in Emeryville.
Donor Name: City of Emeryville
State: California
City: Emeryville
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/18/2023
Details:
The Sharon Wilchar Temporary Art Bus Shelter Program has been successful both for the strength of individual works and for the diversity of the submittals received. Artists may submit work that express this expansive view of “Fertile Ground” to include imagery tied to local or regional ecological systems and biodiversity; human impact on the environment; ecosystems related to their regional shoreline; science and genetics, etc., as well as non-traditional interpretations.
Examples of alternate materials to two-dimensional works may include, but are not limited to: metal, textiles, sculpture, and installation art. Art works must be a proposal for four images related to the theme of the program: “From Fertile ground – art and innovation.” The theme allows for a metaphorical interpretation of the artistic, cultural, scientific and technologic innovations based in or founded in Emeryville.
Each selected artist will be asked to submit four (4) different images for installation in four (4) bus shelters throughout the city. The installation period for each artist will be four (4) months. A written description of the proposal for the project and sketches or photos of preliminary works or newpely completed work specifically created for the project must be submitted. Artists may present rough sketches, completed digital artwork, or photos of finished two-dimensional work.
Goals
The Emeryville Public Art Committee, as an advisory committee to the City Council that implements the City’s public art program, developed the Sharon Wilchar Temporary Art Bus Shelter Program to increase the exposure of public art and area artists to Emeryville and the surrounding community. The goals of the Sharon Wilchar Temporary Art Bus Shelter Program Phase VII, with the theme “From Fertile ground – art and innovation,” continue to be to:
- Support the design, fabrication, and installation of outdoor public art works in the city of a temporary, rather than permanent, nature.
- Enhance the aesthetics and quality of the bus shelters in the city, thereby enlivening the experience for transit riders and others, as well as to encourage the use of public transportation through the installation of public art works within bus shelters.
- Broaden viewers’ perspectives of the opportunities created through the installation of public art.
- Support the theme of the Call for Entries, “From Fertile ground – art and innovation”, to include images and themes related to transformation, aspiration, growth and potentially an embodiment of the Rotten City Cultural District.
- Encourage a variety of art forms and increase the understanding and enjoyment of public art by Emeryville residents, visitors and employees.
- Stimulate critical thinking by selecting art works with evocative and compelling themes and displaying them on a rotating basis.
Eligibility Criteria
This project is open to both emerging and professional artists 18 years of age and older who reside or work in Emeryville. Students 18 years of age or older who attend a school or an educational training institution in Emeryville are also eligible to submit. Artists whose work was previously featured in the program prior to 2017 are eligible to apply if the work submitted under the new theme is substantially different from the work exhibited in these phases, or if they submit as a team with another artist or professional in another discipline for a substantively different proposal. Artists may apply as individuals or as a team but each applicant must be prepared to provide evidence that they live, work or study in Emeryville.
For more information, visit City of Emeryville.
