Letters of Interest are invited for a “Collaborative Public Art’ program to the value of $3,500.00 (inclusive of GST and all other associated costs). The program is open to all art disciplines including but not restricted to visual arts, written word, performing arts or a combination arts program. The collaboration could also exist within an existing event or festival.
Public art stimulates, entertains, instructs and, occasionally, provokes its audience. Endlessly diverse and adaptable, public art can engage us from above our heads or under our feet. Direct contact between art and visitor in an open space, free of gallery walls, is public art’s greatest gift and this gift is best enjoyed when we shed our routine expectations of urban space. The Arts Station has allocated funds to develop a public art installation in collaboration with the community recognizing the importance of art and the involvement of artists working within the City of Fernie, British Columbia. Developing an artistic concept, the artist will enroll the community and community groups to assist in the artwork to be presented.
Timeline: Letter of Interest: May 24, 2011 with Completion of Project: October 31, 2011
Call for Entry:
Fernie Museum Gallery – Call to Artists – Vignettes of Summer and the Celebration of Mountain Culture. What is your expression of summer in the mountains? Submission guidelines are available at www.ferniemuseum.com. Email history@ferniemuseum.com or call 250-423-7824 for more information. Open to all disciplines and ages.
7th Annual British Columbia Creative Achievement Award – This award is a juried competition recognizing excellence in BC’s outstanding applied art and design community. For 2011 the award has been raised to $5000. Up to three awards will be presented to individuals who create and produce art and design with a practical function. Deadline is May 26, 2011. For complete information please contact the BC Achievement Foundation at www.bcachievement.com or call 1-866-882-6088 or 604-261-9777.
The Fiction Project: Share a Story — Art House Co-op announces the Fiction Project – an opportunity to tell stories by fusing text and visual art. Participants fill a notebook with images and tales and mail it back to Art House. Each book is then catalogued in the Brooklyn Art Library and exhibited in museums, galleries and project spaces across the country. Anyone – from anywhere in the world – can be a part of the project. To participate and receive a journal that will travel with the 2011 tour, visit Art House online: arthousecoop.com/projects/fiction
Call for Artists & Art Instructors – Fernie Art Station’s exciting exhibition program. The Arts Station Gallery Committee is seeking submissions and accepting applications from individual artists and groups interested in exhibiting 2 and 3D art works. Your work is seen by all Arts Station visitors, regular user groups, concert and event audiences and Blue Toque restaurant goers! Your exhibit is advertised in Arts Station member e-newsletters and Art Station promotional materials. Get an application at The Arts Station, or on line at www.theartsstation.com or email assistant@theartsstation.com or call Courtney at 423-4842 for more information. Applications are juried by a committee. Interested in teaching an art-related course? Share your skills and earn revenue! A seminar, a workshop or a course, work with the Arts Station Administrator to develop a course that meets your needs and ours.
Call Courtney at 250-423-4842 for more details or email assistant@theartsstation.com Website: www.theartsstation.com
