Call for Artists - South Commercial Art Project

South Commercial Art Project – Call to Artists
October 1, 2016
 
The Anacortes Arts Festival is working with the Anacortes Arts Commission and the City of Anacortes to enhance the south end of Commercial Avenue in Anacortes through the placement of visual artwork.   The South Commercial Art Project will include two separate components -  6 digitally produced SPLASH Murals, and 6 fiberglass painted Whale Tail Sculptures.  The work from both projects will be placed at locations between the highway 20 roundabout and 12th Street.  Selected work becomes the property of the City of Anacortes, and will remain on Commercial Avenue for a minimum of 2 years.
 
Whale Tails
This 3D project is open to artists, or groups of artists, from Anacortes, Guemes or Skagit County. The whale tail blank forms are fiberglass, approximately 6 feet tall and 100 pounds each.  They will be pre-primed and ready to paint.  There is no theme, and we want to see a broad representation of artistic interpretation.  They should be colorful, graphic, and have a strong visual impact to moving traffic.  We are open to other surface treatments, as long as it can be demonstrated that they will withstand the elements.    
 
There is a $500 stipend per sculpture.  This will include supplies and labor - plus artist pickup and delivery of the sculptures.  The Festival will cover the cost of a recommended final automotive coating to preserve the sculptures.   The City of Anacortes will install the sculptures.
 
Timeline for Whale Tails
October 4                                    Call out to artists
October 28                                    Submissions due
November 3                                    Jury Selection
November 9                                    Arts Commission Approval
November 12                                    Artist Notifications
December/January                        Whale Tail Forms Arrive
February/March                        Whale Tail Artist Production
April                                                Sculptures Installed
 
Artist submission requirements: interested applicants please respond via email to the Festival office pr@anacortesartsfestival.com.  We will email a rendering of the whale tale form, along with information about recommended paints.  Completed submissions should include your contact, bio and relevant background information, up to 3 digital images of your work, and your idea for this project (in color).   If this is a group submission, please provide information about all participating artists.   Submissions can alternately be dropped off at the Arts Festival office, 505 O Ave in Anacortes,  Tuesday – Thursday between 10am and 4pm.
           
SPLASH Murals
This project is open to artists from Anacortes, Guemes or Skagit County.   SPLASH will use existing 2D artistic images transferred onto digital murals ranging in dimensions between 4 and 10ft (based on the size and orientation of the selected work, and location).   Original images can be paintings, photographs or digitally created work.   There is no theme, but we want the work to be colorful, graphic, and have a strong visual impact.
 
There is a $500 digital license fee per selected image.    The artist will provide the digital file of the image and we will work with a local sign company to reproduce and install the work as a mural.  Printing requirements are 100% to scale of work, 150 dpi.   Work owned by individuals other than the artist will require documented reproduction rights. 
 
Timeline for SPLASH Murals
October 4                                    Call out to artists
October 28                                    Submissions due
November 3                                    Jury Selection
November 9                                    Arts Commission Approval
November 12                                    Artist Notifications
November 17                                    SPLASH Images to production
November/December                        SPLASH Murals Installed
                                                           
Artist submission requirements: please respond via email to the Festival office pr@anacortesartsfestival.com.   Submissions may include up to 3 different images for consideration.   For jury purposes, please submit your images 72 dpi, 1920 x 1080 pixels.  Final digital files will be required once the images are selected.   Completed submissions should include your contact, bio and relevant background information.
 
We are excited to expand our realm of public art participation and partner with the City to provide colorful fun artwork to enhance Anacortes.  We look forward to hearing back from, and working with our local our arts community in this exciting project.
 
Sincerely,
 
Rita James, Creative Manager & Meredith McIlmoyle, Director
Anacortes Arts Festival
pr@anacortesartsfestival.com
360-293-6211