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Call for Artists: Art for the Bikeways – $20k Grant Opportunity (New Orleans)

07 Oct Call for Artists: Art for the Bikeways – $20k Grant Opportunity (New Orleans)

Posted at 10:13h in Calls for Artists, Calls for Visual Artists by

VIA The New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition (NOCSC): The New Orleans Complete Streets Coalition, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, is calling on artists to submit qualifications and proposals for Art for the Bikeways, multi-site public art installations meant to highlight the City of New Orleans’ investment in biking and better mobility for all residents via the new Moving New Orleans low-stress bikeway network. Art for the Bikeways is a $20,000 grant for an artist or team to design and install themed artwork at multiple locations on east and west bank sections of the Moving New Orleans bikeway network in 2021.

Eligibility: Experienced artists and artist teams

DEADLINE TO APPLY: NOVEMBER 8, 2020

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Project Goals

  • Enhance the lives of New Orleanians, children, and families through beautifying public spaces available for daily use
  • Invest in local artists through a large-scale commission
  • Promote and “activate” community utilization of new public bikeways and walkways
  • Support the beautification of our city, and increase civic pride through public art
  • Create lasting, innovative works of art that influence and shape the development of underutilized, underrepresented spaces as locations for community gathering and celebration
  • Promote public art as a meaningful art form
  • Contribute to New Orleans’ standing as a destination for public art
  • Highlight the cultural relevance of art as a means to represent community

Site Locations

Art for the Bikeways artwork will be located within or adjacent to the roadways of at least two designated corridors where Moving New Orleans Bikes installations are planned for construction in 2020 and 2021 – one in Algiers, and at least one on the east bank.

Installation Types

  • Wall murals
  • Street murals within bike lanes and/or travel lanes (not including intersections)
  • Stylized traffic-calming installations, such as planters
  • Walkway art on adjacent curb corners and sidewalks

Application Requirements

Applicants will be required to submit the following: an artist statement, resume, work samples, conceptual proposal, budget, and maintenance plan.

Timeline

  • October 1 to November 8 – Open submissions for Qualifications and Proposals
  • November 9 to December 1 – Selection Committee Review Period
  • December 4 – Finalists Announced
  • December 7 to 11 – Site Visits with Finalists
  • December 17 – Announcement of Winner
  • June 1st, 2021 – Deadline to install artwork