A Call to Artists - Journal Square Site Specific Competition

 

Hamilton, Ohio, City of Sculpture - SITE SPECIFIC COMPETITION –  Dedication to be held June, 2009

The Hamilton, Ohio City of Sculpture seeks an artist/artist team to design and create a site specific sculpture for a prominent location in the City of Hamilton, Ohio. This sculpture can be static or kinetic and can include water and light features. The site is Journal Square, a central gathering spot in downtown Hamilton.    

The project must be a significant visual landmark, welcoming people to Journal Square and be a centerpiece of downtown .This project is open to all sculptors/sculpture teams with no geographical restrictions. Four finalists will receive a $500 design fee to create detailed models or graphical representations of their proposals and a budgetary outline of the sculpture. The final art budget will not exceed $50,000. Work must be low maintenance, relate to the area, be within the budget, and must be professional quality, public sculpture suitable for a Midwestern climate. Proposals must include a letter of interest, résumé, initial concept drawings or description, 10 images in digital jpeg on CD, no more than 1MB each per image of recent work, a list of 3 references with current contact information, and a SASE for the return of application materials, if desired . The application deadline is September 30, 2008. For more information, contact Hamilton, Ohio, City of Sculpture, One High Street, P.O. Box 545, Hamilton, OH  45012; call (513) 895-3934; or email hamiltonohiocityofsculpture@fuse.net.  To see the site plan (pdf), click here.

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