Call for Submissions: Toi Pōneke Public Artwork

 

Toi Pōneke Arts Centre is inviting artists and designers to submit a design for a public artwork on the East building at 61 Abel Smith Street, pictured below left.

 

An artist’s fee of $5,000 is available to support one proposal from an arts/design practitioner that fulfils the criteria outlined in the project brief.

 

Proposed artwork will:

 

– respond to the site including the architecture of each building and existing signage, colours, texture, etc.

 

– consider local Māori whakapapa and history

 

– reflect the activity within to give Toi Pōneke a clear creative identity and act as an interface between residents at Toi Pōneke and the public

 

– be a visible link from the Cuba – Abel Smith Street intersection.

Click HERE for the project brief. 

Deadline: Wednesday 7 March 2018.