Call for Proposals for Stair Artworks | Appel de propositions pour des �"uvres d’art d’escaliers

Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals for Stair Artworks

Location: Canada’s Capital Region

Deadline: Friday, April 19th, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. EDT

Budget: $5,000

Canadian Heritage is seeking a dynamic, impactful image that conveys the theme “Call and Response.”

This Call for Proposals is open to Canadian visual artists, photographers, graphic designers and illustrators between the ages of 18 and 39. This competition is intended to provide opportunities to young artists, including students, emerging artists and those entering mid-career.

A term best known for its use in music, “Call and Response” refers to two phrases that reply to each other, as in spoken conversation. This theme asks artists to consider the conversation between artist and location, and viewer to artwork. At first glance, one may view the steps as individual or isolated artworks; however, “Call and Response” asks both the artist and viewer to consider the ongoing dialogue that is creating when interacting with art, and the sense of community that is created from this conversation. All genres will be considered – figurative, abstract, collage, photography, trompe l’oeil, pattern, etc.

Four artworks will be chosen by a selection committee to be reproduced on exterior-quality graphic film and installed on stairs at four prominent locations in downtown Ottawa for a one-year period starting in spring 2024. Artists may submit a maximum of two proposals in total, either both for the same location, or for two different locations.

Each winning artist will receive a fee of $5,000 for the exhibition of their artwork.

The competition documents can be accessed at the following link:
http://ln5.sync.com/dl/32ef51f40/nikfgj4j-ampbqx6h-bemyyyyb-drx2snkg

The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 19th, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. (EDT).

If you have any questions about this competition, please email artpublic-publicart@pch.gc.ca with the subject line “Stairs 2024”.