Calling creative minds in Port Coquitlam.
The city is now compiling a list of names of emerging and professional artists living and/or working in PoCo for future collaborations.
The deadline is Friday, April 11 for artists to apply to be on the municipality’s first-ever roster — a register that city staff can scan for small-scale public art project proposals, over the next two years. These include:
- murals
- street installations
- seating
- canopies
- utility box wraps
Artists who are picked for a public art project will receive an honorarium of between $500 and $2,500; bigger initiatives will go out for tender.
Interested artists and designers can send their statement, resume, biography and portfolio — with up to 10 samples — to the city for consideration; those who are placed on the roster will need commercial general liability insurance and WorkSafeBC coverage to work on projects that require physical labour, onsite work or fabrication.
Lesley Perrie, Port Coquitlam’s public art and community engagement specialist, told the Tri-City News on March 26 that the roster gives PoCo artists a chance to introduce themselves to the city, if they haven't already.
“We do our best to engage with local artists,” she said, “but when we do calls like this, we typically find new people in our community that we haven’t heard of before.”
For more details, visit the City of Port Coquitlam’s website.
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