Clearwater Arts Center - Community Mural RFQ

Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte (RTGC), in collaboration with the City of Concord and Republic Services Foundation, is seeking qualifications from local artists for a community mural project.

The planned location for the mural is on an exterior wall of the Clearwater Arts Center at 223 Crowell Dr NW, Concord, NC 28025. The specific location for the mural will be a collaborative decision including the selected artist.

For more info and the online Application Form, Click HERE.

The selected artist will receive $20,000 in compensation. The artist will be responsible for providing all paint, brushes, painting supplies, lifts, ladders, etc., needed to complete the mural.

Project Timeline:

• RFP open from 4/1/2024 – 4/30/2024

• Artist will be selected by 5/15/2024

• Artist will have from 5/15/2024 through 7/31/2024 to gain community input and design the mural

• Concord Public Art Commission will review and approve the design by 8/31/2024

• Artist will have from 9/1/2024 – 9/25/2024 to prepare for project and install the outline of the mural on the building

• Artist will work with Republic Services volunteers to fill in the mural on 9/26/2024

• Artist will have until 10/5/2024 to touch up and complete the mural

Community Input:
The artist is expected to conduct community outreach in the neighborhoods around Clearwater Arts Center to get input from residents on the mural design. Based on that community input, the artist will design and submit the mural for approval.

Please contact Beth Morrison at 704-266-1195 or beth@rebuildingtogetherclt.org with any questions about this RFP.

Tp apply, you must upload all application info and examples of prior work at the Application page linked above. Read Instructions carefully!

CALL FOR ARTISTS: 🥳LET'S CELEBRATE!

--> Deadline Jan. 7th, 2024! <-- See Submission Instructions below--

BLACK HISTORY AND WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH EXHIBITS IN 2024

ClearWater Arts Center & Studios is excited to announce a Call for Artists and a new collaboration with local arts consultancy, St Lawrence-Martin . Jemma L. St. Lawrence-Martin will serve as Guest Curator for production of the 2024 Black History Month and Women’s History Month exhibits under the theme, ‘Let’s Celebrate!’.

Both exhibits will be featured from February 1st through March 18, 2024, in the ClearWater Arts Main Gallery, at 223 Crowell Drive NW in Concord, NC.

Black and Afro-Latino artists, and Women artists living in North Carolina and regionally are called & are invited to submit artworks for consideration; Submission instructions and Criteria are spelled out within the Call for Submissions, found at the St Lawrence-Martin website. Information is available on both websites: www.clearwaterartists.com, under Events, and www.stlawrencemartin.org under Announcements. Submission Deadline: Jan. 7, 2024.

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Call for Submissions information & Instructions are available at www.stlawrencemartin.org under Announcements.

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We are looking forward to an outstanding exhibition in the ClearWater Gallery!

...Stay Tuned for related Event announcements about Receptions and Artist Talk events, open to the public. This project is meant to engage the community and is in continuum with the work that we do to support artists.

For more information, email admin@stlawrencemartin.org