{"id":11377,"date":"2012-06-14T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=11377"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:01:45","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:01:45","slug":"vancity-call-to-artists-expressions-of-interest-for-site-specific-art-commissions-for-redesigned-vancity-branches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/06\/14\/vancity-call-to-artists-expressions-of-interest-for-site-specific-art-commissions-for-redesigned-vancity-branches\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancity Call to Artists  Expressions of Interest for site-specific art commissions for redesigned Vancity branches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11379\" title=\"vancity\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/vancity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"126\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vancity Call to Artists &#8211; Expressions of Interest for site-specific art commissions for redesigned Vancity branches<\/strong><br \/>\nThe cities of Vancouver and Burnaby in British Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n<p>Budgets: <strong>up to $6,000<\/strong><br \/>\nSubmission Deadline: <strong>Mailed, June 27th, Electronic, July 3rd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vancity is now accepting submissions from artists or artist teams living in the Vancity trade area (Greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Squamish and Victoria) to design and integrate five site-specific art commissions for two redesigned branches. The commissions include two concierge wall art installations and three artworks for a community room.<\/p>\n<p>Quick Details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>* The five art commissions are for Vancity&#8217;s Shaughnessy Station (Port Coquitlam) and South Burnaby Branches.<\/li>\n<li>Artists can apply for up to five commissions with a maximum of three submissions for each commission. Each submission must be separate.<\/li>\n<li>Proposed commissions can be single or multi-dimensional.<\/li>\n<li>For the concierge wall commissions: Vancity is seeking submissions that reflect and interpret, in a celebratory way, the rich and diverse culture of each community. Content \/ themes can be social, economic or environmental or a combination of all three.<\/li>\n<li>For the community room artworks: Vancity is seeking submissions that uniquely consider environmental and social impact in the South Burnaby community.<\/li>\n<li>Preference will be given to submissions that aim to incorporate up-cycled, recycled, sustainably sourced, salvaged, found and\/or other natural media.<\/li>\n<li>Commissions must be permanent and require no upkeep. Final installations must be low VOC with little or no off-gassing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->The five selected artists or artist teams will be awarded fees ranging from $1,500 to $9,000, as well as a supplemental materials budget. Selected applicants will be notified by email on Friday, July 13th, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>All commissioned artworks must be completed and installed on site in our new branches by September 15th, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions can be sent digitally or by mail.<\/p>\n<p>Digital Submission Deadline:<strong> 11:59 pm, Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012.<\/strong><br \/>\nMailed Submissions must be postmarked by: <strong>Wednesday, June 27th, 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For all details, submission guidelines, and contact information, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancity.com\/calltoartists2012\" target=\"_blank\">www.vancity.com\/calltoartists2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancity Call to Artists &#8211; Expressions of Interest for site-specific art commissions for redesigned Vancity branches The cities of Vancouver and Burnaby in British Columbia, Canada Budgets: up to $6,000 Submission Deadline: Mailed, June 27th, Electronic, July 3rd Vancity is now accepting submissions from artists or artist teams living in the Vancity trade area (Greater<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/06\/14\/vancity-call-to-artists-expressions-of-interest-for-site-specific-art-commissions-for-redesigned-vancity-branches\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Vancity Call to Artists  Expressions of Interest for site-specific art commissions for redesigned Vancity branches&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[7,795,965,474,1716,8962,2281,3877,1210,8960,214,479,8961],"class_list":["post-11377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-british-columbia","tag-burnaby","tag-fraser-valley","tag-natural-media","tag-port-coquitlam","tag-squamish","tag-usd","tag-vancitys-shaughnessy-station","tag-vancouver-2","tag-victoria","tag-www-vancity-comcalltoartists2012"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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