CALL FOR ENTRIES: Garden City Mural Project

CONTACT: Karen Bubb, Surel ’s Place Board President, bubb@cableone.org or 208-860-2401 DEADLINE: Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 4:00 PM

Garden City is a hotbed of creativity. Artists, non-profits, and business innovators are making Garden City home. Two such organizations—Surel’s Place, an Artist-in-Residence program on 33rd Street, and Cinder, a locally-owned winery on 44th Street--are joining forces to commission a mural with the theme of “Garden of Creativity” for an alley wall at 107 E. 44th Street (between 44th and 43rd), opposite the entrance of Cinder’s urban winery and tasting room.

This will be the second of five murals developed for this site. Adjacent wall spaces will be available for murals in future years. 2014 MURAL The first mural, created by Sector 17 in 2014 after a successful Kickstarter campaign is a vibrant celebration of life in Garden City. The project garnered two print articles in The Idaho Statesman: F irst Garden City Winery Mural Gets i ts Funding http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/08/18/3330377/first-garden-city-winery-mural.html Art ist ic Duo Draws on “A Garden of Creativ i ty” http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/09/19/3381771/artistic-duo-draws-on-a-garden.html 2015 MURAL For this year’s mural, we are hoping to find a proposal that has an altogether different style, while still celebrating creativity and community through vibrant color.

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See next page for eligibility/application information. ELIGIBILITY: Open to Idaho visual artists. COMMISSION: $5,000 APPLICATION: Submit by Tuesday, 3/31/15, 4:00 PM:

• The Completed Application Form (included at the end of this document)

• Letter of Interest (maxi 1 page) • Resume (Max 2 pages) • Visual Representation of Examples

of Past Work a. Digital Images Only b. Up to 10 works c. 300 DPI, JPG, no larger than 5x7

inches d. Title each image with first and last

name and sequence number: (IE: jillsmith01.jpg, jillsmith02.jpg)

e. Provide an image list describing artwork Title, Date, Medium

SUBMISSION: Mail applications on cd or thumb drive to:

Surel’s Place Mural Project PO Box 2004 Boise, ID 83701

SELECTION AND EXHIBITION PROCESS: • A selection panel representing Surel’s Place,

Cinder, Garden City-based businesses and artists will meet, review applications and choose three finalists. The criteria they will consider are appropriateness of type of work for this site and quality of the artwork.

• Cinder will pay $250 to each finalist, who will create detailed proposals

• April 15 proposals will be submitted and put on display at Surel ’s Other Place , on the mezzanine level in Cinder’s tasting room; public input will be solicited.

• At the end of April, the panel will re-convene and select which mural to fund.

• From April to June a crowd-source fundraising effort will raise $5,000 to complete the selected mural.

• From July 1st – Sept 4th: mural will be created. • A pre-harvest celebration will be held at

Cinder where the “reveal” of this second completed mural will take place. Garden City dignitaries will be invited, Surel’s Place supporters, and wine club members.

TERMS

• Artwork will be owned by the property owner whose building it is on.

• Cinder and Surel’s Place will have the right to reproduce the work for sale to raise funds for future Garden City- cultural activities.

• The artist retains the full copyright to the artwork and ability to reproduce it for any other purposes.

Surel ’s Place at 212 E. 33rd Street, Garden City of Boise For more information about our programming or residency opportunit ies, please vis i t our

website at www.surelsplace.org

APPLICATION: Garden City Mural Project Name:

Art ist ic Medium:

Address:

City/ State/ Postal Code:

Phone: Email :

Website:

Please include fol lowing items:

o Application (this page) o Letter of Interest o Artist Resume o JPEG Images of available, existing art o Descriptive list of included JPEG images

How did you find out about this opportunity? ____________________________________________ Would you like to receive an e-newsletter from Surel’s Place about programs and opportunities?

o Yes, please! o No, thanks, I’ll keep up on Facebook!

Mail applications on cd or thumb drive to: Surel’s Place Mural Project PO Box 2004

Boise, ID 83701

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