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Call for Submissions - Tillsonburg Town Centre Installation

Are you, or do you know, an artist, interested in sharing their artistic talents in the public realm? Interested in expressing what shopping at Tillsonburg Town Centre means to you through a stunning permanent installation within the shopping centre?

Tillsonburg Town Centre with support from the Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre invites artists based in Tillsonburg and Area to apply to two large shopping bag-shaped panels that will be installed at the site-level near the rear entrance of the shopping centre. This project is meant to:

Activate Downtown Tillsonburg with exciting public art while creating a unique and inviting artistic atmosphere for those that shop our Centre
Attract new customers to local businesses through creative art installations.
Reflect the unique and growing community while encouraging exploration throughout Tillsonburg

Project Details

This is a Tillsonburg and Oxford County Area competition for visual and mixed-media artists who work in 2 Dimensional mediums to create a unique, one-of-a-kind design highlighting “the Tillsonburg shopping experience and the gratification of shopping local.”

Through a community-focused Selection Panel, the Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre will select 3 (three) winning submission artists who will have their design concept reproduced on two of six wooden panels that will be in the shape of a shopping bag.

They will be featured in Tillsonburg Post with Jeff Helson, featured in the Downtown Tillsonburg Newsletter, Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre newsletter and Town of Tillsonburg social media sites. The chosen designs will also be used for promotional material for the Salthill for marketing purposes of Tillsonburg Town Centre. This project aims to celebrate the vibrancy and growth of our small town of Tillsonburg and what it means to shop in this wonderful community.

Requirements

The commissioned artwork is expected to incorporate the following themes:

An interpretation of what shopping at the shopping center means to them, and what draws them to the shopping centre.
An interpretation of what draws new and exciting businesses and inspires them to grow here.
Dimensions are to be rectangular in design for easier transition to shopping bags.
Dimensions of the final shopping bag panels will be approximately 3’ and 4’.

Artists may enter up to two concepts for the final artwork design. Images are to be JPG files sent digitally to tverbuyst@stationarts.ca no more than 300 dpi. Please attach a short description of your project, along with the concept sketch and details to be rendered further i.e. colours or features you intend to incorporate for the final design. Artists must ensure that the concepts submitted for the final design can be completed by the given deadline.

Concept Guidelines

Lighting – please do not include any lighting within your piece as we want to capitalise on natural light from surrounding windows
Colours – the piece should be colourful so that it stands out from the beige/white interior of the Shopping Centre
Theme – the pieces must be family friendly, with no offensive or derogatory content
Restrictions:
- Materials – work must be a two-dimensional medium that stands out on a prime board; the panel board will be made of CNC cut from a 3mm aluminum composite panel material. If using mixed media to ensure that all components are safely secured and can withstand transportation and hanging vertically.

Dimensions – panel boards can be picked up at the Tillsonburg Town Centre management office between 10am and 4pm, Monday through Friday, and delivered back to the shopping centre by between 10am and 4pm on December 30th. Please note that submissions are for 4 rectangles (3’ and 4’ rectangular).

Project Timeline

September 4th: Call released

September 23rd: Call submissions due

September 30th: Selected artist notified

December 30th: Final Artwork submitted

January 8th: Final Artwork installed

Compensation

$1,500 per artist

Material Coverage

Tillsonburg Town Centre (Salthill) will cover 50% of materials cost for each artist or a maximum coverage of $250 per artist (whichever comes first). This does not include the panel material which will be covered by Tillsonburg Town Centre. Proof will need to be provided that all materials purchased are being used for the artist’s piece.

Submissions

Artists are invited to respond to this call by filling out the attached application form and sending all information to tverbuyst@stationarts.ca

Submissions must be received by 11:59 pm EST, September 24th.

Application

For more information

Please feel free to reach out to Tabitha Verbuyst Executive Director/Curator of the Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre at tverbuyst@stationarts.ca or 519-842-6151.

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