Call to Artist

Call to Artist

North Pinellas Cultural Alliance is calling all artist for an opportunity to complete a public-art project in the City of Largo. Open to all local artists. The selected artist will complete a painted pedestrian crosswalk located between the Largo Public Library and Central Park Performing Arts Center, on Central Park Drive.

Entry Deadline: Friday, June 1, 2018

Largo is a family-friendly community. As such, the artwork should be realistic in style to appeal to all ages and demographics, and to stand as one of the first public art features in the community. A successful design should be timeless and not focused on fads, trends or time sensitive material. The artwork must compliment the city brand and tagline of “Naturally”. Largo is a welcoming environment with a warm climate. Residents demonstrate strong community pride, and value green space and a leisurely lifestyle.

One design will be selected from submitted entries. Artist selected will work with the North Pinellas Cultural Alliance for selected paint vendor. The artist should follow/consult the Scope of Work in order to properly execute the artwork according to the NPCA’s guidelines. Artist will receive $2,000. $2,000 to artist includes costs associated with paint, supplies, payment for artist’s work on crosswalk, etc.


The artist shall have a maximum of two weeks within which to complete the project, and shall provide an artists estimate of time necessary to complete their installation. Installation of the crosswalk art shall begin no sooner than Tuesday, July 10, 2018 and shall be completed no later than Friday, August 10, 2018.

TO APPLY:
1. Complete Entry Form and submit a Drawing of your design idea
2. Email both the Entry Form and Drawing to Mike Staffopoulos, [email protected]
3. Deadline Date for Entry is Friday, June 1, 2018
4. Questions, please email Mike Staffopoulos at [email protected]

For all the details and Entry Instructions visit:

https://www.npcainc.org/…/painted-pedestrian-crosswalk-cit…/

Entry Deadline: Friday, June 1, 2018