Call for Expressions of Interest II Public Pedestrian Mews Artwork for Scarborough Town Centre
Oxford Properties Group (“Oxford”) and Kyla Radoja (the Public “Art Consultant”) are seeking to commission an emerging artist within Canada to create a new permanent public artwork to be installed in a future Scarborough Town Centre master-planned community within a pedestrian mews located at (25 Borough Drive, Scarborough, ON, Canada, the “Site”).
Submission Deadline: February 3, 2025, by 11:59pm ET
Project Brief : Scarborough City Centre is located on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
Opportunity : Oxford and the Art Consultant are seeking to commission public artworks that are inviting, intriguing and inclusive within the site, and are compatible with the development’s architecture and landscape design. The Community’s voices should be included and reflected in their environment, to foster a sense of belonging, pride and empowerment in their community through engagement opportunities throughout the art project’s design processes and/or through interactive elements to the artwork design itself, where applicable.
Mentorship : This is a smaller-scale public art project opportunity, as well as a mentorship opportunity. The winning artist of this project shall also have the opportunity to be mentored, supported and guided by an established public artist who is creating their own larger public art project on this site.
Award : The total budget for the artwork(s) is $120,000 + HST CAD.
For the mentorship component of this project, there is an additional $11,500 CAD + HST that will be paid to the mentee to accommodate their time during this mentorship. There will also be a separate budget for the mentor for their time spent during the mentorship, so neither of these costs need to be covered within the $120,000 project budget.
Schedule : The anticipated installation of the artwork(s) on site is Spring, 2028.
Submission Requirements :
Each single PDF document must include the following:
- Submission Form: (1 page)
- EOI and Concept Statement: (1-page maximum)
- Concept Sketch: (2-page maximum)
- Artist Curriculum Vitae (CV): (2-page maximum)
- Art Portfolio: (3-page maximum)
- Mentorship Interest: (1-page maximum)
Applications should be submitted via e-mail to Kyla Radoja, Public Art Consultant at: artconsulting@kylaradoja.com
Deadline for proposal submission: February 3, 2025, by 11:59pm ET
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