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Call to Artists: Jefferson Heights Public Art Project Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Public Art Chattanooga brings us this Call to Artists, to design outdoor pieces for the Southside’s Jefferson Heights Park.
Project Overview Public Art Chattanooga and the District 7 Public Art Committee are seeking proposals for Jefferson Heights Park Chattanooga, Tennessee, which will be exhibited June 2010 – December 2011. Works can be in any media, functional or non-functional, and must be suitable for outdoors. Two works will be selected for installation in the newly constructed neighborhood park, and will be on loan for a period of eighteen (18) months. Each artist or artist team may submit existing works or proposed works for consideration.
Jefferson Heights Park History and Project Details Jefferson Heights Park has strong historic ties to the past and bright plans for the future. The park is located in the Jefferson Heights neighborhood within the Southside district of downtown Chattanooga, a diverse and eclectic area experiencing a surge in urban revitalization. The site where the park sits once housed Jefferson Street Elementary School (later named the William J. Davenport School), which was built in 1911 and closed in the early 1970s. The three-story brick schoolhouse was eventually demolished, and a park was created in its place. The school still holds fond memories for its former students, and around 1,000 of them return to the park each July for a reunion. Jefferson Heights Park is being redesigned to better accommodate the burgeoning Southside community as well as the annual school reunion group. Plans for the new park, which is being built with environmentally sustainable elements, include a pavilion, community garden beds, walking paths and a picnic and playground area. The park is currently under construction and will be completed in March 2010. Several potential sites (shown on attached map) have been identified within the park grounds for sculpture.
Deadline Applications can be mailed or hand delivered and must be received by 4:00 p.m. EST, March 31, 2010 (no exceptions)
For details on eligibility, artist stipends, and exhibition dates, download the RFP here.
