TENDER OPPORTUNITY – SIGNAL BOX EOI
The City of Hobart is looking for a new external provider to work with us to manage our Signal Box Program.
The City has worked in collaboration with an external provider for the last 10 years to provide a model of project management (including artist management, artist insurance, safety management and materials provision) for the Signal Box Program.
This program is structured to be accessible to artists with a wide range of skills and is intended to reduce the barriers of entry for creative participation in the city. This might mean that signal boxes are completed by a school group of 6-year-olds led by a class teacher, a 13-year-old solo artist, supported artists working with a disability, a local community group, solo emerging artist or solo mid-career artists.
It is important to note that this is not a typical street art project and artists are selected to present artworks in styles that represent a range of ideas and aesthetic approaches.
Participants are encouraged to respond to the characteristics and particularities of the site where the artwork is to be completed. This aspect of the program bolsters its accessibility to the general public.
Generally, each year, the City commissions 12 new boxes to be painted, with 4 of these committed to community and the remaining 8 to solo artists. Artists or community groups are to be paid a small commission fee to produce the artwork of $500.
The Signal Box program runs across the summer months, which are the best conditions for painting outdoors in the City. An expression of interest for new artists is generally run in September, with the aim of having approved artist proposals from selected artists by early November. This enables painting to start in November/ December, finishing in March of the following year.
The Tenderlink link for the above is: https://portal.tenderlink.com/hobartcitycouncil
Image Caption: Urban Signal Box – Tardiba and Benji artwork by Ben Clifford, Battery Point, Hobart, TASMANIA
