Oakland Planning and Development Corporation is looking for Artists! We have an exciting opportunity for local artists to have their work promoted all over Pittsburgh! The office of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl recently announced at a public press conference that Oakland Planning and Development Corporation (OPDC) received a “Love Your Block� grant; the grant money is in the form of a $500 Home Depot gift card. This gift card will go towards the building material for a public art project at Frazier Farms, a community garden on Frazier Street (see picture below). This is a highly valued space by our community, and we would like to make it look more beautiful. We seek an artist to volunteer their services to create a public art project with the community. Applying artists will be given full creative expression to create an open-ended project (e.g. sculpture, mosaic, painting, etc), however the finished product will need to be able to withstand outdoor conditions. OPDC is looking for an artist to submit a project that would include at least 20 community volunteers (we will provide support in obtaining community members to volunteer). Any materials that need to be purchased for the project must be from Home Depot or through a donation. The deadline for submissions is Friday, September 9th, 2011, and then, a committee of Oakland community members and OPDC staff will review the submissions. We will work closely with the chosen artist after the review period to provide any support as needed, and we strongly recommend having the primary workday on October 22nd. Please email all submissions and questions to ssu@opdc.org or send applications by mail to: OPDC Attn: Samuel K Su 235 Atwood Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213
While this is a volunteer community service opportunity, your work will be publicized all over Pittsburgh, so this is a perfect project for new Artists! General Information: 1) Name 2) Phone Number 3) Email 4) Address 5) Please list any and all previous art experience 6) Include at least two pictures of projects that you have done in the past (you may submit a hyperlink if you have an online gallery).
Project Information: 1) Briefly describe your project in under 500 words. 2) How do you plan to include over 20 volunteers throughout the process? 3) How does this project relate to South Oakland and/or the Oakland community as a whole? 4) Please submit a visual representation of your proposed project (e.g. a drawing sketch, photoshop image, a small model, etc). 5) Please submit a detailed budget of what items need to be purchased at Home Depot, the cost of each item, and the total money spent. Also include any items you will get donated (and from where). Your project should be as close to $500 as possible. 6) Please include a work plan that describes in detail the timeline for your project.
Love Your Block is a partnership of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and The Home Depot Foundation to beautify Pittsburgh- block by block.