Waterford Cultural Quarter (WCQ) is currently seeking expressions of interest from the creative community in the South East for two projects.
Project 1.
Culture is in the Air – Expression of Interest call for creatives in Waterford Cultural Quarter.
Waterford Cultural Quarter (WCQ) invites Waterford creatives to submit their credentials, examples of prior experience and basic concepts responding to the theme Culture is in the Air to design, fabricate and install creative installations that will be suspended from catenary wires over a section of O’Connell Street, Waterford. This installation should reflect the vibrancy of the creative community of Waterford using bright, eye catching colours and materials.
Project Background and Intent
WCQ wishes to fund a creative temporary installation in O’Connell Street, Waterford City.
The installations should be visible to pedestrians and motorists living in or visiting the city
Points to note:
Installations should be fabricated from environmentally friendly materials (e.g., felt, wool, timber, natural materials etc) and / or found & recycled objects as far as is practical.
Applications can be made for more than one installation and can be made by an individual or group.
Applicants should consider that the installations will not be monitored in situ and should therefore consider issues such as security, vandalism or weather events. Installations cannot post a health and safety risk and all measures should be taken into account to ensure that there are no hazards relating to the work.
Applicants must confirm that they hold public liability insurance in their application, and if successful must provide evidence of same.
Budget:
The maximum budget for this installation is €6000 to include time and materials for design, fabrication, installation, removal and environmentally friendly disposal of materials and all costs associated with the project. Installations must be capable of staying in place for a period of 6 months at a minimum.
Publicity:
All applications should include an outline publicity plan including how they will promote their installation on social media platforms. All successful applicants must provide images of creating their installations and the final work in place to WCCC for social media and website.
Submissions Guidelines:
Expressions of Interest must be submitted via email to culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ie
In the Subject line put Culture is in the Air EOI followed by your surname (e.g. Culture is in the Air EOI Murphy).
You will be asked to include the following:
- Expression of Interest/Project Description (3 paragraphs max)
- Bio (250 words max)
- Current CV (1 pages max)
- Visual Support Material with Support Material List (5 images max) Please select all support material that reveals your experience and expertise as related to your proposal.
- Budget breakdown listing costs and artist fee.
Description should clearly illustrate the applicant’s intentions and conceptual approach.
Applications that do not adhere to these criteria or are incomplete may be disqualified. The selection committee may request further information from individual’s applicants.
All applicants will be notified with the selection committee’s decision by Friday 25th November 2022
Timeline
Friday 11th November 2022: Final date for clarifications on EOI
Friday 18th November 2022: Deadline for submissions
Friday 25th November 2022: Notification to successful applications
Early 2023: Installation week
For further information contact culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ie
Applications deadline: November 18th 2022 culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ie.
Any clarifications request on the contents of the EOI have to be submitted via email to culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ie by November 11th 2022
Examples of urban installations:
Project 2.
WCQ Place Mural – EOI call for Mural Artists for the Waterford Cultural Quarter
The Waterford Cultural Quarter invites Waterford mural artists or artist teams to submit their credentials, examples of prior experience and basic concepts so as to transform one feature wall on the inside of Waterford Cultural Quarter’s newest building WCQ Place (Creative & Community Hub) which will be located at Barker Place, O’Connell Street, Waterford.
Deadline: November 18th 2022
Project Background and Intent
Artists are asked to submit a sample of the work they feel responds to the call and which would be of the style and finish of the work they would create inside WCQ Place should they be selected.
Submissions could take a number of forms, images or videos of work (sketches, drawings, paintings, examples of completed works) supported by a brief outline of the context behind the proposed work in written or video format.
The broad themes that we would like to see represented are:
- The importance of culture and creativity in Waterford city & county.
- Communities and Cultures to be found in and around the Waterford Cultural Quarter
- The Creative Potential contained within all these Communities, Cultures and Heritages
- The importance of having a place with creatives, artists and communities can meet.
- Inclusion of the Waterford Cultural Quarter brand.
This Project will support fresh, engaging and innovative proposals from emerging or established mural artists.
Artworks will be created directly on internal walls of WCQ Place.
The artwork may remain in-situ for up to five years.
Following the ethos of the themes outlined above the artwork should in some manner consider the community in which it will be installed.
The intention is for all artworks to be installed during a week in early 2023 (date TBC)
Total project budget: €5000
Eligibility:
This is an open to artists or artist teams and arts organisations residing in Waterford. We will welcome submissions from individual artists and from individuals or organisations working with a team of artists.
Community Engagement:
Applicants are encouraged to contact the WCQ Team if they have further queries on the project no later than November 11th 2022. Please contact culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ie for further information regarding the project.
Submissions Guidelines:
Expressions of Interest must be submitted online through Email to culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ie
In the Subject Matter Put WCQ Place Mural, EOI followed by your surname (e.g. WCQ Place Mural, Murphy).
You will be asked to include the following:
- Expression of Interest/Project Description (3 paragraphs max)
- Bio (250 words max)
- Current CV (1 pages max)
- Visual Support Material with Support Material List (5 images max)
Please select all support material that reveals your experience and expertise as related to your proposal.
Description should clearly illustrate the applicant’s intentions and conceptual approach.
Visual Support Material should be labelled numerically with the applicant’s name (e.g. Nolan 01.jpg, Nolan 02.jpg, etc.).
If you wish to include video documentation, please supply a link address to your video on Youtube, Vimeo etc.
Applications that do not adhere to these criteria or are incomplete may be disqualified. The selection committee may request further information from individual’s applicants.
All applicants will be notified with the selection committee’s decision by November 25th 2022.
Timeline
Friday 11th November 2022: Final date for clarifications on EOI
Friday 18th November 2022: Deadline for submissions
Friday 25th November 2022: Notification to successful applications
Early 2023: Installation week
For further information contact culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ieFor further information contact culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ie
Applications deadline: November 18th 2022 culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ie.
Any clarifications request on the contents of the EOI have to be submitted via email to culturalquarter@waterfordcouncil.ie by November 11th 2022
Examples of Mural Art
