Call for Artists: Phinneywood Artwalk "The BIG One"

Greenwood-Phinney celebrates their 16th year of ANNUAL ARTWALKS!

As many of you know, there is a monthly artwalk that has been in place for 2 years. The monthly artwalk is not a juried artwalk and each venue selects their own artists. There are usually about 30 participating venues for the monthly artwalk. The Annual Artwalk is what we now refer to as "The BIG One" and includes jurying artists and placing them in venues, as well as, having a best of show featured in the Phinney Neighborhood Gallery. There are about 70 participating venues for "The BIG One".


If you are an artist interested in participating in the Annual Artwalk, please see the call to art below:

The 16th annual Greenwood-Phinney ArtWalk is open to all 2D and 3D visual artists living or working in the greater Puget Sound area. The ArtWalk will be May 13 and 14, 2011. Entry deadline is March 11, 2011.

A Call for Artists with additional information about the event and the entry form is available on the Phinney Neighborhood Association Website

46th Street Mural Artist Needed

CALL TO ARTISTS- 46TH ST. MURAL PROJECT:
A mural to bridge the Fremont and Wallingford communities in Seattle, to bring a positive visual message to pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists traveling under Highway 99 (Aurora Ave.) at N. 46th St. Our goal is to oversee the creation of a mural as a positive expression of our community and to bring people together from the local neighborhoods in the process. The selected artist(s) will coordinate execution of their design with Urban Artworks (http://www.urbanartworks.org/) who will serve as project manager. Urban Artworks will execute the actual painting of the mural. We are looking solely for a design from the artist.

LOCATION:
North side of underpass at N. 46th St. at Aurora Avenue North–Hwy. 99–in Seattle, WA 98103SITE: A long wall divided in to 3 sections that taper on both east and west ends– mural design also to include 9 columns that stand in front of the mural wall. Dimensions–approx. 4500 sq. ft. total (see attached pictures + diagram): West section: approx.1000 sq. ft. Middle section: approx.1300 sq. ft. East section: approx.1200 sq. ft. 9 columns: approx. 100 sq. ft. ea.ARTIST

ELIGIBILITY:
Professional artists with previous experience creating outdoor murals are preferable, but all may apply. Artist will be required to be present at the community meeting (early in the process) and dedication (at the completion of the mural) unless distance is prohibitive. If this occurs, an alternative plan will be discussed with the 46th Street Mural Project Steering Committee. The artist must be available for consultation pertaining to the execution of their design throughout the process.

SUBMISSION MATERIALS:
- work samples
- resume
- references

SELECTION PROCESS-
1) The 46th Street Mural Steering Committee will initially choose three finalists based on submission materials.

2) The three Finalist Artists will then attend a community meeting to discuss their ideas for the space and learn more about how the community feels about this space and the neighborhood. The three artists may be asked to confer with the Steering Committee after the community meeting.

3) Based upon community and Steering Committee input, the three finalist artists will each submit a design for review and vote by the community via website. An award of $300 will go to each finalist upon submission of their proposed design.

4) The Steering Committee will chose the final design, which will then go to Artworks for mockup, then to the city for design approval, and final review by Steering Committee before acceptance. When all of these criteria are met, the artist will be awarded the honorarium of $2000, in addition to the previously awarded $300 for submitting a design as a finalist.

CALENDAR:
February 19, 2010: Artist applications due
March 2, 2010: Community meeting with three Finalist Artists
April 9, 2010: Proposed designs due
April 23, 2010: Vote by community on website closes
May-August, 2010: Workplan and execution, with Artworks

CONTACT: 46thstmural@gmail.com
Facebook:46th Street Mural

2010 - 15th Annual Greenwood-Phinney Art Walk: Call for Artists

The Event:
The 15th annual Greenwood-Phinney ArtWalk will be held Friday evening, May 14th, from 6 to 9 pm and Saturday, May 15th, from noon to 5 pm. Selected artists are paired with participating businesses between 60th & 87th on Greenwood and Phinney Avenues. A number of artists will be designated Jurors Picks and will be featured in a group show at the Phinney Center Gallery, 6532 Phinney Ave N.

The Annual Art Walk is a festive neighborhood event. Advertised throughout the city, it draws thousands of people. Many businesses host music and other entertainment Friday night.
Participating artists are asked to attend their exhibition Friday night to answer questions and celebrate!

How to Apply:
The ArtWalk is open to all 2D and 3D visual artists: painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, glass artists, metal artists, fiber artists, ceramicists and those working in mixed media. Crafts are not accepted. Please follow submission instructions.

Deadline:
Submissions must be delivered to or postmarked by March 5th, 2010



Sponsored by the Greenwood Arts Council, with support from the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce and Art Up Phinney-Greenwood monthly art walk