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Sculpture Walk Peoria 2020
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Contact Email: admin2@artspartners.net

Entry Deadline: 1/12/20
Application Closed

Entry Fee (ArtsPartners of Central Illinois: Sculpture Walk Peoria 2020): $25.00
Work Sample Requirements
Images | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 9
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 9
Call Type: Public Art
Eligibility: International
State: Illinois

The Sixth Annual Sculpture Walk Peoria Exhibition for 2020.

Sculpture Walk Peoria is currently accepting submissions for an outdoor sculpture exhibition in 2020.

Sculpture Walk Peoria is an annual, juried, outdoor exhibit offering local, regional, national, and international sculptors opportunities to showcase and sell their creations, while enhancing the cultural environment of Peoria and providing opportunities to educate the public. All sculptures are to be for sale. In its first 5 years, Sculpture Walk Peoria has sold 11 sculptures. 

Sculptures will be placed in highly visible locations along Washington Street in close proximity to the Peoria Riverfront Museum which features over a dozen permanent pieces of outdoor public art. The Peoria Warehouse District has been included on the National Register of Historic Places. MidAmerica’s Capital of Mounted and Painted Murals, Peoria, Illinois is a city of 112,000 with a regional population of about 380,000, located 2 ½ hours from Chicago, 2 ½ hours from St. Louis and 3 hours from Indianapolis. For more information about Peoria please see: www.peoria.org

Sculpture Walk Peoria is an initiative of ArtsPartners of Central Illinois with the full support of the City of Peoria and private businesses. This is our sixth annual event and we are seeking professional sculptures appropriate for public viewing from local, regional, national, and international artists. Sculptures are owned by the artist and loaned to the exhibit from May 16, 2020 through March of 2021. All sculptures must be made of materials that can withstand outdoor weather and not require any maintenance. The Honorarium is $2,000 dollars, payable $1,500 following the exhibit opening on May 16, 2020 and $500 at pickup of the sculpture. There will be an additional $1,000 People’s Choice Award given to one artist in October 2020.

Please visit www.artspartners.net/swp for more information.

GENERAL GUIDELINES:

Submission and Selection

Required Artist Information: artist’s resume, photos of a maximum of three sculptures (with maximum of three images of each), and a brief description of each sculpture submitted (500 words max). One application per artist. The call for entry on the Call for Entry website (www.callforentry.org) has complete information needed to apply. A $25 application fee applies per artist.

All sculptures must be made of materials that can withstand outdoor weather and not require any maintenance.

Sculptures are selected using a juried sculpture selection process and the selections of the jury are final. The jury will be approximately 7 jurors with 4 having an art/art leadership background and approximately 3 having a business/community leadership background.  Submissions will be evaluated on artistic merit, creativity, public safety, appropriateness, and durability in the outdoors. Further instructions will be provided if selected.

There is no age restriction on the artwork, but sculpture must appear as new. Jury will give priority to newer sculptures when making the final selections. The artist must bring the sculpture that was selected, no substitutions.

Installation/Removal

Selected artists will be responsible for delivering, installing and removing his/her work of art, working closely with Sculpture Walk Peoria. Sculpture Walk Peoria will provide a complimentary boom truck and install volunteers on Friday, May 15, 2020 for install, and on Saturday, April 3, 2021 for de-install. No boom/volunteer assistance will be provided outside of these dates.

Sculpture pad size is approximately 5 feet x 5 feet; a limited number of larger sites are available.

Sculpture will be bolted to the concrete sidewalk. All finalists will be asked to describe the installation requirements and any special equipment that may be required.

All sculptures must be installed between May 1 and May 15, 2020 for the opening event on May 16, 2020. Artists must de-install and remove their artwork on an agreed date during the month of April 2021. Early pick-up of the work is not permitted.

Artist Benefits

  • $2,000 artist’s honorarium ($1,500 following the Opening Celebration on May 16, 2020; and $500 upon removal in April of 2021)
  • An additional $1,000 People’s Choice Award given to one artist in October 2020
  • A “concierge” assigned to each artist to help with logistics while the artist is in Peoria
  • Complimentary Boom Truck available for install on Friday, May 15, 2020.
  • Free hotel accommodations for 2 nights during installation/opening weekend (5/14/2020 and 5/15/2020), includes hotel breakfast voucher for both days.
  • Dinner & Drinks on the evening of Friday, May 15, 2020.
  • The opportunity to interact directly with the public at the Opening Celebration and Ribbon Cutting on Saturday, May 16, 2020.
  • Complimentary boxed lunch following Opening Celebration on Saturday, May 16, 2020
  • Complimentary Boom Truck available for de-install on Saturday, April 3, 2021

Sales

The sculpture must be for sale and the artist must price the work. The Sculpture Walk Peoria program will receive a commission of 20% of the sales price for any sculpture sold during the exhibition. As of 2019, eleven sculptures from Sculpture Walk Peoria have been sold and placed on permanent display throughout the greater Peoria region.

Project Time

January 12, 2020: Deadline for submissions.

January 29, 2020. Notification to selected finalists.

February 14, 2020: Artist Contracts Due

May 1 – May 15, 2020: Selected artists deliver and install sculptures to Peoria, IL, on agreed date. Note: Complimentary Boom Truck will only be available on Friday, May 15, 2020.

May 16, 2020: Opening Celebration/Ribbon Cutting with Artists and Mayor at Peoria Riverfront Museum (9am – Noon)

October 2020: People’s Choice Award Winner announcement

April 2021: Artists de-install and remove sculpture on agreed date. Note, Complimentary Boom Truck will only be available on Saturday, April 3, 2021.

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria