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The Edmonton Arts Council also runs transitory public art programs throughout the year. These are performances or exhibitions that take place over a set period of time, such as the “Storefront Cinema” event, which closes off a part of Stony Plain Road for one night to turn storefront windows into film screens. Some transitory public art events are participatory, such as the Dérive tours, which are facilitated city tours that call attention to the built surroundings of the participants by recording the details of the walk. ‘Art’s Birthday Party’ is also a transitory public art event; the 2009 celebration was a one-night multimedia, site-specific performance/ installation in a public swimming pool.


OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCULPTORS For Percent for Art projects, a call is normally issued to artists in the form of an RFQ (Request for Qualifications) or an RFP (Request for Proposals). The Edmonton Arts Council utilizes both call methods to encourage the development of emerging public artists and senior level public artists and allocates the type of call to be appropriate to the size of the artwork commission.


RFQ (Request for Qualifications) is the process used by the Edmonton Arts Council for artworks with commissions over $100,000 CAD. The artwork competition for an RFQ is a two-stage jury process. For the first stage, artists are invited to send their curriculum vitae and portfolio. A shortlist of artists then proceeds to the second stage of the jury and are provided a maquette fee in the range of $1200-$1500 CAD to produce a full artwork proposal with a budget and a scaled model of the artwork in the context of the site location.


RFP (Request for Proposals) is the type of call used by the Edmonton Arts Council for artworks with commissions under $100,000 CAD. The artwork competition is a one-stage jury process. For this jury artists are asked to send in a rendering of an artwork proposal, artwork description, budget, curriculum vitae, and portfolio. A fee is not provided to the artists for their proposal, as the fee and second jury costs detract a large percentage from the artwork commission.


INFORMATION For more information on opportunities with the Edmonton Arts Council’s Public Art Program, please visit: http://publicart.edmontonarts.ca


Kristy Trinier Public Art Director – Edmonton Arts Council


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