Posted on 4th March 2009

Expressions of Interest – Public Artwork commission

The Chettles Yard development is a mixed use development of residential (to house 1000 + students), light industrial units, retail unites and a large trade warehouse.

The prominences of the building frontage allows for an opportunity for attraction and interaction with the buildings which will draw people onto the site.

The development is located in Radford, west of Nottingham city centre and faces onto Wollaton Road (A609) and St Peters Road and boarders with the River Leen and a railway line. The corner plot is the gateway to Chettles Yard and this is the proposed site for a public piece of art which will act as a means of navigation and create a focal point within the site.

The scheme is seeking ‘Expressions of Interest’ from artists and makers who have either graduated from Nottingham Trent University, or are an artist resident within the City of Nottingham or the East Midlands region.

The commission is to create a low maintenance and robust public artwork that is integrated into the line of the buildings and landscaping. The available budget is up to a maximum of £12,000 and includes all costs associated to produce the public artwork including artist fee, research, design, engineering, production, transport, expenses and insurance costs. Planning application and costs plus the costs of installation will be met by Opal Property Group. The selected artist will also be required to deliver outreach work including workshops and lectures. This is included within the fee.

A professional artist with experience in public commissions will be selected to act as a mentor for the commission.

The completion and installation of the artwork must be by the end December 2009.

The artwork commission processes is as follows:

• Deadline for receipt of ‘Expressions of Interest’ – 5.00pm, Friday 20th March 2009
• Review all Expressions of Interest and produce initial shortlist of artists to be presented to stakeholders by project manager/s and mentor. – Tuesday 24^th March 2009
• Presentation of  Expression of Interest from initial shortlist of artists to stakeholders – Wednesday 22^nd April 2009
• First round interviews to produce 2^nd short list of 3 artists (30 minute presentation) – Thursday 14^th May 2009
• Selected 3 artists to be contacted and to be fully briefed on the next stage.  Selected artists will be commissioned to present proposal/s for the site with outline budgets.

• Final interviews of invited artists.– Tuesday 2^nd June 2009
• Final selection made and artist notified after the interview date.
• Artwork and installation  to be completed by December 2009

Please send up to a maximum of 10 images of your current work (no more than 300dpi in jpeg format on a CD) which must be labelled with your name and contact details. All images should be accompanied by a full description; to include title of work, date, media and location and where appropriate details of commissioning agent to be supplied as a word document. All ‘Expressions of Interest’ should be sent to:

Professor Terry Shave

Head of Visual Arts

Nottingham Trent University

School of Art and Design

Bonington Building

Shakespeare Street

Nottingham NG1 4GG

All expressions of interest should be submitted by

If you want your submission material returning please include a SAE.

For further information or clarification please contact

Mobile 07854 777 432

Email couloutbanis@hotmail.co.uk

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