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Arts / $18,000 for one lucky street artist

IN its relentless pursuit to combat public graffiti in Canberra, the ACT Government has called for expressions of interest to paint a mural on a city wall above the Cooyong Street skate park, with the local community helping to choose the design.

Graffiti image on the ACT Government website
“A formal expression of interest is now open for all artists to apply to create a new art mural on the city wall,” Minister for Transport and City Services, Meegan Fitzharris says.

Ms Fitzharris went on to say that a panel would select three submissions to be assessed against criteria, including previous experience and a design sketch idea that would “reflect the identity of the skate park and its nearby community using a high amount of colour”.

The selected artists would then be asked to submit a final design, after which the broader community would vote via the “In the City Canberra” Facebook page for the piece of art work they would like painted on the wall.

“This new artwork will not only help to improve the look and feel of this area but also provide an opportunity for street artists to have their work on display in a highly visible part of our city,” the Minister said.

The initiative sees the ACT Government is partnering with “In the City Canberra” and The Canberra Centre. A fee of $500 will be paid to each of the three shortlisted artists to assist in their work on a final design with $18,000 for the winning artist, which includes the fee, spray paint costs, insurance, protective clothing and other equipment required to paint the wall.

“Once the final design is painted on the wall, an anti-graffiti coating will then be applied to help prevent any tagging or vandalism on the artwork,” Fitzharris says, adding that as well as the new mural, a new legal graffiti site will also be available at the skate park on nearby walls adjacent to the Angli-Care Youth Centre, one of 24 such legal sites in the ACT.

Local members of the street artist community who are registered with the ACT Graffiti Coordinator have already been approached, but expressions of interest from all artists are welcome until Wednesday, April 5 to tccs.act.gov.au

 

 

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One Response to Arts / $18,000 for one lucky street artist

Woody says: 4 April 2017 at 8:24 pm

I think it’s a bit ridiculous that getting sorley needed maintenance at Canberra skateparks has been a constant uphill lobbying battle for years but out of nowhere $18,000 is being spent to paint a mural at one of the least used Skateparks. That money could be used to actually maintain our Skateparks instead of trying to make them aesthetically pleasing.

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