Akin and St. Clair Village 900 Hoarding Mural Project
Call for Muralist / Graffiti Artist Applications
“The Spirit of St Clair”
Akin is teaming up with Canderel to create three murals on three separate sections of aluminum hoarding at 900 St. Clair Ave West. We are looking for up to three artists or three artist teams to be part of this professional public mural project celebrating “The Spirit of St. Clair”.
This call is open to both established and emerging artists that are Akin studio members, working individually or in collaboration as a team. We encourage more traditional muralists to apply as well as graffiti artists and those interested in expanding their practices into the public realm for the first time. There will be three panels to be painted. You may submit an application for one, two or all three panels.
Submission deadline: 11:59pm on October 13, 2019
The three hoarding sections measure:
PANEL 1: 10’ wide x 8’ high - 80sf
PANEL 2: 5’ wide x 8’ high - 40sf
PANEL 3: 5’ wide x 8’ high - 40sf
Compensation:
PANEL 1: 80sf hoarding - $1000 + $400 paint/brush budget (per artist or artist team)
PANEL 2: 40sf hoarding - $500 + $200 paint/brush budget (per artist or artist team)
PANEL 3: 40sf hoarding - $500 + $200 paint/brush budget (per artist or artist team)
Final artwork will be painted on-site in between October 26 2019 - November 8 2019.
Ladders, face masks, gloves and goggles will be provided for all participants. Primer and anti-graffiti coating will also be provided. Please note that it is up to the selected artists to prime the panels before painting and coat them afterwards. Akin will also provide acrylic, latex or aerosol paints for each artist or artist team providing the artist or team submits a complete materials list along with their signed contract. Artists will have a materials budget for paint and other materials (see compensation notes above for materials budget). Akin will provide tents in the event that there is rain during the painting days.
The project consists of 3 separate sections of white aluminum hoarding that are separated by Canderel promotions. The final artwork should be complementary to the surrounding promotions which consist of mainly orange, blue, white colours. See image below for an example of the promotions and their placement:
Artists may create designs specifically for this Call or may reformat an existing work as long as it fits within the theme of “The Spirit of St Clair” and compliments the surrounding Canderel promotions.
Both Akin and Canderel staff will select the final artist. Below are the application details.
Timeline:
October 13 - Applications Due at 11:59pm
October 14 - Selection process begins
October 22 - Selected artist will be contacted by this date at the latest
October 24 - Artist agreement must be signed by the artist by this date
October 24 - Artist must provide their mural material list by this date
October 26 - Painting of hoarding begins
November 8 - Painting of hoarding is finished
Please note that a photographer and/or media may be on-site during some of the painting process to document the project. Selected artists will be promoted along with the project publicly by Akin and Canderel.
To Apply:
Applications should be submitted by email to ozge@akincollective.com with the subject line “Canderel Mural Application 2019” no later than 11:59pm on October 13, 2019:
In a single PDF file, please submit the following (Include this information for all members of the team if applying as a team.):
A brief bio of yourself and your practice, and any relevant professional or artistic experience with mural making and graffiti (one page maximum).
Any availability limitations including trips and employment obligations from October 26 - November 8, 2019. We will consider all requests but cannot guarantee we can accommodate them all.
Please create a scale drawing or sketch of your design for one, two or three sections of the hoarding for the measurements are provided in this call. The mural line design can be black & white, coloured or digital. Priority will be given to the designs that are giving the closest representation of the finished version of the mural. Please include a brief explanation of how your design embodies “The Spirit of St Clair”.
Documentation of your previous work and/or any related links to your work online. Supporting documentation (up to 5 files), including relevant caption information (title, medium, date). Audio or video files may be included separately.
Contact information – including phone number, email address, website and Instagram username if available.
This call for submissions welcomes Indigenous people, newcomers, visible minorities, persons of colour, deaf persons, persons with disabilities and persons living with mental illness, 2SLGBTQIAP, and members of sexual minority groups are encouraged to apply.
Applicants who require additional resources, support or time to complete their applications can request as such. Please request this assistance at least one weeks in advance of the submission deadline. To do so, or for additional information, please contact ozge@akincollective.com.
Successful applicants will be contacted by email no later than October 24 2019.