Public Spaces Artwork Application

Complete this application and upload the following materials as one zipped file. Don’t know how to zip a file? Learn more here. File formats other than those requested will not be considered.

Applications should include:

Four (4) Images and List of Artwork:

• Submit 4 image examples of the type of art you intend to exhibit or curate that can be hung indoors. These images do not have to be the exact work to be exhibited, but they should indicate the style, media, and subject matter of the artwork you intend to exhibit or curate.
• Each image should be about 900 pixels (longest dimension) and no larger than 600 KB.
• Submit each image as a separate .jpg file.
• Submit an image list as a separate .docx or .pdf file and include the file name, media, dimensions, and artist’s name.

Art Resume

• No more than 2 pages providing artistic or curatorial resume(s).

A Selection Team including representatives from Chapel Hill Public Library, Town Hall, Chapel Hill’s Community Arts & Culture Advisory Board, and the local artist community will review applications and select artists and curators to exhibit. Selections will be based on the artistic excellence of the sample artwork and our interest in exhibiting diverse artists and artworks. Arts staff will notify applicants of the Selection Committee results and will make exhibition arrangements with selected artists and curators.

Thursday, July 18 at 5pm: Application deadline

End of July: Applicants contacted with selection results

Early December: First exhibit(s) installed

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact:  

Ellie East, Public Art Assistant 

eeast@townofchapelhill.org

The Town of Chapel Hill reserves the right to refuse any or all submissions or works, to refuse any finalist, and to waive informalities in procedures should it be determined that submissions or works are not adequate, or for any other reason prior to a written arrangement being reached.