Chinook Blast Mural
Closing Date of Opportunity: 01/25/2022
Name or Organization: Chinook Blast
Contact Email: Toyin@birdcreatives.com
Website: https://www.chinookblast.ca/updates/chinook-blast-interpretive-walk-window-design-challenge
Post Content: Calling all student artists at Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts) for a $500 honorarium opportunity. A minimum of 10 students will be selected.
Be part of this experimental adventure! Over 100 community partners are coming together for the second annual Chinook Blast, and you could be part of adding vibrancy to our downtown core in February 2022. Working with one of our sponsors, AUArts, Chinook Blast is excited to offer this opportunity to the talented and creative students at AUArts.
Overview
Chinook Blast Interpretive Walk brings Calgarians the ‘Art of Optimism’, through two-dimensional window artworks. This ‘hopeful future’ project (“I’m Optimistic, ARE YOU?!”) consists of approximately 10 student artistic representations of positive ideals, dreams, realities, and hopes, installed on the windows of multiple high profile locations around Calgary’s downtown core as part Chinook Blast during February 2022. This opportunity is exclusive to AUArts students.
What is the Process?
If you are an AUArt student, apply with a 3 sentence description of what you love about the present, what you hope about the future, or what you want to share in terms of excitement for where we are with our beautiful city, and up to 3 links to your work. While visual arts often spur us to explore difficult emotions, complex challenges, or, you know, the many things that need to change in the present world and society, today we’re looking to focus on hope. We are all 22 months into something none of us wanted to lose time to. So we’re asking artists to explore how you can engage with Calgarians in a way that will make them smile, or even better, allow them to feel okay about tomorrow, next month, next year and beyond. Your artistic concept should convey true optimism to the public through the installation. Chinook Blast Curator Mandy Stobo (a supreme dreamer) will be available to artists throughout the process. The installation should be in the artist's preferred style and how you convey what it is you want the public to feel—exacting, conceptual, futurism, tech, whole hearted sunday night bad tv feels, etc.—will be up to you. The installation will be temporary and applied directly to the glass of the assigned downtown location. Window locations and sizes will vary (average 8’x 8’), and organizers will work with the artist to find the ideal fit.
The artist will be responsible for development and installation. Supplies will be provided by Chinook Blast. Supplies will include tempura paint, a wide brush and a thin brush. Artists will be provided with primary colors, black and white. Some additional colours may be provided. Artists will also be provided with window cleaner to clean the window before hand and a drop clothe. If artists wish to add some height, they will be allowed to bring their own step ladder. All logistical details will be coordinated on the artist’s behalf. You create the magic, we’ll provide the space. The city will thank you for supporting their vibes at this time.
What qualifications do you require?
AUArts student artists need to have the energy, availability, and capacity to move quickly. Strong organizational and communication skills are assets. Actual feelings of hopefulness are extra but also encouraged. Artists will also need to be familiar or familiarize themselves with media applications for a window installation (water based paint, vinyl/decal, etc.) and removal. They will also have to be an enrolled student at AUArts.
What is the timeline?
Application deadline: Jan. 25, 2022
Artist will be notified*: Jan. 27, 2022
Installation created: Jan 28–29, 2022
*Applicants will be evaluated as submissions are received, and will be awarded on a continuous basis until all projects have been awarded.
What is included?
You artwork displayed publicly in the downtown core for at least three weeks
Marketing: photograph of installation, artist headshot, bio, and artist contact information included on the Chinook Blast website, and featured on Chinook Blast and partners social media
Each artist will receive a $500.00 honorarium per window project
Logistical support to coordinate installation
How do I get involved?
Email your application to Toyin@birdcreatives.com with subject line I’m Optimistic ARE YOU? to express your interest by January 25th, 2022.
Please include the following items in your application:
Artist Name
AUArts student ID # to verify you are a current student
Artist contact information
3 sentence description of what you love about the present, what you hope about the future, or what you want to share in terms of excitement for where we are with our beautiful city.
Up to 3 links to your artistic work
Have questions? We’d love to hear from you. Use the email and subject line above to connect with us.