Salem Artists - Your Metal Canvas Awaits
The city of Salem is looking for local artists to turn six downtown utility boxes into pieces of art.
The city of Salem recently issued a call-out to any and all artists interested in transforming a downtown utility box into one-of-a-kind masterpieces as part of ArtBox 2013.
Artists are encouraged to submit proposals - winning artists will have their work "in front of one million people annually and will receive $500," according to a release posted on the city's website.
Download the submission requirements and details here.
ArtBox is asking all interested artists to propose a piece that presents his or her visual interpretation of "Salem’s cityscape, culture, community pride or art itself."
The deadline to have your work submitted is 4 p.m. on Monday, April 8. Submitted pieces will be judged by an independent group of creative professionals, including Steven Zevitas, President and Publisher New American Painting and owner of the Boston-based Steven Zevitas Gallery.
One box will be painted each week starting in June.
A special thanks to local sponsors Waters & Brown Paint & Decorating for providing paint supplies and Gorilla Printing for providing a tent.
Winners will be publically announced at the Salem Arts Festival on June 1.
SalemWhole
12:03 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
It's unfortunate that the Planning Department has these contests which single out an artist as somehow being a winner, implying that this artist was chosen for their talent, great idea, and skill. Most likely there will be very little interest so they will all be chosen by default. It's a waste of money when they should be paying someone to mange Artists' Row effectively. Projects like this would grow naturally out of the Artists' Row program if there were a better leadership in the arts community and these boxes would be painted in a way that included the community at large. Does anyone think this could be a job for an arts association if there was one?
Alikya
10:31 am on Friday, April 5, 2013
@SalemWhole- we do, in fact, have a large Arts Association. Currently their base is Artists' Row: http://www.salemartsassociation.org Artists' on the Row already have their support from the city. This is a chance to include the many talented people who are not involved in that program, either by the city's decision or their own choice, to participate in a public art project.
SalemWhole
8:02 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
I'm sorry, but all that I hear is fear, propaganda, the failure to disclose what I know is a serious bias, and a clear inability recognize the arts association for what it really is.
The "many talented people" are not involved most likely because the city has created a very unhealthy workplace for its artists.
Lucia Lindsey
8:27 am on Friday, April 26, 2013
Its good to get such gifts. Canvas prints are very popular when it comes to presenting them as gifts. You can select a picture of your choice that you want to print.Images printed on metal! The substrate is aluminum. Each panel is thin (.030 inch) and smooth.
I recently got a canvas print on wooden done by magnipic website - http://www.magnipic.com/stretched-canvas they delivered a good quality print at a very affordable price. I think next time I would definitely want to print my picture on metal canvas too!