FARGO — Panels ornamenting Fargo Town Corridor could use a bit of a makeover in the eyes of the city’s Arts and Culture Fee.
The arts commission is trying to get proposals for new artwork for the panels positioned on the exterior facade of Metropolis Hall’s Commission Chambers at 225 4th St. N.
The ask for seeks one to 3 community artists, lifestyle bearers and other creatives to develop artwork for the panels centered on the concept “Fargo: Past, Existing and Future.”
The city very first mounted artwork on the constructing in 2018. The art panels are on the northeast, east and southeast sides of the building’s exterior of the Fee Chambers. Each of the a few sides has four vertical panels built to include artwork, for a full of twelve panels. The selected artwork will be translated to vinyl, which will be put in within every panel section.
Artists might propose do the job for a single wall or all three walls. All proposals must present a “cohesive artistic vision” and replicate the concept.
Artists need to be 18 decades previous and reside, function or be a pupil in the Fargo area. The proposals might be from proven or rising artists and students enrolled in an arts system at a college or college.
A copy of the Ask for for Proposals may be acquired on-line at
FargoND.gov/get the job done/bids-rfqs-rfps
or by contacting the Division of Planning and Enhancement at 701-241-1474. Proposals will have to be submitted no later on than 4 p.m. Friday, June 17. The town anticipates a range will be created by the finish of June, and the operate will be mounted no afterwards than July 30.