The City of Vancouver invites established and emerging Canadian artists to submit expressions of interest to develop a public artwork for the Vancouver Olympic Centre/Vancouver
Paralympic Centre at Hillcrest Park. The new facility will be the site of the Olympic and Paralympic curling tournaments. After the games it will be converted to a large recreation complex serving an estimated 3000 visitors a day.
The budget for this commission is $250,000 inclusive of all costs. Credentials and a letter of interest are due no later than 2:00 pm PST, Monday, December 14, 2009. For more information, please see http://www.vancouver.ca/publicart under Artist Opportunities.
This call is part of the City of Vancouver’s Olympic and Paralympic Public Art Program that provides an opportunity for the City to commission new artworks that reveal, surprise, challenge and celebrate Vancouver.