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2023 Public Art Application 

ARTVILLE 
Friday, September 29: 11am-7pm
Saturday, September 30: 10am-7pm 
Sunday, October 1: 11am-5pm 

Nashville, TN (Wedgewood Houston/Chestnut Hill) 

Public Art Award - Application Process
 
You will receive confirmation that your application has been accepted. The ARTVILLE team will be reviewing applications for eligibility and if questions arise, the team will email directly to get in touch during the application window. 
 
Review and Selection Process
 
ARTVILLE has established an advisory board which is made up of a panel of experts including the ARTVILLE team, local gallerists, creatives and artists as well as our curatorial team at GBA that will review all the applications.  
 
Eligibility

The ARTVILLE team is interested in creating a visually and culturally rich temporary site-specific public art program that represents the creativity and vision of the creative community of Nashville.  We are looking for immersive, experiential concepts that can happily co-exist within the neighborhood.  
 
Matching Public Art Application Ideas and Neighborhood Spaces
 
For this inaugural year it is difficult for us to provide exact images and specs for the spaces we will be able to match the public art to as the community partners are providing new spaces and opportunities everyday.  We have already mapped out 10-12 locations throughout the neighborhood for outside installations or murals on existing walls of buildings in the Wedgewood Houston Chestnut Hill neighborhoods.  It is best to imagine your works living outside in a green space, on the side of a building, in a parking lot and safely secured and visible throughout the weekend – rain or shine. 
Example Sites Include
-2-3 building walls available for painted murals 
-Green spaces across from and around Merritt Mansion 
-Some spaces in The Outfield and surrounding paved areas 
-Parking and walkway spaces throughout Wedgewood Houston and Chestnut Hill 
 

Applicant Confidentiality
 
We are happy for applicants to share the ARTVILLE application link far and wide, however it is our goal to ensure there is confidentiality of our applicants and panelists at this time. ARTVILLE will notify all applicants at the close of the application window of their project status and while there may be a waitlist created, we will also be sensitive to timing to complete a project as well.  Your name will not be published anywhere unless you are given a public art award.
 
Award Process
 
Once accepted into the award program, we will provide some basic legal documentation to ensure both parties understand and agree to the terms of the award.  25% of the cash award will be provided to the artist by July 1, 25% percent will be provided by August 1 and the other 50% will be provided on September 1 based on a feasibility review of the first phase of the project. 
 
Artist Promotional Program
 
ARTVILLE will promote the artists provided with awards in advance of the install and the team will hope to work closely with all award winners to promote participation both on ARTVILLE website, in press and socials as well as throughout the artists practice.  At launch, the work will be photographed and will also be included on the ‘Artwalk Map’ which will be created to promote the public art award winners. 


ARTIST INFORMATION

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PUBLIC ART PROJECT INFORMATION

For this inaugural year it is difficult for us to provide exact images and specs for the spaces we will be able to match the public art to as the community partners are providing new spaces and opportunities everyday.  We have already mapped out 10-12 locations throughout the neighborhood for outside installations or murals on existing walls of buildings in the Wedgewood Houston Chestnut Hill neighborhoods.  It is best to imagine your works living outside in a green space, on the side of a building, in a parking lot and safely secured and visible throughout the weekend – rain or shine. 

Please be as specific as possible with all details and dimensions.  

Documents required for consideration: 
1.Detailed Budget 
2.Project Creative Process/ Timeline 
3.Digital Sketch/Image of Project 

submit up to 4 images 
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

PUBLIC ART APPLICATION - RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
1) The submission process is private and confidential. ARTVILLE will share only the concept of the final projects once they have been selected and confirmed.
2) You are encouraged to imagine a specific place for your installation or scenarios that could work which the ARTVILLE team will consider.   
3) The program will require you to meet some benchmarks and deadlines in your build process, months in advance of the event.
4) The onsite time commitment varies, however you must be present for install and breakdown and at certain intervals for promotional programming. Please only apply if an onsite commitment throughout the festival is not a problem for you and your team.
5) You must provide your own transport and travel expenses to and from the event as well as for the install and breakdown of the work.  
6) Your art installation must be a piece created specifically for the ARTVILLE Festival, or is something you have created that will be debuted publicly for the first time at ARTVILLE.
7) The art piece may not feature fire, pyrotechnics, food or beverages, drug references, overt sexual or political references, or have any dangerous/physical aspects that could be seen as a safety issue for the public.
8) If the installation is structural in nature (you can climb on it or go inside it), please budget for review by an engineer that you source locally. (Proof of structural integrity will be required).
9) Please ensure that your team will be professional and committed to meeting all requirements. Installation timeline and protocols for delivering materials to the site will need to be in strict compliance with the ARTVILLE Site Operations Department festival-wide installation timeline. 
10) Failure to comply will be cause for an early dismissal, forfeiture of the opportunity to showcase the installation, and forfeiture of your funding.

Failure to comply will be cause for early dismissal, forfeiture of the opportunity to showcase the installation, and forfeiture of your funding.