As part of Glenbow’s commitment to fostering diverse and unique art experiences, the museum is seeking an artist or artist’s team to create a theater curtain installation. The public art design will beautify, enliven, and activate the north side of the new theatre, enhancing the theatre space where visitors can enjoy live art, performances, and talks. Glenbow encourages all locally and nationally qualified artists and artists’ teams to apply. This is an unencumbered call open to Canadian artists. The successful artist or artists’ team will work with Glenbow, the design firm DIALOG, and the construction team EllisDon.
Budget: $150,000
Closing date for the RFQ: November 26, 2024, 5:00 p.m. MT
Theatre Curtain Site Specifics
The commission is for a three-part textile work that will function as a retractile light blocking set of curtains for the main floor theatre. The artwork will be visible from both the theatre’s interior and outside from the street along 9 Avenue SE. This is a high visibility area that will offer theatre patrons opportunities to appreciate the artwork whether the curtains are opened or closed.
Required Submission Materials
A statement about your interest in public art and how it should engage or respond to its environment and the viewer.
• Annotated image list – twelve (12) images with: date, title, media, and dimensions of past and current work. If the image reflects a public work, include the location of the project and the commissioning agency. Multimedia items (video and/or sound clips) that describe your work may be included as part of the annotated image list but not exclusively so. Links to web-based portfolios are encouraged.
• A selected biography (CV) including current contact information.
• If working as part of a team, a brief resume of each team member and a description of past experiences working together.
• Two (2) or three (3) reviews or news articles about past projects (optional).
• Two (2) professional letters of reference.
Selection Criteria
• Creativity.
• Originality expressed in past work.
• Demonstrated strong understanding of scale.
• Practical understanding of public art and the ability to see the project to completion.
• Proven track record in public art, museum, and gallery work.
• National and international profile through reviews of exhibitions, online texts, and other peer assessments.
• Interested in addressing the challenges of the site, the building, and a willingness to work with Glenbow and the design and build team DIALOG and EllisDon.
• Ability to produce a high-quality work within the project budget.
• Professionalism.
See the following PDF to read more about Glenbow, submitting, and other details around the project:
