Bicentennial Legends Murals:
Call for Artists 

Any artist over 18 and legally able to work onsite in the U.S. can provide their information.

The stakeholder groups for each mural will most likely use the following criteria when identifying artists as finalists to create design proposals:

• Artistic quality
  • Does the artist have a signature style? 
  • Can the artist produce a recognizable, high-quality portrait of an individual? 
  • What is the reputation of the artist for innovation, excitement, and “wow”?

• Technical expertise
  • Does the artist have experience working at the very large scale that will be required? 
  • Has the artist successfully used the equipment that will be necessary to create the mural for the particular site? 
  • Does the artist have expertise with the materials and techniques that will result in the murals lasting approximately 15 years?

• Community engagement experience
  • Does the artist have experience listening to community-based stakeholders?
  • Can the artist translate a community’s input into a final design? 

• Ease of process
  • Does the artist have a record of completing projects on time and within budget?

The application form has details, but in general, you will need to prepare the following:

Artist information:

• Artist contact information
• Resume, CV, or narrative biography
• Technical capacities (there will be boxes to check off)

Information about past projects: 

• Images or videos of recent mural-scale projects. 
• Examples of portraits you have created.
• Information about each project submitted.

To ensure ease of access to applications by our community partners, we are only taking applications through the PublicArtist.org website. It is free to apply through the site.

Submitting your information does not guarantee a commission.  

Artists who have submitted their information will be contacted if their skill and style matches the community group’s desires for a particular portrait mural and the nature of the mural site. 

Three artists will be selected to create design proposals for each mural. Artists will be paid to create these proposals.

The community group will select one of the proposals and the Arts Council will commission the artist to create the mural.

This is a long-term project and there is no way to predict right now when the murals will happen, so we appreciate your patience. 

We know that we will create at least one mural in Spring/Summer 2021, and if you are being considered for that mural you will be contacted in December 2020. You will have about 4-6 weeks to create your proposal if you are invited, and you will be paid for your proposal.

Artists are encouraged to keep their information updated, and will be contacted periodically to provide new images and experience information.