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Call for Artists: Memorial Drive: Landscape of Memory Public Art Project

CALGARY.- The City of Calgary Public Art Program, in conjunction with the Utilities and Environmental Protection and Parks departments, is seeking Expressions of Interest (i.e. Request for Qualifications) from artists with demonstrated experience in the field of public art, ability to work collaboratively in a design team environment and work within set budgets and construction schedules.

Memorial Drive is one of Calgary's most cherished corridors in terms of history, location, proximity to the Bow River, and its relationship with both the communities adjacent to the Drive and the larger community of Calgary.

The Memorial Drive corridor is both a Major Street in Calgary's road network, and a unique urban landscape that is shaped by an understanding of its social and physical role, and by a deep respect for its commemorative history. Integral to this vision is a landscape that is supportive, safe accessible and active, and is enriched by a unifying identity, trees and meaningful places to observe individual and collective memory´.

The Public Art Program seeks an artist to:

I. Work as a member of the Design Team to consult on the overall 9.5 km redevelopment including the Poppy Plaza, an urban commemorative gathering space; and

II. Lead the development of a major public art project at the Parkdale node, a key location and one of five nodes on the Drive.

Total budget for public art and design is $1million CDN.

Deadline for submissions is July 17, 2008 at MST 16:30 hours.

For more information please visit http://www.calgary.ca/publicart

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