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Hillhall Moving Together (in conjunction with Groundwork NI and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland) wish to commission two pieces of metalwork as...
The Mourne Heritage Trust wishes to appoint artists to create original pieces of public artwork at four locations across the Mourne Area of...
Submissions are sought from professional artists for a public art work on the N21 Castleisland Bypass Road Improvement Scheme. The brief is to supply...
Artists are invited to submit proposals for a meaningful permanent work for Wick Lane Underpass. The Wick Lane Underpass is the major route that...
The Winnipeg Arts Council invites professional artists to submit expressions of interest for a permanent, contemporary artwork using elements of...
Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick is inviting expressions of interest under the Per Cent for Art Scheme from established artists wishing to...
The Department of Urban Development, Taipei City Government (DUD) along with the Bureau of High Speed Rail, MOTC is holding an international...
As part of the forthcoming Mayo County Council Landmark public art programme, there will be a site visit on Tuesday 27 July at 2pm. Those wishing to...
Lancashire County Council's REMADE team, funded by the Northwest Development Agency, are constructing a new Greenway* as part of their commitment to...
Public Art Fund is pleased to announce its commission of a new project by Ryan Gander entitled The Happy Prince, on view in Doris C. Freedman Plaza...
Flow, a new artwork for Pearse Street, Ballina by Joe Neeson will be launched on Friday 9 July. The sculpture is 5 metres in height and constructed...
Carlisle City Council now invite tenders from artists for a public art scheme in Carlisle's Historic Quarter to celebrate its 2,000 year history....
As part of the new Westmeath Arts Plan 2010-2016, Westmeath County Council wish to develop a panel of Artists available for potential commissioning...
Mayo County Council invites submissions for a public art programme in Castlebar, Co Mayo. The funding for this project has been provided by the...
The Board of Management of Banagher College, Colaiste na Sionna, wish to commission a permanent artwork which is to be funded by the Department of...
Groundwork NI wishes to commission two pieces of public art to re-image an area in North Belfast to create a more welcoming and inclusive image. This...
Cork County Council invites outline proposals from artists for a series of commissions relating to Fort Camden in County Cork. This site is widely...
Sustrans Cymru are looking to commission a number of innovative site-specific public artworks for new routes of the National Cycle Network across the...
Moyle District Council wish to appoint an outstanding artist to design and arrange the production, delivery and installation of one piece of public...
Book Works is looking for proposals for three new commissions, that suggest a strictly non-representational response to the use of archives, the...
Perth & Kinross Council now welcome applications for a commission in Strathearn Community Campus, Crieff, Scotland. The outcome of the commission...
The Board of the George Melly Sculpture Appeal wish to appoint an artist to design and create a work of art to celebrate the life of the renowned...
Sheffield City Council are seeking artists for three commissions as part of a programme of sixteen artworks which are being commissioned within the...
Scoil Diarmada National School, Castledermot, Co.Kildare under the Department of Education & Science Per Cent for Art Scheme wish to commission a...
Chester Performs is seeking to commission a professional filmmaker/ film artist to create a new short film which focuses on the themes of equality...
Commonplaces is a challenging, but open brief for an artist/designer/maker to research and develop proposals for public space in Shaftesbury, with...
Public Art Norway (KORO) are inviting artists to a pre-qualification stage relating to two commissions for indoor art projects for the Norwegian...
Public Art Fund announces a new performance-based artwork that will come to life over the course of five working days, in the midtown oasis of Bryant...
Southern Exposure is proud to announce a new opportunity for local, national and international artists to develop and present a new public art...
The Board of Management of Gallen Community School Ferbane, Co.Offaly, wishes to commission a permanent outdoor sculpture which is to be funded by...
Wexford Borough Council invites submissions from sculptors for the creation of a piece of sculpture to commemorate County Wexford's renowned hurling...
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced artists for inclusion on a shortlist to design, manufacture and install public realm...
Global giant Ikea Retail Estate is planning multi-million pound commissions by major contemporary artists, including Piotr Uklanski, Jeppe Hein and...
Gorey Educate Together, Co. Wexford, wishes to invite submissions from an artist for a temporary or permanent work of Visual Art, to be sited in...
Sligo Library Service is in the process of fitting out new premises in Ballymote Town, Co. Sligo to become the new Ballymote Community Library. As...
This commission is for an artist to work in collaboration with Chrysalis Arts to create a new piece of work: a prototype transportable public art...
Expressions of interest are sought from creative people who can demonstrate the ability and confidence to deliver an earthwork of significant scale...
B-Side is offering a number of commissions to create new site based work to be showcased, alongside other events and activities, as part of a...
North Down Borough Council wish to commission a strong, site-specific artwork, which should be inspired by its location between the restored...
Gorey Educate Together, Co. Wexford, wishes to invite submissions from an artist for a temporary or permanent work of Visual Art, to be sited in...
Emo National School under the Department of Education & Science Per Cent for Art Scheme wish to commission a permanent visual artwork for their new...
Moyle District Council wish to appoint an artist to design and arrange the production, delivery and installation of one piece of public art at...
Loreto Primary School, Gorey, wishes to invite submissions from an artist or artists for a work of visual art, funded through the Per Cent for Art...
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust invite submissions for six creative opportunities arising from the Shankill and Beech Hall Wellbeing and...
The Wirksworth Festival 2010 (10-26 September) are now seeking proposals for site-specific and site-responsive artworks responding to, intervening...
Arts of Place is an innovative multi-disciplinary approach to place-making that combines the arts, learning and public engagement, and places the...
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site was once the most famous and expensive prisons in the world, but stands today in ruin. Abandoned in 1971, it...
Through this pre-qualification, the Art Committee is seeking candidates to take part in a limited competition for a significant indoor art project,...
The children, principal, staff and Board of Management of Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc, Carlow wish to engage an artist(s) to make a permanent...
Bury Council is seeking to commission an artist to create a public artwork in Whitefield Park, Bury, a small urban local community park located next...
Lucan East Educate Together National School is calling for applications from suitably qualified and experienced artist(s) to commission a permanent...
Artists are invited to submit expressions of interest in this commission which will be permanently displayed in a prominent location within Belfast...
The City and County of Swansea and the Welsh Assembly Government wish to appoint a lighting artist, or team of artists, to design a public space and...
Opportunity: Expressions of interest sought for public art commission at entertainment venue, Surrey
Guildford Borough Council is seeking expressions of interest from artists, designers and teams for the development of a public art scheme for a new...
Mermaid Arts Centre invites you to the opening of Home by Brian Maguire on Thursday 21 January at 6pm. The exhibition will be opened by Barbara...
Situated on the North Kent Coast in the Thames Gateway, The Isle of Sheppey has been identified as a 'locus' for contemporary art in the public...
Leeds City Council invites expressions of interest for a city centre commission. The commission forms part of the city's ambitious public realm...
Since Autumn 2008, the local authorities from Torbay, Dorset and Swindon have been working in partnership with Arts Council England SW and Audiences...
The Kitchen Sessions is a new public art project commissioned by Galway City Council through the Per Cent for Art Programme by Michael Fortune. The...
"After an unpleasant fall-out with the University of Edinburgh, prominent Scottish artist Douglas Gordon has vowed never to accept a public...
Life Area: a unique one-off performance by artist Dominic Thorpe as part of his residency with Wicklow County Council, Friday 11 December at 8pm, The...
Belfast City Council has a number of upcoming opportunities for artists to work on public art projects across Belfast. These will be on a variety of...
The National Cancer Screening Service are inviting submissions for one or more art projects associated with the new BreastCheck facilities located at...
Armagh City and District Council is calling for expressions of interest for a new public artwork from experienced and suitably qualified artists or...
Sticky Fingers, Ireland's leading arts organisation for the early years age group are currently inviting expressions of interest from visual artists...
As part of his commission to create a permanent sculpture in Cherryorchard, Enniscorthy, Wexford, sculptor Martin Lyttle has initated a blog to...
Alex Pentek was commissioned to create a new work for the N11 Gorey to Arklow Link. Declan Breen was commissioned to create an artwork for Bunclody...
Sending letters to the Sea by Mark Garry is a collaborative music project as part of Fingal County Councils series of public art commissions, funded...
Event: Sligo United Trades Club Revival - Seamus Nolan - 10-19 September. A collaboration to devise a living monument to the club, its history and its importance as a space of self organization and sustainability.
