The Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure, in collaboration with the Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government and the support of Arts Council Malta and Muża (Heritage Malta), are inviting interested artists to submit ideas for Art in Public Spaces.
The Art in Public Spaces Programme aims to promote synergies between artists and the community, through co-creation. The programme has the following objectives:
- To create a visual and aesthetic legacy in public spaces owned by the community together with developing a platform for debate on Public Art and stimulate the growth of a culturally engaged community,
· to increase access to the arts by fostering a healthy collaboration between artists, communities and community leaders,
- to promote contemporary artistic identities and awareness through participation and, by consequence, encourage civic pride and
- to provide platforms for artists to showcase innovative and creative works.
This programme will be funded by MTI and supported by MJCL, ACM and MUŻA. Projects will be selected through one public competition and the selected projects will be created by six different artists or group of artists within six different localities or regions.
Commissions originating from this programme are expected to be conceived, designed and built for a specific site; deriving their conception from the local site narrative, while collaborating with Local Councils and communities.
An evaluation committee will be set up and the final choice of projects and the year of implementation will be determined by the selection board, unless specific years are requested at proposal stage by the artist/s.
For more details, two information sessions will be held for Local Councils and interested parties on Thursday 11 June at 10 a.m. at the Ministry for Gozo and (same day) at 6 p.m. at Project House, Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure, Beltissebħ, Floriana.
Those interested to attend the sessions are requested to register on [email protected]