On February 27th, 2013 from 5:30-7:30pm The Bridge Project + the Cleveland Design Competition will co-host a Public Meeting to unveil a variety of ideas and recommendations for the future use of the Detroit-Superior Bridge Lower Level. Representatives from The Bridge Project will summarize the community planning process that has taken place over the past few months and unveil their recommendations for the repurposing of the Lower Level of the Detroit-Superior Bridge. The co-founders of the Cleveland Design Competition will summarize the ideas produced for the 2012 Cleveland Design Competition – Transforming the Bride and briefly discuss potential next steps for how to engage with the submitted designs.
This meeting is open to the public and will include a public question and answer period.
Light refreshments and a variety of cupcakes/desserts from nearby Colossal Cupcakes will be provided. Please feel free to invite any friends, colleagues or interested community members who might enjoy seeing the ideas and hearing the discussion around the opportunities that exist within the Lower Level of the Detroit-Superior Bridge.”
Kent State CAED MATr Project 2013 - Call for Participants
Due: Friday, February 15, 2013
The Lecture Committee in Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design seeks participants for MATr PROJECT – re-envisioned as a variable (1-3) credit workshop dedicated to providing students with an opportunity for physical engagement with real material knowledge and the physical material world.
The 2013 MATr project will be run by Brandon Clifford and Wes McGee of Matter Design. While both are academics (Clifford teaches at MIT and McGee at the University of Michigan), Clifford has bachelors and masters degrees in architecture while McGee has a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering and a master degree in industrial design.
ELIGIBILITY | MATr Project is open to all students in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. In addition, a limited number of spots will be reserved for alumni of the CAED for a participation fee of $100.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION | Friday, February 15, 2013 at 5pm
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture [CAC] new Creative Culture Grants awards $150,000 American Dollars(!) to 2 creative local projects as selected by popular democratic opinion, meaning you have to vote.
Voting occurs from February 1st until February 20th. so do us all a favor and figure out your favorite and vote for it.
Project Partners: Cleveland Public Library, Positively Cleveland, Downtown Cleveland Alliance and others.
This project is a free, multi-day festival of lights in downtown Cleveland’s public spaces to celebrate the recent development boom and “illuminate” changes to our urban landscape. AHA will bring together people from across the region in the spring or summer of 2014 to highlight these beloved public spaces through art installations using light, video projections and live cultural performances by a combination of local, national and international artists.
Project Partners: The Transformer Station, LAND studio, the Great Lakes Science Center and others.
Celebrate historical, contemporary and emerging image-making during the Cleveland Image Festival in April 2014. Throughout the month, at programs and displays at museums galleries, and public spaces throughout Cuyahoga County, you’ll have a chance to discover and learn how digital image technologies are transforming culture through the widespread accessibility of the Internet and social media. Engage and participate through social media platforms and other avenues in this collaborative project by Cuyahoga County’s leading arts and culture venues.
Project Partners: WKYC-TV Ch. 3, The Diversity Center of Cleveland, Girl Scouts of America and others.
Led by Dancing Wheels, this project will expand on the dance company’s world premiere performances of the multi-media ballet “Dumbo” (May 6-11, 2013) to create an entertaining and educational TV documentary based on the issues of bullying and social injustice. Using the life stories of artists and community figures, the documentary will explain how they rose above the ridicule to become successful. The program will be made into a school assembly program that will be performed at schools and in the community throughout the county. The documentary will premiere in March 2014 and will air on WKYC-TV Ch. 3 in Northeast Ohio, and outreach programs will take place between April and August 2014.
Project Partners: LAND studio, St. Clair Superior Community Development Corp., Gordon Square Arts District and others.
This project is a year-long, community-wide collaboration between businesses, artists, commuters, neighborhood residents and city government intended to bridge the east (via Superior Ave.) and west (via Detroit Ave.) side divide of the Detroit-Superior Bridge over the Cuyahoga River. Between August 2013 and August 2014, EmW will employ a multi-media approach to bridge this gap using sign-painting and artist installations to unite the neighborhoods along this corridor while giving artists the opportunity to work collaboratively with businesses beginning in the Gordon Square Arts District on Detroit and ending at East 55th St. and Superior Ave.
Project Partners: Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, Bike Cleveland and others.
This projectwill temporarily transform two streets in Cleveland into physically active cultural corridors. Concentrating multiple urban acupuncture points of activity, the temporary interventions will stimulate long-term change, complete with safe bicycle amenities, pop-up shops, reactivated vacant lots, organized play activities and interactive public art installations, which respond to the distinct cultural flavor of each neighborhood. To take place on Payne Avenue between E. 30th St. and E. 40th St. (May 18 - June 9, 2013), and on Lorain Avenue between W. 41st St. and W. 32nd St. (August 24 - September 14, 2013).
Project Partners: Cuyahoga County Public Library, Northeast Shores Development Corporation, St. Clair Superior Development Corporation and others.
Cleveland Public Theatre seeks to build on the momentum that inspired Gordon Square Arts District and energize neighborhoods in the process of revitalization. By commissioning artists to make great performances inspired by neighborhoods, and transforming vacant spaces into exciting new places to make art, we break out of the confines of conventional arts institutions into the community. A dozen performances throughout Cuyahoga County to take place in vacant commercial, industrial and public spaces are planned, beginning in February 2014, culminating with a festival of performances in July 2014 (performances will be free or pay as you can).
Usually the emails from Carl Skalak of Blue Pike Farm are a joy to read and today's was no exception. In a nutshell, Blue Pike Farms is offering a Political Sign buy-back program. They don't care who they are for or how busted they are.
Bring in 50 or more candidate or issue signs and receive 1/2 dozen of Henrietta's favorite Blue Pike Farm free range non-GMO eggs.
100+ signs and you receive 1/2 dozen eggs AND a jar of E Pluribus Apiaries wildflower honey from Blue Pike Farm.
May be dropped off at Blue Pike Farm this week (call the number on the website to make sure someone is there) or at the Coit Rd Farmers Market this Saturday, Nov. 8th, 8.30am til 12.30pm.
*May not be combined with any other offers. Void where prohibited.
Carl plans to use the metal supports for staking plants, if you have a use for the viynl sign itself there is a competition for using them. The best submitted idea get honey and eggs as well (see 100+ sign prize).
Submit ideas to blue.pike.farm@gmail.com with "recycle political sign" in the subject line to be considered.
2012 Competition Exhibition and Awards Reception - Next Friday!
October 26 - 6:00pm-9:00pm
West Catacombs of the Detroit Superior Bridge
2433 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Ohio 44113
All are invited to the free, public Awards Reception and Exhibition where 164 competition submissions from 24 countries around the world will be on display! After a short happy hour and exhibition viewing, Armando Carbonell, Senior Fellow of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will announce the winners of this year's Design Competition. The Awards Reception and Exhibition will be taking place inside the catacombs of the Detroit Superior Bridge.
On October 19th, the 2012 Jury met in Cleveland to review the submissions (check out the jury by CLICKING HERE) and select this years winners. We hope to see you next Friday, October 26th, as we celebrate the 5th year of the Cleveland Design Competition! Beverages (cash bar) and light hors d'oeuvres will be provided.
WHO: Open to Public
WHEN: October 26th, 2012
6:00pm - Exhibition and Happy Hour
7:30pm - Welcome by Eric Wobser, Ohio City Inc.
Announcement of Winners by Armando Carbonell
9:00pm - Exhibition ends
WHERE: 2433 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Ohio 44113
(Enter the bridge from the parking lots at the Cuyahoga County Engineers Office on the Northeast corner at West 25th and Detroit Avenue)
Just a quick reminder that TODAY is the last day you can register for the 2012 Cleveland Design Competition: Transforming the Bridge!
Further instructions related to submitting an entry can be found below and should help clarify any confusion one might have about where to find ALL of the information needed to submit an entry.
Please keep in mind that you MUST Sign Up for Digital Submission if you plan on uploading your submission to the Cleveland Design Competition in lieu of printing and mailing the entry yourself. To do this, you must pay an addition fee to cover printing costs, process described below.
Upcoming dates to keep in mind:
October 1st, Midnight: Registration Deadline (TODAY)
October 12th - Deadline to Sign Up For Digital Submission Process
October 12th, 5:00pm: Submission Deadline
October 26th: Public Exhibition and Awards Reception in Cleveland, OH
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Competition Organizers at info@clevelandcompetition.com.
The two Submission Method options available to each entrant per their preference are:
Option #1 - Digital Submission Method
Option #2 - Print Submission Method
Please be sure to review ALL OF THE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. These are found on the Submit Page - there are TWO tabs, one for each method, please be sure to review the tab for the method you select in its entirety so that you are submitting correctly.
Step 4: (If You Select Opt. #1: Digital Submission Method): Sign Up for Digital Submission and Pay Printing Fee
The Digital Submission Method allows entrants to upload their submission directly to the Competition Organizers who will have the boards professionally printed and mounted in Cleveland, Ohio. Entrants using this submission method must pay an additional $75 to cover the printing costs. This method should be less expensive than an entrant who chooses to pay to print, mount and then ship their submission to the Competition Organizers. In 2011, 87 of the 90 entrants utilized this method. Entrants have until 5:00pm on October 12th to upload their submission.
To sign up for Digital Submission, please CLICK HERE.
Step 4: (If You Select Opt. 2: Print Submission Method): Mail Submission to Cleveland Design Competition
Entrant can choose to print, mount and ship to the Cleveland Design Competition their submission boards. Please keep in mind all submissions mailed to the Cleveland Design Competition must arrive BEFORE the competition deadline listed on the competition website. Submissions post-marked before the deadline which arrive after the deadline will be subject to disqualification.
If you opted to use the Print Submission Method, mailing in your submission is the last step to submitting your entry. You will receive confirmation that your submission has been received the following week.
Step 5. (If You Select Digital Submission Method): Upload your Submission
After you have signed up for Digital Submission via the link above, and the $75 printing fee has been paid, you will be given a password you can use to upload your submission directly on the Competition Website. The upload location can be found at the bottom of the Submit page:
The Cleveland Design Competition invites professionals, students, firms and designers to re-imagine the abandoned lower streetcar level of Cleveland's Detroit-Superior Bridge as a dynamic public space, performance venue and pedestrian experience. At the beginning of 2012, a group of local designers and business leaders launched an initiative called "The Bridge Project" to raise public awareness about the potential of The Bridge and to engage the community for input on opening the lower level for public use. The Cleveland Design Competition has partnered with The Bridge Project to engage designers to propose compelling visions for the permanent use of The Bridge, public access into and passage through the lower level of The Bridge, and connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods.
The Bridge offers tremendous potential for use as a dynamic public space, performance venue, and sheltered bicycle/pedestrian connection over the Cuyahoga River. Designs will provoke public conversation about creative place making in Cleveland and provide innovative ideas for a world-class public space. Winning designs will be selected among entries as best illustrating the possibilities for the future use of The Bridge.
CLICK HERE to check out more information about this year's competition challenge on the new competition webpage.
At the conclusion of the 2012 Cleveland Design Competition, a jury of nationally renowned experts will select submissions to receive the following prizes:
Please pass along this email to any designer, architect, planner or otherwise interested parties that might be interesting in knowing more information, supporting, or entering the 2012 Cleveland Design Competition!
Honestly, yay. The part that scares me is this line "Winning designs will be selected among entries as best illustrating the possibilities for the future use of The Bridge." which in my mind translates "best possible use" to least common denominator. Lets be realistic here (in a weird way), this town is poised for some strange, amazing things to break loose, finally. Lets make some leaps of faith, only the penitent man may pass sort of gesture. Something amazing, something breathtaking, something that the potential jurors will hold each other, gasp "Impossible! But INTRIGUING!" under their breathe and weep with unacclaimed joy. For the love of all things holy, make this more then what you think "architecture" is for, make it powerful.
I probably won't enter, very busy, etc. etc. they don't need my cash money this year. But for those of you who do suck with your proposals, I will not hold back and not punch you in the baby makers for trying to show off your boring ideas to me during cocktails at various events around town, when you typically try to interest me in your boring ideas.
Bike paths (done) - and should most likely be built on the damn bridge anyway, we don't need a competition for that.
Business incubators (done)
Hobo sanctuary (hilarious potential, but done)
Germo-techno-house-dub clubs (seriously, save your ink)
OPEN TO CURRENT MFA STUDENTS AND 2009-11 MFA GRADUATES OF SCHOOLS IN OHIO, MICHIGAN, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, WEST VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND ONTARIO, CANADA
The Sculpture Center is focused this year on the many exceptional artists at our larger region's institutions of higher learning, art schools, colleges, or universities. Our summer exhibitionSculptureX: 6 Sculptors from Ohio and Western Pennsylvania was curated by David Carrier from submissions from 35 schools in that area and is part of the SculptureX.org website, created by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania to serve as a collaborative professional exchange and marketing tool for all schools that want to participate. To launch these endeavors we held the well attended and highly successful SculptureX Symposium #1: The State of Sculpture at the Cleveland Institute of Art in November 2010.
Continuing with this theme of exchange and promotion, The Sculpture Center's call for artists for the annual juried After the Pedestal is being restricted, this one time only, to all current MFA students and 2009 -2011 MFA graduates from studio art programs in Ohio, its contiguous states (Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania) and Ontario, Canada. The artists can be working in all media of sculpture, including installation, conceptual work, and performance video if object based, are eligible. Barbara Hunt McLanahan, Executive Director of the Judd Foundation, is the juror for After the Pedestal. The exhibition will tie in withSculptureX Symposium #2: The State of the MFA, again being held at the Cleveland Institute of Art, on October 15, 2011, free and open to the public.
If you would like to register for the sympsium, please email me your name, school affiliation (if any), interest in participating if you are a graduate student, and email address. More information will be sent to you.
The 2011 Cleveland Design Competition is nowOpen for Registration!!!
We are pleased to announce the 2011 Cleveland Design Competition: A NEW School Vision is now Open for Registration!!!
The 2011 Cleveland Design Competition invites professionals, students, firms and designers from all over the world to submit extraordinary visions for a new K - 12 public school in Downtown Cleveland. At a time when educators are implementing dramatically new ideas in pedagogy, curricula and organization models, the reinvention of learning environments deserves equal attention. The 2011 Cleveland Design Competition presents an opportunity to re-imagine the school and explore how educational facilities must evolve to provide world-class opportunities for learning.
The challenges that education and educational facilities are currently experiencing are not unique to the City of Cleveland. Many cities throughout the world are faced with a growing achievment gap between high performing and poor performing schools. Families from communities with poor performing schools who seek to improve the educational opportunities for their children have little choice but to move to communities where the school districts are better funded, operated and offer more opportunities for academic success. The 2011 Cleveland Design Competition invites designers to re-evaluate prescribed formulas for school planning and design and offer new approaches that support new educational philosophies that will influence better learning environments in the City of Cleveland and around the world.
For 2011, the Cleveland Design Competition has partnered with the Cleveland Metroplitan School District (CMSD) and Cleveland State University (CSU) to solicit ideas for a new innovative school for Campus International School (CIS) in Downtown Cleveland. While Cleveland Design Competition is an ideas-based, single stage competition, our CMSD and CSU competition partners have contributed invaluable information and support developing the competition challenge over the past year. Their involvement has been critical to developing the competition brief as well as selecting a great site that CSU is currently recommending as the future home for the Campus International School. All three partners (CSU, CMSD, CIS) are very excited to see the results!
At the conclusion of the 2011 Cleveland Design Competition, a jury of nationally renowned experts will select submissions to receive the following prizes:
First Place: $5,000.00 USD
Second Place: $2,000.00 USD
Third Place: $1,000.00 USD
The Jury for the 2011 Cleveland Design Competition will be announced on May 27th, 2011. A list of previous nationally renowned jurors can be viewed here.
Download the 2011 Cleveland Design Competition Brief by CLICKING HERE.
Architectural Competitions are usually seen as a technique for unknowns to make a name for themselves, for clients to collect solutions to specific problems or to stave off the boredom of the 9-5 (I loathe Construction Administration work). Lately, while open competitions have arguably been thought a fine way to discover the best starting solution for a client's particular need, the economic downturn has made competition extremely fierce (which is fine) yet also meant that the overtly pragmatic cadence has increased, that is the proffered solutions are more intent on merely complying to the competition brief (with an eye solely on winning) in lieu of experimentation and risk which furthers the profession as a whole.
Conditions magazine is asking for solutions to re-examining architecture competitions in order to alleviate the strain of merely winning the competition.
Ironically this request is held in competition format.
Proposals can be submitted in practically any available format (unavailable formats, ie. from the future or prehistory, may not apply). It should result in a good romp of ideas and I look forward to pondering my own submission (with the proper libation of course) that will save the noble open competition.
Historically the architectural competition has been a testing ground for new ideas. It was understood as a space in which research and development, as well as the creation of critical architectural proposals, were possible. Today, competition architecture has increasingly become a service provision for the jury and a fulfillment of the technical requirements of the brief – in other words, simply what is needed to win the competition. Needs are generating ideas whereas ideas should be generating needs. The outcome is often predictable and conventional, stripping competitions of their significance as a critical tool.
Stimulus - What needs to be changed, and how, in order to make competitions once again a tool for generating new ideas? - What can be changed to improve the interaction between commissioner, client and end-user in the competition process? - How do the mechanisms of competitions affect the built environment? - What is the potential of architecture competitions?
THIS TIME YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS AND YOU GIVE THE ANSWERS
This competition attempts to instigate change by challenging the established in a critical but constructive manner. Join us by contributing the questions not yet asked!There are no fixed requirements regarding submitted material. Entries could be in the form of a text, manifesto, collage, illustration, SMS, image, fax, diagram, installation, paper architecture, runners up, brief, historical material, etc. The essential idea is to explore the potential of the architectural competition – it is up to you how to communicate it. Please address the principle question of how to return to a condition where competitions generate ideas rather than simply deliver solutions. The format and material should be in relation to the concept of your submission.
We challenge experienced architects to take part and share their perspective on the matter.
The jury
- Boris Brorman Jensen (DK), architect, associate professor Århus, Ph.D, Harvard fellow. - Gary Bates (NO / USA), architect, teacher and curator, founding partner of Spacegroup - Markus Miessen (GE / GBR), professor, architect, writer, curator, founding partner of nOffice and Studio Miessen.
The entries will be judged anonymously.
Submitted material should reach us by the 1st of November 2010
1st prize: 2.500 euro Winner & Runner-ups will: - be published in a special competition issue of CONDITIONS - take part in a Scandinavian exhibition - take part in a dialogue how to implement your ideas
Eh? What could that be? Eh? Looking a little familiar is it?
This year I have decided to not wait until the very last second to start thinking about the Cleveland Design Competition and instead at least start developing the canvas upon which my little idea will sprout. I figure building downtown Cleveland in 3D should take me about a week of some evenings and maybe a little fiddling on the weekend (don't hold me to that though, I tend to procrastinate).
I have found that holding my breathe doesn't really make things move faster or occur sooner regardless of what idioms you may hear. This is why I am extremely very excited to announce that registration and the official launch of the third Cleveland Design Competition happens(ed) today, October 5th.
The timeline is already in place and as a slight teaser the scope of the project will include the Lakefront Rail Station, a major component of the 3C rail line, the Medical Mart project and Cleveland's foray into the model sustainable city it claims to want to become.
I for one, am extremely excited.
EXTREMELY.
...and I am going to throw down the gauntlet. If you are an architect/designer and claim to give the slightest crap about Cleveland's future but can't be bothered to take the time to even help a team on a competition hoping to elevate not only the image of the city but the discussion of how we can make our place better through experimenting with design, you need to stop telling people that you are a designer who cares about Cleveland. Action or words buckos.
Innovative designs for schools in Colombia, India, Uganda and the United States also recognized.
September 8th, 2009 – Teton Valley Community School in Victor, Idaho and architecture firm Section Eight [design] receive the top award of the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom. An emerging practice, Section Eight [design] partnered with Teton Valley Community School to design the classroom of the future. Currently based out of a remodeled house, students at Teton Valley Community School are now one step closer to getting a real classroom.
Cindy Riegel, President of the School Board says, "We are thrilled. The evolution of Section Eight's classroom design for the Teton Valley Community School was a truly collaborative process involving students, parents, teachers, and community members. It exemplifies the school's philosophy of real world learning and community engagement."
The need for safe, sustainable and smart classroom design has never been greater. Worldwide, 776 million people are illiterate. With less that six years left to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals the World Bank estimates ten million new classrooms are needed to reach its target on education. In addition, tens of millions of crumbling classrooms ¬ including many in the United States ¬ are in desperate need of upgrading. Meeting this demand for better learning environments will constitute the largest building project the world has ever undertaken.
In response, the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge was launched by Architecture for Humanity and principal partner Orient Global in collaboration with a consortium of other partners from around the world. This truly global initiative invited the architecture, design and engineering community to collaborate directly with students and teachers to rethink the classroom of the future. Designers entering the competition were given a simple mandate: collaborate with real students in real schools in their community to develop real solutions. Collectively more than 10,000 individuals participated in this global initiative.
More than 1,000 design teams from 65 countries registered for the competition. The winning design was selected from more than 400 qualified entries by a team of interdisciplinary online jurors. (See Jury Bios: http://bit.ly/oac09jury) Each design was rated on feasibility, sustainability, and innovation in the learning environment.
"The response to the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge has been remarkable. It has clearly captured people's imagination," said Richard F. Chandler, Chairman of Orient Global. "We congratulate the winning teams and everyone who took part in this international effort. Education is the first step in building prosperity for tomorrow's world. The challenge now is to implement the best of these designs in classrooms across the globe."
Many schools around the world share the facilities constraints faced by the Teton Valley Community School. Operating out of makeshift classrooms converted from residential use, a lack of space and an environment ill-suited for learning impedes students' opportunities. The winning classroom design developed by Section Eight [design] provides cost-effective and sustainable teaching spaces and extends the learning environment beyond the four walls of the classroom. Movable panels allow students to reconfigure their space as needed. The building itself is designed to be a learning tool. The mechanical room, a building component normally closed from view, can be seen from the science lab allowing students to learn how heating and cooling systems function first hand.
Teton Valley Community School will be awarded USD $50,000 to undertake the planning and construction of the winning design, and Section Eight [design] will receive a design grant of USD $5,000 to support the school. The school has begun a capital campaign to raise additional funds needed to build their new campus.
In addition to the overall winner, the competition recognized entries in each of three competition categories: best urban classroom upgrade design, best rural classroom design and best re-locatable classroom design. Three building partners, Rumi Schools of Excellence in India, Building Tomorrow in Uganda and Blazer Industries with The Modular Building Institute in the United States have committed to build classrooms based on these designs.
The Founders Award is awarded to the entry that best exemplifies the aims of Architecture for Humanity and the Open Architecture Network. It was awarded to the entry for The Corporación Educativa y Social Waldorf in Bogota, Colombia
designed by Arquitectura Justa for their integrated approach to providing safe spaces for students to learn and play.
Competition finalists will also receive awards, including software from industry leader Autodesk; SMART Board interactive whiteboard from SMART Technologies; Google SketchUp Pro 7; copies of the book the Third Teacher by OWP/P, VS America and Bruce Mau Design and an honorarium from partner Curriki for the best use of the competition design curriculum.
All the design solutions are now available on the Open Architecture Network for designers and school administrators to learn from and adapt to their own context. An international traveling exhibition of the winning designs and notable entries is set to launch in the fall.
The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University is conducting a yearlong series exploring how to build our future beyond the foreclosure crisis. The foreclosure crisis in Cuyahoga County did not happen overnight. Similarly, the strategies for moving our communities and residents “Beyond Foreclosure” will take time to evolve. Over the coming year, the Levin College Forum will focus on strategies, tactics and projects that are new, creative, environmentally sustainable and invigorating to the marketplace. Challenging times are not new to Cleveland, and on this issue, where no roadmap exists, we have an opportunity to create a new path to our future.
As part of this series we will be having a photo contest. This contest is open to all photographers living in Northeast Ohio. The theme is “Feeding Cleveland” and we are looking for images of the greater Cleveland area that convey the role that urban agriculture has played in feeding Cleveland in difficult and challenging economic times and provide visually ideas for what Cleveland may look like using local agriculture for the reuse of vacant and abandoned land in Cleveland.
Once in a great while a photo emerges that just begs to be edited with all sorts of hi-tech gadetry including digital "enhancements" of the type traditionally only witnessed on CSI:MyFanny.
The original photo was discovered in this delightful Plain Dealer article and well, I just couldn't help myself.
Feel free to take your own stab. If'n you want, put em up on the interweb someplace and post a link in the comments.
See Also is an annual program of the Cleveland Public Library in partnership with Cleveland Public Art that invites artists, designers, and other creative professionals to create temporary public art projects in the Eastman Reading Garden. The program commissions innovative, thought-provoking works of art that add to the Library's already broad range of educational and cultural programming. Each year, one artist or team of artists is selected to exhibit an installation from May until October in this highly visible and beloved space. Eligibility
See Also is open to both established and emerging artists from the Great Lakes Region (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario). Artists may work individually or as part of a team. The program commissions only newly created, site specific artwork. Proposals for the display of existing works of art will not be considered. Location
The Eastman Reading Garden is located in the heart of downtown Cleveland between the Library's historic Main Building and the new Louis Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Pubic Library. For additional site photo and background on the garden, click here. to visit the "completed projects" section on this website. Requirements
Proposals must include the following: • One presentation board on hard foam core of no less than 11x17 inches and no larger than 24x36 inches which clearly depicts your proposal • A brief written statement explaining the theme and project intent • A description of the proposed artwork including recommended location(s) within the garden, materials that will be used, how it will be installed and secured. • An itemized budget covering materials, installation, transportation, and other project-related expenses. Please keep in mind that the budget for the artwork is $15,000 and the selected artist will receive an additional $3,500 artist fee. • Up to 10 digital images of your past work or related experience in jpeg format at 72 dpi on a CD
All proposals must be recieved at Cleveland Public Arts office by 5:00pm on Friday, August 14, 2009 (postmarks are not acceptable). Hand deliveries will be accepted.
Please send all proposal materials to: Cleveland Public Art See Also 1951 West 26th Street, #101 Cleveland, OH 44113
