Call for Public Art Proposals from Curators and Artists (New Zealand)

Wellington City Council funds the research, development, commissioning and implementation of public art activity in Wellington. In this funding round they will give priority to applications that meet one or more of the eight public art outcomes.

Public Art Outcomes

• The Council’s Public Art Policy outlines eight desired outcomes for public art activity, which form the basis for the approval and prioritisation of public art activities in Wellington City. Your proposal should meet one or more of the desired outcomes below:
  • Wellington’s public art activities will be fresh and innovative.
  • Public art activities in Wellington’s suburban centres enhance sense of place.
  • Māori whakapapa and history are expressed in Wellington’s public art activity.
  • The city’s diverse communities are represented through public art activities.
  • Wellingtonians are more engaged in the development of public art activity.
  • The city’s public infrastructure integrates art concepts and/or design features and/or physical artworks.
  • Initiate and implement programmes to communicate and educate people about Wellington’s public art activity.
  • Public art activities directly contribute to social and economic change and urban/suburban
  • revitalisation in Wellington.

Eligibility Criteria

• Projects must:
  • take place within the Wellington ratepaying area.
  • not have started before an application for funding is assessed.
• Eligible projects include:
  • site-specific arts activities that take place in public spaces, including:
    • artists contributing to the thinking and design of public places and spaces.
    • art concepts and/or artworks and/or design features integrated into urban design developments (including buildings, streets and parks).
    • artists working in and with communities in public spaces.
    • art processes and artworks in the public sphere that may be variously described as sculpture, murals, street-art, performance, new-genre public art, relational aesthetics and/or installations.
  • conference/symposium/lecture series.
  • gifts/donations.
• You cannot apply for another Wellington City Council grant, such as the Cultural Grants Scheme, for the same project components, but you can apply to Creative New Zealand or another external organisation for funding.

For more information, visit Wellington City Council.