City Hall Call for Art
To commemorate the opening of the new Columbia Heights City Hall, the City of Columbia Heights is announcing a call for art. The call for art will be an artist’s interpretation of the City of Columbia Heights poster series, which can be found here.
The City of Columbia Heights is looking for a wide range of art styles for the poster series. The goal is to have each poster in a different medium.
For those looking to apply, please fill out the form here. Please include which style of medium, which three posters you’d like to replicate (you may be selected for one, two, or three posters depending on the number of applicants), and a sample of your work in that medium.
Art Style Suggestions:
Any two-dimensional medium such as painting, drawing, collage, print-making, and mixed-media. These designs would be frameable/hangable art pieces.
Posters:
Castle Heights
Clock Tower
Heights Theater
Heritage Tower
Huset Park
Kordiak County Park
Ostrander Park
Public Safety Building
Silver Lake Beach
Information for Applicants:
Artists will be given a stipend of $300 per each poster
The piece must be placed in a 24”x36” black frame
The piece will be hung at City Hall with the artist’s name on display next to the artwork
Timeline:
July 28 – Deadline for submissions
July 31 – City staff will contact the artists selected for the project
Aug 14 – Deadline for artists to submit final pieces
Aug 17 – Artwork on display for the open house
For any questions, please get in touch with Will Rottler at 763-706-3614 or wrottler@columbiaheightsmn.gov.
7-10-2023