OPEN CALL: THE BIG YARD MURAL

DEADLINE EXTENDED

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED
New deadline: June 1st, 2020

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Friends of Seaside Playground (FOSP) seeks proposals for a temporary mural at
Seaside Playground, located on Rockaway Beach Boulevard and
B109 Street in Rockaway Park, Queens. “The Big Yard”,
as it is known by the kids from Waterside Children’s Studio School (WCSS),
is a jointly operated outdoor recreational area used by over 700 students
daily and is open to the rest of the community outside of school hours. 


FOSP is a grassroots organization dedicated to organizing free events for the community
and advocating for the reconstruction of Seaside playground.
Through planting and cleaning events and by collaborating with artists,
educators and community organizations, we aim to
energize and bring awareness to the poor conditions of the space.
FOSP seeks to engage local residents and encourage our children to get
involved with their community, care for their park and environment.
We have collected input from the community during each of our events
to determine what improvements they would like to see on the playground, which has been
presented as the community’s vision to the Queens Borough President and local council to
request capital funding for the reconstruction of Seaside Playground.


For the Big Yard Mural project, we invite artists to submit a proposal
to create a temporary mural that will be painted in collaboration with the students
of WCSS as well as local residents through a community painting day.
All submissions will be reviewed by a committee composed of project
organizers from FOSP, WCSS, the 7G Foundation, Rockaway Hotel,
NYC Parks and a community representative from Rockaway Artist Alliance. 


The selected artist will receive an artist fee of $10,000
in addition to a materials budget of up to $4,500.

This project is made possible by our funding partners The Rockaway Hotel,
7G Foundation and a Citizens Committee for New York City grant awarded to FOSP.

Questions should be directed to friendsofseasideplayground@gmail.com.
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