Stockham Farm Development
Deadline: February 18, 2016, 9:00 am
Vale of White Horse District Council are looking for an artist to design and make a unique and interactive sculptural features which contributes to and enhances the 5 play area and public open spaces within the development. Work with the new residents and the neighbouring school is essential.
Vale of White Horse District Council adopted a percent for art policy in 1993 and encourages developers to utilise this opportunity to benefit the overall design of the buildings and public spaces created. The current policy for public art is set out in the Supplementary planning Guidelines for the 2006 local plan. Public art is always publicly visible, bespoke for the given location and made by a professional artist.
In the case of the development at Stockham Farm, Grove, the developers, Bovis Homes, have contributed funds to the district council public art policy and would like to work with local residents on the site of the new houses and the neighbouring school (Fitzwaryn School).
Aims of the commission
- To design and make a unique and interactive sculptural features which contributes to and enhances the play area and public open space within the development.
Objectives
- Create a unique and distinctive feature that is of high quality: work which is durable and easy to maintain and which integrates with the functional requirements of the immediate area.
- Explore artistic work that strengthens the personality and identity of the development, in an innovative and engaging way, drawing in local natural history, geology, and surrounding landscape for inspiration.
- To use the process of design and creation to help residents for a residents group and find a voice to help shape their community through the arts and involve the neighbouring school
Budget £35,000
Deadline 18th February 2016
For more information download the full brief below.