Tender for major public art commission for Kirkby Town Centre, Knowsley Borough Council
Deadline: May 24, 2012, 1:00 pm
Tender for major public art commission for Kirkby Town Centre, Knowsley Borough Council
Knowsley MBC are seeking an experienced artist or artist team to work with the project developers and the local community to create permanent artworks for Kirkby town centre.
The available budget is £360,000 to cover three different town centre sites and integrated public realm features.
Timescale: April 2012 - May 2013
Tender response deadline: 1pm Thursday 24th May 2012.
This opportunity will be advertised via ‘The Chest’; which is a North West portal for tender/business opportunities. Please use the following link to register as a supplier, for free, and you will be able to download the tender documentation when it becomes available and receive alerts for future opportunities: www.the-chest.org.uk
Once the contract is published and you have registered on the website, please register interest in the contract by searching for it under current opportunities; for Knowsley. Following receipt of a confirmation e-mail, you will need to access the ‘My Opportunities’ section of the website where you will be able to access and download the relevant documentation in order to respond to this opportunity.
Please post any specific queries about this commission on The Chest.
An artist/artist team will be appointed to engage with local stakeholders, design, produce and install public art which:
- Connects to the local area, its history and heritage
- Relates to the ‘Knowsley Alphabet’ a unique connecting theme for public art across the borough (new and existing)
- Provides enough flexibility to be able to tailor part of it to also reflect local history, heritage and innovative ideas from and about Kirkby
- Contributes to the diversity of experience apparent throughout the development
- Provides opportunities for each piece of work to be conceived as an integral part of the overall scheme
- Initial community research and engagement will take place prior to the artists’ appointment, although the chosen artists will be expected to work closely with the local community and stakeholders to develop the final designs for the artworks
- KMBC officers will liaise with, and support the chosen artist/s.
Commissioned artworks will need to be:
- Original, and of high quality
- Reflect and celebrate the overarching concept which may relate to local heritage, history of the site and its future aspirations
- Fit for purpose, robust, comply with relevant health and safety requirements, low maintenance
Contact: Mrs Victoria Parrott
[email protected]
Telephone: 0151 443 5411
Fax: 0151 443 5407
Address: 7th Floor Kirkby Municipal Building, Cherryfield Drive, Kirkby, Merseyside, L32 1TX
