Arts Daily / Call for Entries: Public Art Opportunity – Virginia Beach, VA

Call for Entries: Public Art Opportunity – Virginia Beach, VA

Request for Qualifications | Historic Kempsville Public Art Opportunity – City of Virginia Beach, VA

The City of Virginia Beach, in collaboration with the Historic Kempsville Citizens Advisory Committee, is accepting qualifications from professional artists or teams of artists for a public art opportunity in the Historic Kempsville area.

Artist Budget: $125,000
Deadline: 31 Aug 2023

The RFQ represents an opportunity for an artist or team of artists to create a dynamic, site-specific work that reflects the historical significance of the Kempsville area including the histories of many cultures who reside there.

The selected artist or team will design and fabricate an iconic, meaningful artwork to inform and educate about the unique sense of place of this area, with the intention of building a bridge between the remains of its past and the vibrant prospects for its future.