For Germantown Artists

What Inspires You?



 

The public art component of the Maplewood Mall will offer space for Germantown visual artists to be part of the project.
If you are an artist living or working in Germantown, or associated with a Germantown arts organization, studio space or gallery, we hope you'll consider contributing!
The wood grain ceramic tiles on the top surface of the knee walls will bend over the edge onto the vertical portion of the wall. This skirt/ribbon across the vertical surfaces will include 16 ceramic medallions designed by local Germantown artists.



Submit your idea for a medallion:

What person, place, thing or event from Germantown and its history inspires you?Send us:

1.    A description of something from Germantown that inspires you and 2.    How you might evoke it in an 8" x 10" image. Send a sketch or image to give a sense of the image/composition that you're thinking of. 


Sixteen artists will be selected by a jury that will include members of Germantown's creative community.  The selected artists will be asked to create a more formal/final drawing or image that will be made into a ceramic tile. Artists may make the tiles themselves in a workshop that will be offered to those who are interested, or they may just submit a drawing that will be made into a tile for them.  
A $200 stipend will be given to each of the final artists once their design is complete and the tile has been created. Artists will be recognized in the credits for the project. 


If you are interested in submitting your idea, send your written concept and a rough sketch of the composition/image you would use to evoke your inspiration to jshanker1@gmail.com before February 30, 2020.


If you have questions, please email jshanker1@gmail.com

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