"City Canvases" planning meeting Friday, Feb. 17 at noon in the Hubbard Room, Russell Library

Open to the public -

Hubbard Room - Russell Library

123 Broad St.

info: arts@middletownct.gov

The City Arts Office and Green Street Arts Center are preparing a grant application to create a 'mural' to highlight our City. The Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) is offering City Canvases, a one time initiative bringing mural-based public art into downtown spaces throughout the state of Connecticut. The initiative is aimed to enhance public spaces through the visual arts and to connect the urban regions of Connecticut with a statewide placemaking initiative. Approximately 10 cities throughout the state will be eligible for funding for the execution of mural-based artworks by Connecticut artists and Middletown is one of them.

Time's ticking though and our next steps are to:

-suggest likely locations for a mural(s) keeping your suggestions to a maximum of 3

-suggest likely themes you'd like chosen, one or two would be maximum

-put your suggestions on an email to the whole group (by replying to all from this email if you like)

This meeting will focus on a choice for the actual site, and theme of the mural. The application is due on February 24th so there is much to do in the short one week left. We're counting on each other to make this a successful endeavor. If you know of others who could or should be included please invite them to the meeting or have them contact me to be added to this list.

Here are the criteria for the application's narrative and these may help you formulate your suggestions:

APPLICATION NARRATIVE

1. Identify the site for the artwork and explain why this site was selected. Indicate how you anticipate the artwork

benefiting the city.

2. Provide an overview of the type of artwork being considered and indicate if it will be a temporary or permanent

work. Also include plans for maintaining and/or the deconstruction of the work as needed.

3. Identify your proposed process for selecting artist(s) along with an overall timeline of the project.

4. Identify marketing/promotion goals and indicate if the project will be linked to any future city events.

We hope to see you there!