Augusta GA Sculpture Commission - Twiggs Circle: History of Augusta's Black Medical Community

The Greater Augusta Arts Council is requesting proposals from qualified sculptors or artist teams to create a unique, durable, low-maintenance, meaningful, and beautiful sculpture to be placed in the center of the fully landscaped Twiggs Circle traffic roundabout. The sculpture is intended to last for 50 years minimum in good condition and must incorporate and interpret the theme of the History of Augusta's Black Medical Community. The purpose of the sculpture is to create a highly visible, beautiful, and meaningful addition to the Golden Blocks public history through public art place-keeping project, which highlights the rich cultural legacy of the historically Black neighborhoods of Laney Walker and Bethlehem.

The location is a traffic circle with well-maintained landscaping at GIS coordinates 33.459462684591614, -81.97592131373877. The City of Augusta will provide a 4 inch high poured concrete pad of the diameter required by the commissioned sculptor. The sculptor is responsible for providing a minimum 5 foot high base of durable and sturdy material to elevate the sculpture above the top of the vegetation. Installation is scheduled for December 2022.

The selected artist will receive a stipend of $15,000 to cover all expenses associated with the envisioning, creation, transport, and installation of the sculpture. Artists are strongly encouraged to research the history of Augusta's Black Medical Community, including the book "Segregated Doctoring: Black Physicians in Augusta, Georgia, 1903-1952" by Leslie J. Pollard Sr. The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is located at 1116 Phillips Street in Augusta, GA. For in-depth questions about Black History in Augusta, contact Corey Rogers, Historian at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum, at 706-724-3576 or [email protected]. Artists may apply up to 5 times with separate proposals; each application must be for one individual design. Applications containing multiple proposal designs will be disqualified. Work sample requirements: minimum 2 images, maximum 10 images.