Ground Mural Installation at Bailey/Baxter Green School Yard

The City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, Providence Parks, Providence Healthy Communities Office, Robert L. Bailey, IV Elementary School, and the Providence Art in City Life Commission invite muralists to design and install an original ground mural to connect the school with a newly developed Baxter Park. The awarded artist or artist team will be engaged in Spring 2022 and will collaboratively install the mural in early September alongside Bailey students, staff, and neighbors.

The crosswalk mural will be installed on Baxter Street between Norwich Avenue and Gladstone Street, connecting the school yard to Baxter Park. Project goals include beautifying the expanded play and learning space, visually linking the school yard and park spaces, providing occasion for a community participatory celebration at the start of a new school year, and creating a new visual identity for the school and park space. The street will be newly paved as of August 2022, and the mural shall be installed between the crosswalk pinstripes.

The total project budget is $16,500, with the awarded artist receiving $15,000 for artist fees and materials. Artists will be selected through a competitive, two-tiered process. Qualified artists must submit their Artist Statement, Resume/CV, and two to five examples of relevant projects by April 25, 2022. Finalists will be invited to develop a site-specific Concept Design and will each receive a $500 proposal fee. The Art Selection Panel will recommend an artist/artist team for approval in June 2022, with public announcement no later than August 1, 2022.

Eligibility: Applicants must be 18 years or older with a home or studio address within the Providence Metro Area (all of Rhode Island and Bristol County Massachusetts). This call is open to graphic designers and muralists only. Applicants must have demonstrated experience with a portfolio consisting of at least one outdoor mural, with preference given for ground mural experience. Providence residents, PPSD graduates, and artists with previous lived experience in Providence, child and youth engagement experience, cultural competency, intercultural modalities experience, and Spanish language skills are preferred. Awarded artists must be able to provide a clean BCI and a Certificate of Insurance for general liability in the amount of $1,000,000.00 naming the City of Providence as additionally insured. Questions about this call must be submitted in writing by April 22, 2022 to Gina Rodriguez-Drix at [email protected] with the subject line "Ground Mural at Bailey/Baxter Green School Yard."