Town Center Art Around Avon

The Town of Avon seeks sculpture artists for the Town Center location of the Art Around Avon Program (2023-2025). This is a prominent outdoor exhibition space on Avon's main thoroughfare with mountain vistas as a backdrop. The selected artist will receive a $2,000 stipend and their work will be on exhibition for up to twenty-four months. The Town will retain 20% of the gross sale price if the work is sold during the exhibition period.

Proposed work must be a minimum of 12 feet tall and a maximum of 20 feet tall, with substantial girth/circumference, and must fit on a 13-foot diameter concrete circular pedestal. The work must be freestanding but attachable to the pedestal, able to withstand high winds and substantial temperature changes, easy to maintain in an outdoor mountain environment, and appropriate in scale for the location.

Applications must include: complete contact information, up to six proposed pieces with 2-5 digital images each and a project statement describing approach and intention, three relevant project references with contact information and 1-3 images each, and a statement regarding any conflicts of interest and litigation in the past five years. Applicants must be Colorado residents, 18 years or older, able to transport work on June 8, 2023, and able to pick up work on May 29, 2025. Installation occurs June 8, 2023, with exhibition running June 9, 2023 through May 29, 2025.