FABnyc Announces FABLES 2014 Public Art Project

Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc) has announced "FABLES," a public art opportunity for artists to explore the Lower East Side's living cultural heritage, rich historical legacies, and current issues in public storytelling through visual art. Four to five artists (or artist teams) will be selected through an open call process by a panel of jurors to produce murals located in outdoor sites throughout the Lower East Side neighborhood.

Project and artist selection will be based upon artistic quality, merit and appeal of content, connection to the community, feasibility of implementation, and contribution to public discourse. Each selected artist will receive between $1,500 to $2,500 as a combined artist fee and production budget. The first FABLES exhibition will launch in April 2014.

Each artwork will be exhibited between 1 and 4 months, and will open within several weeks of each other, creating a 3-month period of sequential public exhibition launches.

Applicant artists must live, work and/or have deep roots in the LES. Ideal applicants will be invested in a story collecting or investigative process that will delve deeply into the neighborhood's legacy and/or current culture. Exhibits are intended to contribute to community identity and sense of place, drawing on the stories of the LES and its residents. This may include memorable cultural experiences, local traditions and collaborations, vanished cultural traditions, new beginnings, or underground movements.

Artwork proposals can include: murals, collages, wheat pastes or other flat medium. In some cases, we would consider interactive new media or projections.

Applications are to be submitted by filling out the form provided at the following website: http://www.formstack.com/forms/?1620525-iixwitPT9M

More information and full Request for Proposals available here: http://fabnyc.org/images/FABLES-Request%20For%20Proposal.pdf.