Deadline for application: September 13, 2010.

The Winnipeg Arts Council invites professional artists to submit expressions of interest for a permanent, contemporary artwork using elements of water and light in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This is a national and international competition for a major artwork to mark the designation of Winnipeg as the Cultural Capital of Canada for 2010, a program of the Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage.

This project will be the largest public artwork to be undertaken in Winnipeg to date. Winnipeg’s Public Art Program includes permanent installations in several locations in Winnipeg, a unique community art initiative and an artist-in-residence component.

Budget: $575,000.

Interested artists must submit a complete application package to be considered. Please visit http://www.winnipegarts.ca for full details including eligibility criteria, application requirements and to download the Call-to-Artists as well as site plans and images.

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