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The Nashville Civic Design Center, in partnership with the Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville, announces a Call to Artists seeking submissions for artwork depicting the “Nashville of the Future.”

The resulting piece should be reflective of the efforts of the citizens of Nashville to make their city a more beautiful and functional city for all; a celebration of the hard work of the citizens of Nashville in the creation of The Plan of Nashville.

The competition is part of the activities scheduled to celebrate The Plan of Nashville, released in 2004. The winners of the competition were announced February 18, at a special Urban Design Forum at the Rymer Gallery


COMPETITION INFORMATION


Background
Eligibility
Specifications
Submission Process
Submission Deadline
Selection Process
Competition Timeline
Prizes and Awards
Registration Form

BACKGROUND
The Plan of Nashville is a community-based vision of how the urban core of Nashville should look and work in the twenty-first century. 

The Plan was conceived and orchestrated by the Nashville Civic Design Center, which is committed to the practice of urban design. This three-dimensional discipline integrates streets and buildings, land use and transportation—a new approach for Nashville.

During the visioning process of The Plan of Nashville, consensus emerged regarding Ten Principles to guide public policy, development practice, urban planning, and design.

In the years since the publication of The Plan of Nashville, there have been many initiatives and developments that have found inspiration in the document and its Ten Principles. One of the most notable has been the creation of The Green Ribbon Committee for environmental sustainability, by Mayor Karl Dean in June of 2008, to provide recommendations for making Nashville “the greenest city in the Southeast.” In June 2009, the Committee released its findings in the report, Together Making Nashville Green.  The Report presents a series of 16 goals and 71 recommendations, and is based on the input of the citizens of Nashville.

Submissions will illustrate ideas of what our city will look like in 2054, fifty years after the publication of The Plan of Nashville. Did we convert the inner loop of interstates into boulevards? Did we succeed in our sustainability goals?

Entries will be on display during the Fifth Anniversary Celebration of The Plan of Nashville. Winning entries will be announced at the event, on Tuesday, 3 November. The top submissions will be featured on the competition webpage, in an exhibit at the Nashville Civic Design Center, and as a portion of The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City Update, to be released in 2010. 

 

ELIGIBILITY
The contest is open to anyone who is interested in sharing his or her ideas of “the Nashville of the Future.” Submissions by teams or individuals will be accepted. The fee for entering is $25 per person. Please make sure to include the names of all team members in the submission materials.

SPECIFICATIONS
Any medium is allowed; the finished project must measure less than 36”x 36”x 36.” Entries should include ideas from five of the Ten Principles of The Plan of Nashville. A description of the piece (500 words or less), and describing the five Principles illustrated is also required.

All entries must be the original work of the entrant. All entries become the property of The Nashville Civic Design Center. Winning entrants grant the Nashville Civic Design Center the right to reproduce images of their work on the NCDC’s website and in other digital and printed materials.

 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
All submittals must be received no later than Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time

 

SELECTION PROCESS
The winning entry (or entries) will be selected by a panel of jurors from Nashville’s arts community and/or familiar with The Plan of Nashville.

Jurors: 

Jack Becker, president and CEO of Cheekwood Botanical Gardens 

Sandra Duncan, Public Art Program Manager, Metropolitan Arts Commission

Christine Kreyling, Author

 

SUBMISSION PROCESS
Entrants must submit via email or fax notification of intent, available for download here to Stephanie McCullough at the Nashville Civic Design Center. All entrants will then be given a number identifying their submittal.

Please submit the following materials to the address below:

• Artwork in any format, measuring 36”x36”x36”
• Description of artwork, 500 words or less, including a description of the five principles used.
• Up to three digital scans or photos of the artwork. Submit only high-quality JPEGs on a CD with 800 x 600 pixels maximum width and height respectively. Each file should be titled with artist’s assigned code, obtained when registering with the Nashville Civic Design Center. Both the disc and the case must be labeled with the assigned code.
• Copy of registration form sealed in an envelope. For team submissions, please include the names of all team members on the entry form.
• $25 entry fee per person
  

Submittals should not contain any names or personal information. The identifying number, given at the time of registration, should be attached to the submission.

Any questions or requests for additional information should be submitted to Stephanie McCullough at stephanie@civicdesigncenter.org

Mail or deliver submissions to:

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
All submittals must be received no later than Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time
 

SELECTION PROCESS
The winning entry (or entries) will be selected by a panel of jurors from Nashville’s arts community and/or familiar with The Plan of Nashville. Jurors will be listed on the website.

COMPETITION TIMELINE

Competition announced by  Mayor Karl Dean	Thursday, 27 August, 2009
Entries due to Nashville Civic Design Center office by 5:00 p.m. CST	Wednesday, 13 Janurary, 2010
Jurors select winning entries	Week of January 18, 2010
Winners announced	Februrary, 2010
Exhibit of top entries	February 2010 -

 

PRIZES AND AWARDS
First Prize: $1000, and a limited edition print of Phil Ponder's latest Nashville Skyline, titled "Nashville Adventure"

Second Prize: $250

Selected entries will be part of an exhibit at the Nashville Civic Design Center, beginning February 2010