Unique Opportunity to Create Sculpture Using Unique Materials

Sculpture Digest | March 11, 2016 | Commissions & Competitions

Colorado School of Mines, CoorsTek Center Unique Call for Entries

Summary: Qualifications are requested from artists and/or artist teams interested in creating a site-specific public artwork for the CoorsTek Center on the campus of the Colorado School of Mines, utilizing a unique variety of materials produced in the CoorsTek factory in Golden, Colorado.

Budget: $50,000

Deadline: March 11, 2016, 11:59pm MST

How to apply: via CaFÉ

Eligibility Requirements: this call for entries is open to legal residents of the United States

Special Notes: The Public Art Selection Committee has determined that they would like to see a public artwork that utilizes the variety of unique materials produced by CoorsTek, in order to honor the history of the relationship between CoorsTek and the Colorado School of Mines. This is an exciting opportunity, as the selected artist will have the chance to work closely with CoorsTek to use these materials in the artwork. The materials will be donated, and artist will have the opportunity to use both scrap materials from the factory and possibly have new materials fabricated to the artist’s specifications by the factory.

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