The Connective Corridor in partnership with VPA’s School of Design is pleased to announce a call to SU design students for proposals for a two-part mural to be installed on the Warehouse.

The two installations will include a large horizontal wall facing West Street and a smaller wall near the Washington Street entrance. Applicants are invited to submit work based on principles of creative placemaking. Designs should reflect student creativity and connectivity in ways that help the community see how students and programs in the Warehouse are infusing the city with life.

Proposals must include a conceptual drawings that speak to the entire scope of the project, a rendering of a selection of the mural depicting the graphic style that will be used throughout, as well as the other material listed below. Judges will consider the artist’s ability to complete the work, therefore more complete renderings will hold more weight with the judges. The selected student or student team must work with the Connective Corridor office and School of Design to complete the artwork, and assist in the review and approval process with the Syracuse Public Art Commission. The final design will be professionally installed by an independent contractor working with the Connective Corridor office.

Please read the design brief for complete contest details and download the Adobe Illustrator files for submission.  Links are provided below.

Click here to download Adobe Illustrator templates

Click here for project brief with detailed application information

$1,500 grand prize to the winning student or student team

Open to all current students of:

• Communication Design
• Industrial and Interaction Design
• Environmental and Interior Design
• Fashion Design
• M.F.A. Collaborative Design
• M.A. Museum Studies

Contest timeline:

• Submission deadline – Feb. 16, 2015
• Winner announced – March 2, 2015
• Completed winning artwork due – May 22, 2015
• Winning design installed – Summer 2015

Site 1 – West St. Wall

Site 2 – Washington St. Entrance

The following MUST be included within the application to be considered

• Name, program of study, class standing
• Project description, including artist’s rationale and/or intention for the proposed work
• Conceptual drawings of proposed artwork and sample rendering of graphic style
• Drawings or images showing artwork in relation to the dedicated walls
• Description of material and application process
• Example of any relevant past work completed by the artist (past experience is not required)

Applications will be judged by a panel of SU alumni, SU faculty/staff, and local community members. Winning artwork will also go before the Syracuse Public Art Commission which will evaluate applications based the following criteria based on SPAC’s criteria:

• Artistic merit and quality, as substantiated by an artist’s past history of exhibitions or sales, awards or other recognition, or an outstanding first work, as well as the inherent quality in terms of timelessness of vision, design, aesthetics and excellence;
• Artist’s ability to complete work, does scope of the proposed work seem possible within the suggested timeline;
• Intentionality of the artist, concerning the meaning and proposed or desired effect of the work as public art upon the viewing public, as rationalized and elaborated upon in the project description;
• Local significance, creating a sense of excitement in public spaces and presenting fresh ways of seeing the community and city reflected;
• Representation of Warehouse programs, how the artwork represents the various programs of the Warehouse
• Safety and durability, including the ability of the artwork to withstand weather conditions, as well as structural and surface integrity

Applications may be submitted electronically (PDF) or by hand no later than 12PM Feb. 16, 2015.  Questions:  corridor@syr.edu or qdfletch@syr.edu

Open and read the design brief for details on how to submit.