The Wilson Street Public Art Project

Request for Pre-Qualifications (RFPQ)

The City of Guelph invites artists and artist teams with established public art experience to submit their credentials, examples of prior experience and a preliminary vision for the development and execution of a site-specific, permanent, outdoor art installation as part of the Wilson Street Reconstruction project.

This is a two-stage competition. The first stage is a Request for Pre-Qualifications (RFPQ). Design concepts are not required at this time.

Following the Selection Committee’s review of the submitting artists’ qualifications, three artists will be short-listed and invited to develop their concept proposals and present them to the Selection Committee for consideration.  An honorarium of $1500 will be awarded to short-listed artists.

Budget: $90,000 CAD

Eligibility Requirements: Open to professional artists and artist teams.

Deadline: Monday January 29, 2018

Installation: Spring 2019

For more information on how to apply, please visit http://www.guelph.ca/wilsonart">www.guelph.ca/wilsonart