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St Brendan’s NS school in Blennervillle.
ST Brendan’s NS in Blennerville is looking for someone to design a sculpture for the school grounds at their new building as part of the ‘Per Cent For Art’ Scheme.
The school is inviting submissions for a fixed, permanent sculpture piece that is child friendly, functional (for example a weather shelter), tactile and visually exciting. The total budget for the commission is €19,500.
The sculpture is required to represent the school and the surrounding area’s rich cultural heritage.
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Blennerville has a wealth of marine life, flora, fauna and a marine tradition that goes back to St. Brendan the navigator, Patron Saint of the school. The school crest echoes one of the most remarkable visual features in the village which is the Blennerville windmill.
Applications to include artistic submission responding to the brief, CV, examples of previous recent work (NB detailing scale of work, materials used, budget and timeframe). Photographs of past projects if available.
Submission for this commission must include detailed sketches displaying the proposal from all angles, applicants may wish to include a ‘to scale’ maquette, a detailed budget breakdown, inclusive of all costs, including tax and insurance details (public liability cover indemnifying the school), as well as material and fabrication costs, design costs, artist fee, transport and site costs.
The artist must be tax compliant. Information plaque adjacent to the work detailing title of work, year, commissioners and artists name.
Artists are invited to a site visit to the school on Thursday, December 1 from 4pm to 4:30pm
All submissions to The Principal, St. Brendan’s N.S., Blennerville, Tralee, Co. Kerry by 4pm, Monday, January 9, 2017.
Late applications will not be considered for this competition. Email any queries to info@blennervillens.ie with “Art Project” in the email subject line.
