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Contact: Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications & Marketing Director
Phone 952-833-9520 • Fax 952-826-0390 • Web www.CityofEdina.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Public Art Committee issues Call for Sculptors
Edina, Minn., Jan. 5, 2010 – The Edina Public Art Committee is accepting proposals from artists
around the country who would like their sculptures included in a major outdoor exhibit to be
displayed from June 2010 through May 2011.
Sculptures are displayed annually on the Edina Promenade and Grandview Square Park. The Edina
Promenade is a 1.5-mile paved pedestrian and bike pathway system stemming from Centennial Lakes
Park. The Promenade includes extensive landscaping and multiple plazas for public art. Grandview
Square Park is just south of the Edina Community Library and Edina Senior Center and is
surrounded by residential units and office buildings. Three pods, each six feet in diameter, are
designated for sculpture there.
The sculptures are owned by the sculptors and loaned to the exhibit. An honorarium of $500 will
be paid to each exhibitor. If funding is available, a “People’s Choice” awards program will be held,
with the winners receiving cash prizes.
Sculptors may submit proposals for up to two of their original sculptures. The City of Edina has
provided concrete pads and/or pedestals. The artist must be willing to install and remove the work
and must insure or self-insure it.
Applications must be postmarked by March 31. The Public Art Committee will notify artists selected
for the exhibit by April 16. Art must be delivered and installed May 24-31, 2010, and picked up by
May 15, 2011.
The Edina Public Art Committee is a committee of the Art Center Board. For more information on
the Committee or Call for Sculptors or to obtain an application, visit www.EdinaPublicArt.org.
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