Artist Call - closes May 15 -
Artist Call - closes May 15 -
After years of work, planning, fundraising, collaboration with and support from the City, the Granite Falls Dog Park is finally open! In preparation for a ribbon-cutting this spring, we would like to commemorate the work and dedication of the Dog Park Committee through the creation and artistic wrapping of a bench for dog-lovers and park-lovers to enjoy.
The Committee will provide photographs of their beloved dogs who inspired them to pursue the Dog Park project, and the chosen artist will create a piece celebrating all nine dogs in their own artistic style.
The bench will be wrapped in vinyl printed with the work of the chosen artist. The artist will retain ownership of the original physical piece once it has been scanned / photographed for the vinyl wrap, and invited to display it in the Riverside Gallery at the KK Berge building in downtown Granite Falls for one month. (The artist may choose whether to list the piece as for sale.)
Artist Stipend: $500. All visual mediums and all artists welcome.
Community Artist in Residence Program
Granite Falls, MN
Take a look around to read more about it!
Photo Credit: David Lundquist. 2023 GF CAIR Ellen Ogden in her six-month residency in Granite Falls.
Components of a Collaborative Community Program Design include:
Community Artist - 6 month residency, May - November, embedding in, working with and serving the community of Granite Falls MN
Local Host: Granite Area Arts Council (GAAC) - “Building Community Through Art”
The City as a Partner - sharing insight into town initiatives and municipal structure, staff hours and resources, local knowledge, financial partner, information access, program design oversight, and an office in City Hall.
Community Partner Organizations - community support, fundraising partners, institutional knowledge, volunteer hours, bridge building, connection, local materials, youth & elder engagement, and sharing resources together.
Advisory Board - an active, diverse and apolitical board of local community members, working together to select the artist and advise the staff on the current and potential futures of the program. This is a critical component to a healthy and effective program: the Board functions as community voice and oversight, guiding the ship of the program to serve community wants and needs.
Support Staff - efficient, accountable, paid part-time cohort devoted to serving the community and the program, building a sustainable future for both, and sharing information openly with anyone and everyone.
Resource Guide - to be shared with Granite and other communities around the globe starting Winter 2023. This will be in the form of a clear program blueprint designed to be adapted and replicated in other interested communities, building a new engaged community network with Granite Falls at the center.
The Resource Guide is a deliverable promised in a polished, publishable form in 2023, and will clearly lay out the thoughts, processes, and all the nitty gritty behind the experiment that is this program. It will be available in print and virtual form.
The Community! - a community artist program requires by definition community participation and feedback.