Rutgers University
RFQ: Monuments to Migration and Labor, NJ
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- Budget: Each artist’s budget will be $75,000
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Eligibility: This opportunity is open to artists and artist teams residing in the United States with an interest in and/or previous work relating to labor, immigration, and migrant communities. Artists who are part of migrant and immigrant communities are encouraged to apply. The selected artist will also have experience executing ideas from concept to completion and meeting a specified budget and timeline. Previous experience creating work for the public realm is preferred.
Monuments to Migration and Labor: The New Jersey Im/migrant Laborers’ Monument Project invites artists to apply to create one of three temporary Monument Installations that honor immigrants’ and migrants’ contributions to the state of New Jersey as laborers. Each selected artist will be assigned to one of the state’s three regions (North Jersey, Central Jersey, or South Jersey) and will create a temporary monument installation that is responsive to and inspired by extensive community dialogues that will be conducted by trained facilitators in each region.
Each region’s monument will reflect that region’s specific histories, and address the unique concerns, perspectives, and stories that participants in the community dialogues have identified as relevant to the present moment. Monument installations must have a physical presence in a publicly accessible outdoor location and must remain on view for at least four months.
More Information: njmml.com