NSW ARTISTS SOUGHT FOR SYDNEY METRO ART

NSW artists are invited to register their interest to design new public artworks for glass panels at 10 of Sydney’s Southwest Metro stations.

Create NSW and Sydney Metro will select 10 artists (or artist groups) for 10 separate paid commissions of up to $25,000 each that will be realised as semi-transparent artworks, embedded in glass panels across the upgraded stations between Marrickville and Bankstown.

Minister for the Arts and Aboriginal Affairs Don Harwin praised the project for both its timing and the opportunity to reflect and celebrate the diverse communities along the Bankstown Line, including a focus on First Nations artists for Canterbury and Punchbowl stations.

“Given the current circumstances, this is an opportune time for artists to be involved with paid commissions that will breathe creative and cultural life into stations with works that will be experienced by so many on a daily basis,” Mr Harwin said.

Artworks will be digitally printed on to transparent interlayer film and laminated between glass panels.

Following a four-week EOI process, shortlisted artists or artist groups will each be paid $3,000 for their creative conceptualisation against a provided brief.

Expressions of interest are open until 5pm, 5 May 2020. Further details of the project and conditions of entry can be found online.