Halton Borough Council is seeking up to 5 mural artists and 5 performance artists to work alongside Halton’s Arts Development Team to deliver the Going Underground Project.

Castlefields is a housing estate in Runcorn that has undergone considerable regeneration over the last 5 years. They are seeking to commission artists to work alongside local groups, residents and other artists to create a permanent mural in 5 subways.

Each subway will be allocated an artistic team comprising:

• lead visual artist;
• lead performance artist;
• shadowing intern artist.

Visual artists¨

The role of the visual artist will be to liaise with the local groups that will be working with the lead performance artist to create a small performance in the subway. The lead artist will create a mural that reflects the ideas and creative input of participants. As a permanent piece, the artist must provide a protective anti graffiti coating to ensure the piece is durable to expected conditions. The artist is also responsible for their own public liability insurance working with participants and ensuring risk assessments for their work are carried out.

The budget for the visual artist per subway is £3500. This fee is inclusive of materials. For more information and a full project brief and application pack please contact The Arts Development Team on 0151 907 8360 or email louise.hesketh@halton.gov.uk

performance artists

The role of the performing artists will be to work with a group of local residents to create a performance scheduled for autumn 2011. This process will compliment the work of the visual artists in the creation of the subways permanent mural. The performance can be any, or any combination of disciplines (music, dance, theatre, poetry circus etc). The lead performance artist will also contribute to the CPD opportunities provided to the assistant intern artist. Technical support for the performance will be provided by Halton’s Arts Development Team.

The budget for Performance Artists per subway is £1000. This fee is for 10 hours contact time with participants, delivery of a 5 – 10 minute long performance in the subway and preparation time outside sessions. For more information and a full project brief and application pack please contact The Arts Development Team: 0151 907 8360 or email martin.cox@halton.gov.uk
Closes Friday 3 February 2012

Each subway is a separate commission. You may apply for one or all 5 subway of the commissions.