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Summit County Artscape – Summit County’s Outdoor Public Art Gallery Call to Artists Application Deadline: Monday, May 5, 2014 Installation: Monday, May 12 to Monday, June 16, 2014 People’s Choice Award Purchase: Up to $1,500.00 Attention: Metal, Stone & Wood Sculptors, Bench Artists, Environmental & Architectural Artists, sculpture students, schools and institutions of higher education Summit County and the City of Coalville, Utah, are pleased to announce a Call for Entries for the 2014-2015 outdoor public art sculpture gallery, Summit County Artscape. This public art exhibit is open to all artists who wish to be considered to show their work on Main Street, Coalville, Utah, from May 12, 2014-April 30, 2015. The City of Coalville will purchase one piece of sculpture (up to $1,500) out of all the accepted entries displayed in Coalville for this year’s exhibit period. The winner of the People’s Choice Award is chosen through voting held online and with paper ballots. This year’s show will be accepting up to eight outdoor sculptures for Coalville, Main Street. This is a chance to market your work in Coalville’s new Pocket Park at 55 Main Street, in front of the Summit County Courthouse, and other highly visible locations on Main Street and around town. Coalville entertains thousands of visitors every year who attend the Summit County Fair and rodeo, the National Triple Crown Girls’ Fast Pitch Softball Tournament, family reunions, and other events throughout the year. Your piece will be publicized as part of the Artscape program through press releases and photographs on the county website. Pieces need to be ready to install and sustainable outdoors without maintenance for one year. Transportation is the responsibility of the artist. Coalville City will label the work with artist name and phone number, title of the work, and price. Coalville City will provide a cement pad base and bolts or tack welding for installation of the piece. For more technical specifications about installation and insurance, and for an application form go to http://www.summitcounty.org/publicart/ Summit County Artscape will host a variety of artwork introducing viewers to many different artists and their artistic approaches. Works that exhibit a Summit County “sense of place” are encouraged, but not required. One goal of Artscape is to add at least one piece to the exhibiting municipality’s permanent collection each year. Selection of the piece will be accomplished by on-line voting for the “Peoples Choice Award ” and by paper ballot at Coalville City Hall and the County Courthouse. The City of Coalville will spend up to $1,500 to purchase the People’s Choice Award winner. To apply, artists should send one completed application form per entry along with a digital image(s) (jpg) of the existing work(s) or an artistic rendering of a proposed work to: [EMAIL REDACTED] Questions: Call (435) 640-0682