Public art commission for Worcester's Royal porcelain works

Concepts

• art
• worcester
• museum of royal worcester
• worcester's royal porcelain
• public art commission
• gbp artist commission fee
• specific public artwork
• worcester city council
• original work of public art
• royal porcelain works

Location

Description

Worcester City Council, the Museum of Royal Worcester and the Royal Porcelain Works are seeking to commission an original work of public art to respond Worcester Citys world renowned porcelain heritage. The prominent site specific public artwork or artworks will use creative approaches to celebrate Worcester porcelain, its history and special material qualities. The new public artwork will sit within the environs of the Museum of Royal Worcester and will surprise, delight and raise awareness and appreciation of the Citys porcelain heritage. The successful artist or artist collective will be provided with A 75,000 GBP artist commission fee and the opportunity to create a prominent site specific public artwork or artworks using creative approaches to celebrate Worcester porcelain, its history and special material qualities Time to engage with the largest collection of Worcester porcelain in the world and associated rich archive held at the Museum of Royal Worcester to inspire and inform their ideas and the resulting installation The opportunity to engage with local residents, site stakeholders, ex factory workers and other networks to develop and inform the project Liaison with site partners, funders and stakeholders, and project management and marketing support

CPV Codes

• 92311000 - Works of art
• 92312000 - Artistic services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

For full details of the project, the commissioning process, and the terms and conditions, please see the link to the Councils website below. The application must adhere to the requirements set out in the Artists Brief and be submitted by email as a single pdf document. Proposals must be emailed to the procurement email box see link below by 12pm on Monday 31 July 2023. Proposals must be emailed to procurement@worcester.gov.uk by 12pm on Monday 31 July 2023. Link to opportunity on Councils website https://www.worcester.gov.uk/planning/heritage/public-art-commission-for-worcest...