
Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
Indiana University Kokomo is planning a mural, approximately ten feet (10’) x sixty feet (60’), to be a permanent part of the Student Activities and Events Center on campus, opening in September, 2020.
There will be a competition to select an artist to design and oversee this production work of art. The selected artist will be paid a commission of up to $20,000, to cover all the artist's expenses, including materials, design fabrication, personal expenses, transportation, self-insurance, and oversight of the mural’s installation on the site.
Any artist who resides in the State of Indiana is eligible for consideration. Initial screening will not require a completed project. Up to five finalists will be selected from the entrants. The finalists will be paid $300 each to develop and present a proposal for the painting. Detailed drawing and specifications should be included in the final proposal. A panel of five judges will make a recommendation to the IU Kokomo Mural Committee, with whom the final decision rests.
In order to have access to the mural for cleaning, the IU Kokomo mural will be painted on six panels, each measuring ten feet (10’) x ten feet (10’). The artist can choose the paint medium, taking into consideration that the mural will be in a public and possibly crowded space filled with natural light.
The specific content of the mural will be determined by the members of an expansive committee, but the overall themes will focus on the natural and built environments of northcentral Indiana, origins of the IU Kokomo campus, higher education and students, industry, citizens, historic figures, and broad themes of societal relationships, shared history, and cultural elements.
Indiana University Kokomo 75th Anniversary Mural
Eva R. White, Ph.D.
The Mural Design and Content
The organization and use of oral histories from different eras (Coming of Age: a good resource).
3 sections: Then, Now, Future from Seiberling era to today and beyond; identity migration from local to global, from local to multicultural to meet the growing needs of the community.
Diversity
Section One: Then
The Phoenix sculpture
Secton Two: Now
Section Three: Future
Use a famous quote about the future, instead of the oral histories we’re using in the two previous sections
Mural References
Please provide your name, address, email, website URL, and cell phone number. You must submit a minimum of five examples of your recent work with a maximum of twelve selections in a digital file. Please include the title, date, medium and size for each image. The artist's name should not appear on the images(s). Provide resume (not to exceed two pages). Resume must include three references.
Call for submissions has closed.
Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
Judging begins April 13, 2020
Selection of finalists April 30, 2020
Presentation of final proposals May 18, 2020
Final selection June 3, 2020
Due to corona virus the jury selection process has been delayed. All communication will be conducted through alternate methods.
Indiana University Kokomo
765-453-2000