The Lismore City Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from Bundjalung artists to create a public artwork at the new Lismore Quadrangle.
The $5.8 million dollar Lismore Quadrangle development includes the redevelopment of C Block as the new Lismore Regional Gallery and the construction of a public piazza or town square as well as new carparking and a café.
The proposed public artwork will be located at a key entry point to the Quadrangle – the existing brick wall leading from Keen Street towards the new Lismore Regional Gallery.
Lismore Regional Gallery would like a Widjabul-Wyabul (or Bundjalung) artist to create the work in order to provide strong recognition of the original custodians of the land on which the gallery is being built.
‘This is Bundjalung land and we want to honour and pay tribute to local Aboriginal culture through this public artwork,’ Lismore Regional Gallery Director Brett Adlington said.
‘This artwork will be the first thing people see as they walk toward the gallery and it will set the tone for the whole Lismore Quadrangle space.
‘We are looking for something that is colourful and eye-catching as well as being a reminder that we acknowledge and respect the Bundjalung people, the traditional owners of the land on which we work.’
Artists are first invited to submit an Expressions of Interest outlining their experience, with some initial ideas (not full design) as to how they may approach the project. Three artists will then be shortlisted and paid $500 each to develop a final concept.
Expressions of Interest close on Friday, 10 February 2017.
