Street art projects to enhance three areas in west Mayo town

MAYO County Council is seeking tender applications from artists to enhance three areas of Westport with community murals/street art.

The aim is to provide an attractive new look for each site and inspire community respect.

The council's Westport-Belmullet Municipal District Office has recently received funding to both upgrade Westport skate park and address the recent increase of graffiti in the town.

The council is seeking tender applications from suitable qualified artists to enhance three areas with community murals/street art. The artist commission offered is between €2,000 and €7,000 per project.

Project sites are Westport skate park, the town greenway under-passes, and the new concrete swimmers shelters at The Point (due to be installed during September).

The ultimate aim of the projects is to provide a durable attractive new look for each site while also inspiring community respect for and enjoyment of each setting. The participation of local communities will be important, notably that of school children and teenagers.

The design process and the finished work itself should aim to inspire an anti-vandalism and non-bullying ethos, and perhaps art or environmental awareness or similar. Paintwork itself must be relatively simple, e.g. in flat colour, for future maintenance purposes.

Artists with experience of working with community groups will have an advantage. Artists without such experience could, however, submit a proposal that includes the input of a community facilitator.

Full details of the projects and tendering requirements, etc., are available on the council website. Tenders must be submitted in PDF form to nangley@mayococo.ie by no later than 5 p.m. on October 9.

Artworks must be completed by the end of April 2024, with one project ideally completed by the end of this year.

Full details at: https://www.mayo.ie/news/westport-public-art-2023-24.