Photo by Ben Williams.
Liverpool City Library is seeking submissions from young artists aged 18-30 for its 1st Annual Borrowed Wall Art Prize. This is an extraordinary opportunity to create art on a very public façade – the library alone receives over a thousand visitors per day.
Artists are encouraged to consider the diversity of the City of Liverpool, and the mural should reflect the contemporary role of libraries as community spaces that are more than books and Doric columns.
The prize represents a concerted effort to encourage youth art and culture in public spaces, offering a $10,000 cash prize for the chosen artist and a further $10,000 for the complete installation. Better still, they’ll do the same thing again all over next year, providing a consistently available, high-profile wall for emerging artists.
The judges include Liverpool City Mayor Ned Mannoun; Tamara Winikoff OAM, Executive Director of NAVA; Numskull; and Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran. Their shortlisted proposals will be displayed in the library to bring exposure to as many young artists as possible.
For details, visit; www.facebook.com/borrowedwall or www.mylibrary.liverpool.nsw.gov.au
