Brisbane City Council is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from the local creative sector to deliver 2 exhibitions in Council’s city-wide Outdoor Gallery. This presents an opportunity for 2 separate contractors to deliver one Outdoor Gallery exhibition each.
EOI submissions for the Outdoor Gallery can be submitted through Council’s website, from now until Friday 13 December 2024.
Outdoor Gallery
Brisbane City Council’s Outdoor Gallery transforms Brisbane’s laneways, city streets and car parks into imaginative, curious and engaging spaces. Comprising of light boxes, banners, vitrines, and evening projections, the Outdoor Gallery displays art outside in city streets, rather than inside on gallery walls. 2023 marked 10 years of the Outdoor Gallery program.
Council’s award winning Outdoor Gallery program has been fostering the local creative sector through major, temporary, city-wide exhibitions. Over the years, this program has showcased hundreds of artists and artworks to residents and visitors of Brisbane.
The Outdoor Gallery celebrates Brisbane’s diversity, creativity, and local stories.
The Opportunities
These 2 opportunities are for the curation and delivery of an Outdoor Gallery exhibition, which involves the following items (although not limited to):
- Curatorial
- artist management
- exhibition design
- graphic design
- installation
- communications
- work health and safety
- delivery of walking tours.
Opportunity 1 – May 2025 to October 2025 (curator-led theme)
Council is looking for EOIs from curator/producers to hit the ground running and deliver a high calibre exhibition throughout the Outdoor Gallery program. The curatorial theme for this exhibition will be curator-led.
Opportunity 2 – November 2025 to April 2026 (All Abilities-led exhibition)
Council is seeking EOIs from curator/producers who have the capabilities, experience and networks to curate and deliver an exhibition throughout the Outdoor Gallery program that celebrates local creatives of all abilities.
This exhibition aims to promote, celebrate, and create economic opportunities for our local sector.
Application Process
Please note that this is a two-part process, where incoming EOIs will be assessed against the selection criteria. Three successful suppliers will then be invited to respond to a Request for Proposal (RFP) for each exhibition opportunity. The RFP will not be made available until the EOI process is complete.
For more information and to apply, please visit Council’s website.
Image credit: Still Life Fizz, Frances Powell. As part of Outdoor Gallery exhibition Paradise Gloss. Photography by Joe Ruckli.
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