City of Richland

Call for Artists and Entry Guidelines

CITY OF RICHLAND, WA

City of Richland, WA is issuing a Call for Artists. The City of Richland and its Arts Commission have partnered with the National Fitness Campaign (NFC) to install a Fitness Court in Howard Amon Park along the beautiful shores of the Columbia River. As part of this project, the City is looking for digital artwork to be featured on its multipurpose training wall.

To learn more about the court, click here: https://www.nationalfitnesscampaign.com/fitness-court

To see examples of past public art on the courts, visit: https://nationalfitnesscampaign.com/local-artists

The Fitness Court mural wall will be 32 'L x 7' H in size and printed digitally on high quality anti-graffiti laminated vinyl. The front side of the Fitness Court training wall will also feature 4 small zones of artwork framing the Fitness Court usage and reference information. The two side panels of the training wall will feature the selected artist(s) headshot, logo, and short bio/description of the work. Please refer to the Local Artist Guidelines for further detail and photos supporting examples of how the artwork will be featured on the Fitness Court. As a selected local artist, you will be joining a network of over 30+ artists across the country who have participated in the campaign. See more information about the campaign and local artist participation at: https://nationalfitnesscampaign.com/local-artists

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

 Monday, May 1, 2023 by 5pm.

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must live, work or study in Benton, Franklin or Walla Walla Counties.

• Artists must be 14+ years old. Minors under the age of 18 will need parental consent to enter the contest.
• Applicants may submit no more (2) two designs for consideration.  

SITE INFORMATION

The Fitness Court Studio will be installed at Howard Amon Park at 500 Amon Park Drive, Richland, WA 99352.

Howard Amon Park is a multi-use recreation area along the beautiful shores of the Columbia River in Richland, WA.  It is a well-established and well-loved park which plays host to recreation and fitness enthusiasts, boaters, cyclists, special events, family picnics and so much more.

The City of Richland will be responsible for the cost of printing and installing the artwork and will require the local artist to attend the ribbon cutting and launch celebration once the Fitness Court opens to the public in 2023, date TBD.

DESIGN CRITERIA

• All submitted designs and images must be the original work of the contestant.
• No third-party artwork or images, including clipart or copyrighted graphics, may be used.
• Artwork should promote positive imagery and represent local or regional values unique to the area. The goal is to share fun, vibrant, innovative artwork that tells the story of wellness and fitness in our community.
• Artwork must not reference any fitness equipment that is not a part of the Fitness Court (weights, treadmills, etc.).
• Artwork must not include reference to playgrounds or young children. (This is for safety purposes to avoid confusion; this is not a children's playground)
• Artwork does not serve as an advertisement for any brand or business.
• Technical requirements:
  • Designs must be submitted digitally, in high resolution. Designs may be created with computer drawing programs OR traditional mediums that have been scanned into a high-quality digital version.
  • Accepted file types are:
    • Adobe Illustrator (ai)
    • Adobe PDF (pdf)
    • Illustrator EPS (eps)
    • Scalable Vector Graphic (svg)
    • PSD, JPG or other rasterized graphics, needs to be the exact dimensions above at least 200 dpi, preferably 300
  • Artists can access an .AI template for the project, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LBAiHfaDINAhnFx192y4uqdYZS9VsUaH/view?usp=sharing
  • Artwork & designs must compliment or use the Fitness Court selected powder coating color: Pantone 2191C (NFC Cyan Blue)

Application Criteria:

• Submissions must be made digitally via application below.
• The deadline for submission is Monday, May 1, 2023 by 5pm. The City of Richland reserves the right to extend all deadlines associated with this contest, however, the City of Richland strongly recommends submitting your application at least 5 days prior to the deadline to give ample time to troubleshoot.
• Applications must include:
  • 100-word bio of the artist; including any social media handles (Please include 1 bio per artist if a collaboration.)
  • Design(s) - Artists may submit no more two (2) designs for consideration; For each design include:
    • Description of Design - no more than 1 page.
    • Image files of Design

With the selected design:

• The City of Richland and NFC reserve the right to approve or reject any artist/design or make suggestions on final art.
• If applicable, NFC’s national/state-wide sponsors reserve the right to review final artwork submissions. Logos may be represented on the back wall alongside the artwork.
• The City of Richland and NFC may alter, modify or revise the submitted design as it sees fit to achieve the needs of the City. The selected artist will collaborate with NFC to fit artwork within Fitness Court® design templates and standards.
• Contestants agree that the City of Richland, and the National Fitness Campaign may use their submissions and names for advertising campaigns and/or marketing materials in the future. The City of Richland and NFC reserves the right to share press & promotions of artwork and promote Fitness Court® renderings or final install images on NFC’s website, social media channels, marketing collateral, and as an example to other campaign partners. NFC reserves the right to print and/or reprint artist artwork onto Fitness Court® vinyl for application at selected and predetermined Fitness Court® site location. NFC will not reuse artist designs for any other Fitness Court® site location without the artist’s permission. 
• Artists will be invited to a launch event/ribbon cutting to promote art.
• Artist Grant Award will be mailed after artwork is installed.

The selected artist will be required to provide:

• High resolution digital files of artwork for back and front wall.
• Vector or high-resolution version of artist’s signature to be featured on the back wall in bottom left corner.
• Name/title of artwork to be featured on side panel wall
• 3-5 sentence artist bio to be featured on side panel wall
• High-resolution portrait of artist (200+ dpi, 9.5” x 9.5”) to be featured on side panel wall
• Completed W-9 for grant allocation
• Address for grant check to be sent
• Social Media handles and/or personal website for promotion to be featured on NFC’s website: https://nationalfitnesscampaign.com/public-art

The selected artist will be paid $5,000 for the completed design upon final installation of the artwork by National Fitness Campaign.

Please contact City of Richland Recreation Manager Julie Jackson if you have questions at: jjackson@ci.richland.wa.us

REQUIRED FILE UPLOADS:

Please note, each individual file upload is limited to 250mb.  Please compress any files larger than 250mb. If your design is selected, we will request any available files of a larger size. 

• Image Files of Design - limit two (2) designs per artist/group of artists
• Description of Design - no more than one (1) page per design
• For Collaborative submissions: 
  • ​Bio for each artist participating (100-word maximum)