FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 31, 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Cecily Engelhart, Communications Manager, First Peoples Fund, 605.348.2424, cecily@firstpeoplesfund.org
Deadline extended for downtown Rapid City art project
Rapid City, SD — A collaborative of Rapid City-based nonprofits announced today that it is extending the deadline for artists’ proposals to carve and/or sandblast a large granite bench located in the center of a Lakota medicine in front of Main Street Square in downtown Rapid City. The new deadline is February 12, 2018.
The group is seeking a Native artist affiliated with a South Dakota tribe. The artist’s fee, to include all materials and fabrication costs, is $30,000.
This invitation is open to artists who generally work in 2-dimensional forms, as well as those who work in 3-D forms. Artists may propose 2-D designs that can be transferred to the stone/s through a sandblasting process.
More information and a link to the application can be found on First Peoples Fund’s website at http://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/news?tag=Medicine%20Wheel or through the online system Submittables under Main Street Square Medicine Wheel Bench Call. The selected artist will be notified by the end of February. Work may begin on site at Main Street Square in June and must be completed by Sept. 1.
The stone to be carved is a large granite bench in front of the two granite spires at the intersection of Main and Sixth Streets. It is located in the center of a large Lakota medicine wheel made of colored concrete embedded in the walkway. An optional additional element at the artist’s discretion is carving a large granite boulder that is part of a Lucite wall near the central granite piece.
The artist will be selected by a committee made up of representatives from First Peoples Fund and Native POP: People of the Plains Art Market and Cultural Celebration.
For more information about the project, please contact Mary Bordeaux or Anna Huntington at First Peoples Fund, 605-348-0324.
