Much like the banner project on 4th Street where students were asked to submit designs that would eventually grace light posts around the neighborhood, local artists are still being encouraged to submit their own renderings of various birds to be displayed on banners near the duck pond in El Dorado Park.
“Winged Wonders” is part of the urban bird walk project launched by 5th District Councilmember Gerrie Schipske that celebrates the vast avian wildlife that call Long Beach by educating visitors at the park through a recorded tour which visitors can access through their cellphone and, hopefully, the yet-to-be designed banners.
“Local artists are being asked to submit artwork depicting 44 wild birds that inhabit the pond,” said Schipske in a press release, who established a Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands Task Force five years ago. “Visitors will be able to walk in the beautiful setting of the park while they learn about our different species, their migration habits, habitat, and the importance of these birds to the environment.”
The call-to artists is being coordinated by the Arts Council of Long Beach and the Long Beach Museum of Art and is open to all artists that live or work in
Long Beach. There is no age restriction. Submissions of two dimensional artwork are welcome. Art must be a single image in color with no background. Work must be original and done on a flat surface of canvass or paper with each individual artists’ chosen medium. Photographs or three dimensional artwork will not be accepted. Artists are permitted to submit original art of up to three different bird species, and each can be created with a different medium. All submissions will be juried by an independent review panel assembled by the Arts Council. A list of the bird species is available by clicking here.
Deadline for submissions of original artwork is Friday, November 30. Submissions must be submitted to the following address: http://artscouncilforlongbeach.submittable.com. Each artist will need to provide his/her name, artist statement and description of each piece submitted. Up to three images, each depicting a single species, can be submitted with an optional detail shot of each image.
For more information, please contact Molly Gardner at the Arts Council at 562-435-2787.
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