The City of Fernie along with the Beautification Committee are pleased to announce a Call for Entry for the inaugural ‘Out of the Box: A Dumpster Art Project.’

Out of the Box is a public art initiative by the City of Fernie in collaboration with Southeast Disposal. Project facilitation is provided by the Fernie & District Arts Council and a volunteer committee.

Out of the Box is a project in which six to 12 commercial trash dumpsters will be transformed into works of public art by regional artists. The artists will be selected from a Call to Artists with a deadline of Friday, March 14, 3 p.m. at The Arts Station. Late submissions are absolutely not accepted.

Each prospective artist will submit their Out of the Box Proposal to a panel of adjudicators who will then select the artists that will be given the opportunity to bring their vibrant visions to life by recreating their proposals on the actual dumpsters. The commercial dumpsters have been generously donated by Southeast Disposal. A cash prize of $500 for People’s Choice (as determined by public voting) has been donated by The Fernie & District Arts Council.

The Out of the Box competition will take place on dumpsters within the City of Fernie municipal boundaries and once complete the dumpsters will be placed strategically around Victoria Avenue as well as the Highway 3 corridor. Out of the Box is intended as a way for our regional art community to bring beauty and creativity to a seemingly mundane item like a trash dumpster.

Artists and creative types of all ages and who work in all mediums are encouraged to enter in this exciting new City of Fernie Public Art Initiative.

For more information, please contact Courtney Baker at 250-423-4842 or via e-mail at [email protected]. Please visit www.theartsstation.com for full rules, deadlines and submission information.

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