Funded by the Community Foundation of Broward, mural to adorn South Florida’s first affordable housing community for LGBTQ+ seniors
ArtServe, in collaboration with The Pride Center at Equality Park in Wilton Manors, is seeking proposals from artists for the design of a 2,900-square-foot public art installation forThe Residences at Equity Park, South Florida’s first affordable housing community for LGBTQ+ seniors.
The installation will cover 1,535 square feet of the exterior of The Residences at Equality Park and 1,245 square feet of The Pride Center’s existing Schubert Building and will be highly visible from the highly traveled Dixie Highway.
“We want artists to feel emboldened by the bustling, life-enhancing, pro-health, diverse work of the nine organizations headquartered on the Equality Park campus,” ArtServe Board President Jason Hughes explained. “We want artists to use this inspiration to fuel their creativity toward a powerful, transformative, meaningful, bold design.”
Funded by the Community Foundation of Broward, the selected artist will earn $5,000 to design and execute the project called “The Murals at Equality Park.” Project submissions by professional and emerging adult artists can uploaded HERE. Deadline is June 15.
“We are seeking a clean, vibrant design that celebrates inclusivity and diversity and integrates elements representative of the South Florida LGBTQ+ community,” Hughes added. “This artwork should reflect Broward County’s commitment as a welcoming and inclusive community, complement the character of the building and inspire social interaction.”
Candidates must be professional artists or designers as validated by their resume, eligible to work in the U.S. and age 18 or older. Artists should demonstrate through their submission materials that they have the skills and experience to successfully complete the project. Candidates are eligible regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical ability. Broward resident artists are strongly encouraged to apply.
The Pride Center and ArtServe will review and select the artist who will be commissioned to create a series of three to six art pieces that might, for example, be a vibrant abstract or pattern design that could be arranged together to create an evocative, emotive, attractive composition, a set of re-occurring imagesor a cohesive mural with component parts.
About The Residences at Equality Park
The Residences at Equality Park will be 48 units of affordable, supportive housing for seniors, with a special focus on customized support services for LGBTQ+ individuals. To develop the project, The Pride Center at Equality Park teamed up with Miami-based Carrfour Supportive Housing, Florida’s largest non-profit affordable housing developer. Located just north of Fort Lauderdale in Wilton Manors at 2040 North Dixie Highway, The Residences will provide permanent affordable housing and on-site supportive services for low-income senior adults living with disabling conditions, such as physical illnesses or disabilities due to complications from diseases including HIV/AIDS. The Residences, coupled with The Pride Center’s growing LGBTQ+ seniors’ programming – one of the largest of its kind nationwide – is designed to give residents a permanent, safe place to live and customized, culturally proficient support they need to age in place.
About ArtServe
ArtServe is an award-winning arts incubator that is advancing the arts for social good. ArtServe is accepting donations hereor at artserve.org to help the non-profit continue to support arts activism initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. Each year its programs contribute tangibly to the region’s economy, help 2,000 artists sell their work and build businesses, and engage countless citizens who walk through the doors. To do this, they need the community’s help through donations, sponsorships and memberships. Requests and questions about the ArtServe facility or programs can be emailed to info@artserve.org.
Fort Lauderdale-based ArtServe – one of the country’s first arts incubators – has a 30-year history of building Broward County communities through the arts. Each year its programs contribute tangibly to the region’s economy, help 2,000 artists sell their work and build businesses, and engage countless citizens who walk through the doors. ArtServe in 2020 will continue its transformation into a creative laboratory, a hub for experimental artists committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. ArtServe has won several awards for innovation in the arts. It is supported in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Florida’s Department of State and the Division of Cultural Affairs. www.artserve.org
About the Pride Center at Equality Park
The Pride Center at Equality Park celebrates 27 years of service in 2020. Its mission is to provide a welcoming, safe space--an inclusive home--that celebrates, nurtures and empowers the LGBTQ+ communities in South Florida. Last year, more than 35,000 adult and youth attended activities at The Center, which hosts more than 65 regularly-meeting groups each month. Support, social and educational groups focus on seniors, people living with HIV/AIDS, people of transgender experience, communities of color, recovery, women, young adults, men, health, the arts, athletics, spirituality, games and more. Outreach activities over the past year directly impacted over 250,000 residents and visitors to South Florida. Between 1,000 and 2,000 people utilize the campus daily. Learn more at: PrideCenterFlorida.org
About Community Foundation of Broward
Founded in 1984, the Community Foundation of Broward helps families, individuals and corporations create personalized charitable funds that deliver game-changing philanthropic impact. 473 charitable Funds represent more than $212 million in assets, distributing $119 million in grants over the past 35 years. The Community Foundation provides bold leadership on community solutions and fosters philanthropy that connects people who care with causes that matter. The Foundation empowers visionaries, innovators and doers to create the change they want to see in the community – and to BE BOLD. www.cfbroward.org
