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City of Ottawa Public Art RFQ: Riverside South Community Centre and Library

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City of Ottawa Public Art RFQ: Riverside South Community Centre and Library — City of Ottawa
  • Who Can Apply: Local, national and international professional artists and artist teams with experience creating permanent public art and working with multidisciplinary teams; City of Ottawa employees are not eligible
  • The Focus: Permanent, site-specific artwork(s) for the new Riverside South Community Centre and Library in Ottawa, mainly a large wall-based work (about 3.2 m by 25 m) in the shared lobby
  • Compensation: CAD $250,000 plus HST all-inclusive commission (subject to change); up to four shortlisted artists each receive a CAD $1,500 (plus HST) honorarium
  • Key Requirements: Qualifications only, no proposals or sketches, via the City's online form: an expression of interest (maximum two pages), a CV (maximum three pages; one per team member), and up to ten image/video files of past work. PDFs and JPEGs no larger than 1 MB each, file names under 150 characters, cue instructions up to 50 words
DeadlineWednesday, October 21, 2026
PayCAD $250,000 plus HST if applicable, inclusive of all costs (design, production, installation); budget subject to change. Separately, up to four shortlisted artists each receive a CAD $1,500 (plus HST) honorarium to prepare their Stage Two presentation.
LocationOttawa, ON
ParticipationOn-site
Disciplinespublic art, site-specific, installation
Application notesLate or incomplete applications will not be accepted. Submit through the City's online application form, which does not save your information if you leave or refresh the page. Materials may be in English or French. This is a Request for Qualifications: do not include proposals or sketches, and references are requested only from shortlisted artists. Written files must be PDF and images JPEG, each no larger than 1 MB, following the naming convention; video or audio is shared by web link. Up to four artists will be shortlisted in December 2026 for Stage Two. Contact: Allison O'Connor, Public Art Officer, publicartprogram@ottawa.ca.
Contactpublicartprogram@ottawa.ca
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