Indianapolis is hosting the 2025 WNBA All-Star game!
To help welcome visitors from around the world to Indianapolis, the WNBA All-Star Indy Host Committee is activating Downtown around the marquee venues of Gainbridge Fieldhouse and the Indiana Convention Center with free sights, sounds, and experiences that will engage the community, including an important look into Indy’s arts & culture scene. We are committed to helping visitors and fans experience our Indianapolis – a culturally diverse city with plenty of local talent.
Description of Opportunity
The Host Committee is sponsoring two adhesive vinyl temporary murals to be displayed on the Indianapolis Artsgarden, and visible from Washington St (both directions). The murals will reflect the theme “Red Hot Summer” as women’s basketball reaches its pinnacle in Indy’s Home Court.
The murals may be done by the same artist, or by different artists.
This is an ideal project for artists who can provide work in a digital format that meets strict production specifications. Work may be original to this commission, or may be a creative repurposing of previously created work.
Deadline to Apply: Sunday, February 23, 2025 11:59 p.m.
Download full Request for Qualifications document here.
Eligibility Requirements
To qualify for this opportunity, artists must:
- Be 18 years of age or older (we cannot contract with anyone under 18; however, teams that include youth under 18 with an over-18 lead artist may apply)
- Live in or maintain a studio in Indiana
- Be covered by Worker’s Compensation insurance, or if an independent artist, be able to obtain a Worker’s Compensation Clearance Certificate from the State of Indiana
Compensation to Artists
- $5,000 commission fee for a newly created design OR
- $1,500 fee for the licensed use of an image of an existing artwork
- If there is a “finalist” round to view concept designs, each artist will receive $500, which is applicable to the commission fee if the design is selected for production
Project Timeline
Please do not apply if you cannot work within this schedule!
- Application launched: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Deadline to apply: Sunday, February 23, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Apply here.
- This is an upload deadline, not a postmark deadline!
- Artists notified and commissioned artists contracted: by March 15, 2025
- Design development: March-April, 2025 (for new designs, a first concept is due for review and approval before April 15)
- Final design due: May 10, 2025
- Permitting: May 15-31, 2025
- Production-ready file due: by 9am on Monday, June 16, 2025
- Mural production (by vendor): early July, 2025
- On-site installation (by vendor): July 15, 2025
- All-Star Weekend: July 18-19, 2025
- Deinstallation (by vendor): July 21, 2025
How to Apply: Apply online using the Arts Council’s application portal.
What to Provide
- Artist contact information, including website and social media if applicable
- Information about your experience as an artist
- 1-5 examples of your past work
- A BRIEF description of what you want to create; optionally, you can upload a sketch but don’t spend a lot of time on it
- Artist demographic information
QUESTIONS? Contact Julia Moore, Indy Arts Council, (317) 624-2556 or jmoore@indyarts.org