Mural Arts Philadelphia is seeking an artist / artist team to help conceive, design and implement placemaking projects for the Sanctuary Farm community garden at the corner of North 22nd Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, in the Sharswood neighborhood of North Central Philadelphia. The placemaking projects should be functional or decorative features, such as seating, planting structures, a farmstand, a gathering space, a placemaking sculpture, fencing, or a similar intervention. Examples are illustrated in an attachment to this RFQ.

Artists / artist teams must have the skills to lead community engagement, and to design, fabricate and install their projects. Mural Arts and Sanctuary Farm will provide technical assistance and facilitate approvals. Artist / artist teams will be paid a fee of $5,000 for the community engagement, concept design and schematic design phases of the project. Mural Arts can provide a minimum budget of $25,000 for design and installation of the artwork, to include all artist fees, materials, equipment, fabrication and installation.

The project will begin upon the selection of the artist / team, with installation expected to be completed in September, 2025. Applications will be accepted through February 28, 2025. Artists who applied last year to be on the Sharswood artist roster need only submit a letter of interest; please contact us if you want to be sure you are on that list.