Public Art / Architectural Commission for Lifford / Strabane

Donegal County CouncilDonegal County Council and Strabane District Council are working on a cross border Urban and Village Renewal Project for the towns of Lifford and Strabane and wish to commission a major new visual artwork for the Alley Arts/Library Building Strabane as part of the overall project.

The commissioners would like to commission a large Public Art Work that is bold, innovative, timeless, and elegant and fits with the architecture that surrounds it. The artwork may be completely on the building/window or the artwork may also come from the building/window onto the adjacement pavement. The commissioners welcome submissions from artists, architects including landscape architects.

The budget for the design, supply, ground works, installation and fix inclusive of all costs, expenses, VAT, insurance and other chargesof this projects is €86,000

A full artists brief for this commission including maps images and timeframe can be obtained byvisiting www.donegalpublicart.ie or by contacting Mr Kevin Lake, Executive Engineer, Road Design, County House, Lifford, Co. Donegal, email klake@donegalcoco.ie or 074 91 72222

This project is part financed by the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund through the INTERREG IVA Crossborder Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body