Wyndham City Council Community Centres Consultancy- Public Art Curator Lead: Expression of Interest

Wyndham City is seeking to engage a suitably qualified public art consultant who is First Nations or has curatorial experience to manage the concept, design and delivery stages of five First Nations lead integrated public art commissions at community centres within Wyndham City. It is Council’s commitment for public art to be accessible, relevant and community focused.

Wyndham City’s 2022-2032 10 Year Public Art Plan gives prominence to Foregrounding as a curatorial theme. Foregrounding is an approach that preferences Aboriginal knowing and being, to work with place, story, and connection. To foreground is to bring attention to and to form meaning around. In this sense we wish to approach our program and commissions with a deep understanding of place and connection formed with involvement and collaboration with Aboriginal community members, artists and curators.

First peoples and applicants from multicultural communities are strongly encouraged to apply. Consultants who may not have previously worked in end-to-end commissioning are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Consultants only looking to provide curatorial inputs are also encouraged to apply.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Council is seeking an experienced consultant to work on the concept, acquisition (where applicable), design and delivery stages of five new First Nations public art commissions at community centres throughout the municipality. The scope of works allows for the consultant to be engaged from inception, site selection within centre (centres are at various stages of design/construction), brief development, artist selection and project management through to installation. Consultant who may not have previously worked in end-to-end commissioning are encouraged to apply and will be considered. Consultant only looking to provide curatorial inputs are also encouraged to apply.

This project will involve all stages of commissioning six public art works over a period of approximately 1 year, including: artist shortlisting, selection, artwork conceptualisation and design, overseeing fabrication and installation; all within allocated budgets. Consultant will be required to participate in design phases, project working groups, and project delivery concurrently, with projects all at different stages of design and development. The consultant will also lead community and Traditional Owner engagement, and present reports to the public art working group.