Council with the support of the Waimakariri Public Arts Trust is seeking an artist to create a graphic design for inclusion on a new entrance sign for Kaiapoi.
The Kaiapoi Tuahiwi Community Board have approved the design of a new sign for the entrance to Kaiapoi on Main North Road.
Included within this sign is a Corten steel panel. This design brief seeks a design for an artistic cut out to be included on this panel.
The concept for the overall new entrance sign was chosen to reflect the strong relationship that Kaiapoi Town has with the Kaiapoi River. The entrance sign features a base constructed of upright recycled wharf timber sourced from Lyttleton Port, to provide this link. A Corten steel panel will be mounted on the front of the timber, complemented by steel lettering that reads ‘Welcome to Kaiapoi’.
The cut-out design should be unique to Kaiapoi and seek to reflect some aspect of Kaiapoi’s unique history, culture, ecology, context, character or people.
The project provides an opportunity for skilled and experienced artist/s to make their mark on Kaiapoi by having their work potentially selected and permanently exhibited as part of the Main North Road Kaiapoi Entrance Sign.
For more information on the design brief and making a submission download the project brief here.