November 26, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Indiana Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission Announces Call for Proposals
to Indiana Artists

(Indianapolis, Indiana) With the charge of creating a legacy for this important milestone in our state and nation’s history, the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, chaired by Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch, has issued a Call for Proposals to Indiana-based artists or artist teams interested in designing and fabricating an original work of art to be displayed in the Indiana Statehouse to commemorate the ratification of the 19th Amendment and to remain a part of the State of Indiana’s permanent public art collection.

Proposals should embrace and celebrate the ideals, people and actions behind the movement for women’s suffrage and the ratification of the 19th Amendment in Indiana and in the United States.

Proposals will be reviewed by a selection panel convened by the Indiana Arts Commission, which will include artists working in public art, public art administrators and citizens. Three finalists will then be submitted to the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, which will make the final selection. One proposal will be selected.

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• Submit a proposal
• Learn more about the Indiana Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission

The budget for the artwork is $10,000, inclusive of all expenses including design, fabrication, travel, taxes and artist fees. The artwork may be two or three-dimensional and be realistic or abstract in design.

It is the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission’s intention that the artwork “travel” within the statehouse, being sited in different public spaces within the building so that a wide array of visitors will be able to view the artwork; therefore the artwork should be able to be relocated readily by facility staff. No minimum dimensions are specified, but the artwork should be able to fit within a standard office doorway (80” tall, 32” wide). 

The Call for Submissions is open to individual artists and/or artist teams over the age of 18 currently living or based in Indiana. Current members and staff of the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, the Indiana Arts Commission, members of the selection panel and their families are not eligible.

About the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial
The Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial, catalyzed by the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, Indiana Humanities, The Indianapolis Propylaeum, Indiana Historical Society and Indiana Historical Bureau, working with many grassroots and local partners, marks the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The partners invite Hoosiers to honor the ideas and ideals that fueled the suffrage movement in Indiana and the people who led the way. More information can be found at IndianaSuffrage100.org.

The Indiana Arts Commission is dedicated to the vision of the arts everywhere, every day, for everyone in Indiana. 

The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) is an agency of State Government funded by the Indiana General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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