Kyla Radoja Art Consulting

10/04/2024

Calling all emerging artists within Canada for an exciting public art project and mentorship opportunity in Scarborough City Centre!

Oxford Properties Group (“Oxford”) and Kyla Radoja (the Public “Art Consultant”) are seeking to commission an emerging artist to create a new public artwork to be installed in a future Scarborough Town Centre master-planned community within a pedestrian mews.

This is a human-scale public art project opportunity, as well as a mentorship opportunity. The winning artist of this project shall also have the opportunity to be mentored and guided by an established public artist who is creating their own large-scale landmark public art project on this site.

This public competition is open to emerging artists within Canada. Local artists with a connection to the Scarborough community are encouraged to apply.

Deadline: The deadline to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for this opportunity is February 3rd, 2025 by 11:59PM ET.

Award: The total budget for the artwork(s) is $120,000 + HST CAD.
There is an additional budget for the mentorship component of this project which is outlined in the detailed EOI.

Schedule: The anticipated installation of the artwork(s) on site is Spring, 2028.

Link to the EOI to learn more about this opportunity; https://kylaradoja.com/eoi-pedestrian-mews-sculpture-stc/

Apply by February 3rd, 2025 by 11:59PM ET.

09/11/2024

Calling all professional artists internationally and within Canada for an exciting large-scale public art project in Scarborough City Centre!

Oxford Properties Group (“Oxford”) and Kyla Radoja (the Public “Art Consultant”) are seeking to commission an artist or artist-led team to create new landmark gateway public artwork(s) to be installed in a future Scarborough Town Centre master-planned community at the entrance(s) of a central pedestrian mews.

This is a public competition open to professional artists and artist-led teams internationally and within Canada.

Deadline: This is a two-stage artist selection process. Up to five (5) artists will be shortlisted from this call by a selection Jury to develop their proposals. The deadline to submit Qualifications for this opportunity is September 30th, 2024 by 11:59PM EDT.

Award: The total budget for the artwork(s) is $755,000 + HST CAD.

Schedule: The anticipated installation of the artwork(s) on site is Spring, 2028. A mentorship component shall be integrated into the commissioned artist(s)’ project timeline plan.

Link to the RFQ website to learn more about this opportunity https://kylaradoja.com/rfq-gateway-sculptures-stc/.

Apply by September 30th, 2024 by 11:59PM EDT.

Call to Artists – Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Permanent Public Gateway Artwork(s) for Scarborough Town Centre Lands Figure 1: Design rendering of the Site (25 Borough Drive). The Archite…