Club Creative is looking for an artist (or artists) to produce a minimum of three murals to be installed in a primary school canteen in Yarm, Teesside, England (NOT YARM PRIMARY SCHOOL). The murals will be designed with pupils in a series of workshops to take place in the summer term.

The school have been successful in obtaining Canteen Rescue funding from the School Food Trust and the object is to transform the canteen’s appearance and encourage pupls to take up school meals and in particular healthy school meal options. The pupils have already explored some design themes during the application process and these themes should be incorporated by the artist into the finished murals.

The key deliverable are: Fully redecorate all walls within the dining space with an artistic impression of Yarm High Street, to incorporate healthy food and school messages. Specific messages and themes will be discussed once an initial proposal has been accepted.

The murals should be both 2D and 3D and be sturdy enough to last many years in the busy canteen environment. The murals should be created on wall mountable plywood or other suitable material to enable the school to take them down safely for decorating purposes.

The budget for the project including a minimum of 6 workshop days, materials, design preparation, travel and installation is £3500.

Please use the contact form to express your interest. Once you receive a reply please email a proposal including relevant experience and examples of previous work in no more than 500 words, an up to date CV, and most up to date CRB number, issue date and awarding body by Friday 22 April for the attention of Neil Walker, Club Creative.

Additional info:

All mural heights are roughly 2 meters.

Approximate widths as follows:

Mural 1 : 5 meters width

Mural 2 : Corner mural 1.5 meters + adjoining wall 3.5 meters

Mural 3 : Corner mural 1 metre + adjoining wall 1 metre.

UPDATE 18/4/11

There has been an overwhelming response to this opportunity resulting in a slight delay in responding to enquiries. We will be making a shortlist after the submission deadline from which the school will select the successful artist. The successful artist will be notified by 11/5/11.

UPDATE 13/5/11

The school have been busy with SATS so the successful artist will be chosen w/c 16/5/11. Thanks for your patience.