Got A Mural Idea, Hoboken? Arts Council Puts Out Call For Submissions

HOBOKEN, NJ — If you’re a Hoboken area artist with a cool idea for a mural, your funding source may be just one email away. On Wednesday, the Hoboken Mural Arts Council issued a call for submissions for a mural project located at 1312 Adams Street with the theme “diversity, inclusion, and community.”

The Arts Council, which includes Geri Fallo (Hoboken Cultural Affairs), Albert Barsky (Barsky Gallery), Elizabeth Ndoye (hob'art co-operative gallery), and Justine Uva (Urban Arts), was recently established by Mayor Zimmer to provide guidance and art expertise for a mural project approved by the Planning Board.

The project, which is a requirement of a Planning Board approval for the property, includes a $25,000 honorarium to the selected artist or arts group as well as paint, supplies, and scaffolding, city officials stated.

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Three artists will be selected from all the submissions and awarded $500 each to develop a design based on the theme “diversity, inclusion, and community.” The Arts Council, with input from the project developer, will evaluate and select the winning design.

According to a city news release:

“The mural will be 155 feet wide by 35 feet tall, starting 20 feet from the ground. The surface of the wall will be made from Kingspan panels in the mural area and finished with a Weather XL modified polyester finish in Imperial white. The artist will be required to paint directly onto the wall from a suspended scaffold system hung from the roof of the building and should have experience painting murals on such a system. The developer will be responsible for prepping and priming the wall, paint, other needed materials, and scaffolding.”

Interested artists (or group of artists) should provide submissions by Sept. 30 at the following link: www.hobokennj.gov/mural.

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