Call for Submissions: Call to Artists for Friendship Square – Hiiye’yutul’ Public Washroom Art

The City of Duncan is seeking an emerging artist or group of emerging artists and/or muralist(s) to complete a painted mural on the front of the new washroom building in Friendship Square – Hiiye’yutul’ located at the corner of Station Street and Craig Street (85 Station Street, Duncan BC V9L 1W3).

Please full details of the call: Call for Submissions- Friendship Square – Hiiye’yutul’ Washroom Mural

Artists may apply alone or as part of a team. 

Deadline to submit a proposal is: September 29, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

HOW TO APPLY 

Step 1: Read the Call to Artists: Friendship Square – Hiiye’yutul’ Public Washroom Art 

Step 2: Collect all the required supporting documents and email them to larissa@duncan.ca or submit in person to City Hall at 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC, ATTENTION: Larissa Barry-Thibodeau

Please organize your email submission as follows:

Email subject: please include- the Call to Artists: Friendship Square – Hiiye’yutul’ Public Washroom Art in the subject of your email

Email body– please include your name and contact information

Email attachments

1. Cover Letter: The artist(s) will provide a cover letter explaining how their proposal responds to the project theme, site context including adjacent art, highlighting any proposed accessibility elements.
2. Design Sketch Template: The artist(s) will supply a preliminary design sketch for all four panels for this space using the template provided.
3. Resume (Maximum TWO pages) – PDF file format. Artist and or artists teams can include a two-page resume for each member of the team
4. Portfolio Images (Maximum of 5) – JPG file format Images of artworks created in the last three years (2022 or later). High resolution and each individual file must be under 4 MB in size. Please ensure your image files are titled correctly. Title your images in the following order (01_LASTNAME_firstname, 02_LASTNAME_firstname, up to 05_LASTNAME_firstname)
5. References: The artist(s) will provide a list of up to three references for which they have created artwork for or have been supervised by (mentors, employers, professors, teachers, etc.)
6. Schedule: The artist(s) will provide a proposed work schedule, including milestones and project completion dates. Ideally the project will be completed prior to the end of November 2025.  
7. Signed Appendix A Application Form

Any questions can be sent by email to Larissa Barry-Thibodeau, City Planner at larissa@duncan.ca or by phone 250-746-6126. 

Email
Proposals may be sent by email addressed to the following:
larissa@duncan.ca
Subject Line: Call for Submissions: Friendship Square – Hiiye’yutul’ Public Washroom Art
A confirmation response will be sent. Please ensure that images of previous are combined in one single PDF attachment- the maximum file size for the entire email submission is 25 MB. 

Paper Copy
Proposals and their envelopes should be clearly marked with the name and address of the
Artist and program title: Call for Submissions: Friendship Square – Hiiye’yutul’ Public Washroom Art. The sealed envelope should be addressed to the following:
Larissa Barry-Thibodeau, City Planner
City of Duncan
200 Craig Street
Duncan, BC V9L 1W3

All Proposals, whether submitted by email or paper copy, must be received on or before the Closing Time of:
TIME: 3 p.m. (local time)
DATE: Monday, September 29, 2025
Proposals will be accepted until the Closing Time specified. It is the Proponent’s sole responsibility
to ensure its Proposal is received at the address set out above by the Closing Time.