Project Detail

315 W. Magnolia Avenue

Art South and Hudgins Companies, owner of the Mag & May apartments, partnered to commission 20 murals at the Mag & May apartment community at 315 W. Magnolia Avenue at the corner of W. Magnolia Avenue and May Street. 

 *** DEADLINE TO APPLY HAS PASSED*** 

ABOUT ART SOUTH
The Mag & May Murals are a project of Art South, a Near Southside, Inc. program connecting artists and culture-investors to each other to build partnerships that increase publicly-accessible cultural assets in the Near Southside, provide opportunities to artists that expand their practice enough to catalyze their careers, and further dialog about the value of artists and the arts in our community.

Art South invited artists to apply for an Art South commission of 20 murals on the street-facing stucco stoops at the Mag & May apartments. The stoops range from 15'x4' to 8'x4' and the artists were each paid a fee of $1,000 per mural plus a small supplies stipend. More than 130 artists applied to the call!

With a difficult decision on their hands thanks to so many quality applications, the Art South Selection Committee chose a diverse group of artists with a range of experience from highly accomplished muralists to those painting in large format for the first time. The committee curated a cohesive design approach for the overall project that also provided for each artist's unique individual aesthetic and creative control of their mural. Now, we can't wait for you to stop by Mag & May to see their work.

CONTEST

• The winning artist, based on popular vote, received:
  MORE MONEY - An additional $2,000 cash prize
  OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT A COLLEAGUE - The winning artist will be given a lead role on the selection committee to commission an artist for a final Mag & May interior mural with a $3,000 project budget.
  FREE LIVE-WORK STUDIO SPACE - A complimentary one-year lease for a live-work studio apartment at Mag & May

 PROGRAM OVERVIEW

COMMISSION – Art South and Hudgins Companies will be partnering on a privately-owned and publicly-accessible series of mural commissions at the Mag & May multi-family mixed-use project on Magnolia Avenue. Through a public call for qualification, Art South is inviting Fort Worth artists to submit their qualifications.

This collaborative commission effort will result in the painting of up to 20 public murals on up to 20 street-facing stucco stoops.  Each stoop measures approximately 12’x4’ or 8’x4’.  Based on the quality and quantity of artist applications, as few as 2 or as many as 20 artists will be selected for the project, and artists will be paid a fee of $1,000 per mural. The Selection Committee, comprised of representatives from the Art South program and Hudgins Development, will work in partnership with the selected artists to curate a cohesive design approach for the overall project while still providing for each artist’s unique individual aesthetic and creative control of their mural.

CONTEST - The public will be invited to vote for their favorite mural using an online voting tool. The winning artist, based on popular vote, will receive:

• MONEY - An additional $2,000 cash prize
• OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT A COLLEAGUE - The winning artist will be given a lead role on the selection committee to commission an artist for a final Mag & May interior mural with a $3,000 project budget.
• FREE LIVE-WORK STUDIO SPACE - A complimentary one-year lease for a live-work studio apartment at Mag & May.

HERE'S THE BEST NEWS, you don't have to design anything prior to applying.  Only those artists who have been selected for the commission will be asked to fully design murals. You also do not have to have previous public art or mural experience to apply.  

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TEAM

• Cultural Investor Hudgins Development represented by Brian Crowell & Dustin Weatherly
• ArtSouth Program Manager Megan Henderson, NSI Director of Events & Communications
• Selection Committee Comprised of Cultural Investor, Art South Program Manager, and three members of the standing Art South Selection Committee to be appointed by the Program Manager.
• Artists No fewer than two and no more than 20 artists will be commissioned for this project
• Project Advisory Board is comprised of artists, lead curator, Art South committee member, and Hudgins Development and will stay in close communication to help advise for overall project design cohesion and successful implementation.

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ABOUT ART SOUTH

By connecting artists and culture-investors to each other, the goal of the Art South Collaborative is to build partnerships which increase publicly-accessible cultural assets in the Near Southside, provide opportunities to artists that expand their work portfolios to catalyze their careers, and further dialog about the value of the arts and artists in our community and development practices. 

QUESTIONS? Contact Megan@nearsouthsidefw.org