By Barry Skidelsky
Con Edison is working with ArtBridge to find artwork covering 800 linear feet of the temporary scaffolding up at its Corporate Headquarters on 4 Irving Place near Union Square in Manhattan. They are currently accepting proposals until 9/6/23 for works centered around a clean energy future, addressing themes such as sustainability, biodiversity, environmental protection, and environmental justice. For more details, see the RFP here and/or this instagram post. The selected artist will be paid $15,000.
ArtBridge -- a non-profit organization in NYC that empowers local artists to transform prominent urban spaces into gallery quality exhibitions through a focus on New York City’s 300+ miles of construction fencing and scaffolding -- can be contacted at [email protected] with the subject “Con Edison RFP” or at 646-450-1463.