Call for Artists

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Diggin' Dinos Artist Fact Sheet

DESIGN GUIDELINES

• Attendance at the Artist Workshop on March 4, 2007 at the Science Museum of Minnesota from 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. is highly encouraged to avoid problems with materials and designs.
• Artists can submit up to three designs. Submission of design does not guarantee that it will be selected.
• Each design submitted must include Diggin' Dinos design submission form (PDF | 20 KB) and both side views of the official Diggin' Dinos design template (PDF | 637 KB). Designs not using the official templates will not be considered.
• Designs must not be political, derogatory, contain corporate logos or commercial identities.
• Design submissions should be true to color.
• Artists may paint and add sculptural elements to the approximately 8 feet wide by 4 1/2 feet tall fiberglass dinosaur statues.
• Sculptural elements cannot change the basic pose or form of the dinosaur statue.
• No structural changes to the dinosaur statue (cutting or removing parts of the base structure) will be allowed.
• No personal use of designs will be allowed.
• Artists are required to sign a contract assigning the rights for all designs to Capital City Partnership.
• Submitted designs will not be returned to the artist.
• All Diggin' Dinos template designs must by submitted by Thursday, March 15, 2007 to:

Diggin' Dinos
c/o Capital City Partnership/Culture Inc.
2490 Wells Fargo Place
30 E. Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55101

DESIGN SELECTION PROCESS

• All artist designs must be approved by Capital City Partnership and the Science Museum of Minnesota.
• Approved designs will be placed in a Design Book for sponsors to review and choose from.
• Sponsors will select their designs and contact the artist no later than Thursday, April 5, 2007.
• Artists may contract directly with sponsors, but all designs are subject to the same rules and approval process.
• Artists selected will be required to sign a contract for payment.
• Artists selected are required to participate in the Diggin' Dinos Paint-Off May 20 - May 24, 2007 at RiverCentre.
• The Diggin' Dinos Auction will be held on Sunday, September 9, 2007 with proceeds benefiting the Science Museum of Minnesota.