The Partnership is made up of a group of stakeholders whose key aim is to protect, conserve and indeed celebrate the distinct environment of the Strangford Lough region. Over the past months under its Turn O’ the Tide programme, it has been enlisting the help of artists, writers and other creative people to work alongside environmentalists, marine biologists and other scientists to open up the Lough’s charms and wonders to a wider range of people – and indeed, to enthuse those who live on its shores and coastlines to re-appreciate its beauty.

There is currently an open call to artists, both locally and regionally, to respond to a public art brief looking for ‘innovative and wild’ ideas for placing visual markers around the Lough that draw attention to the area’s unique bio-diversity. The partnership is open to a range of art forms and proposals, including temporary sculpture, events, visual or acoustic ‘happenings’. The new public art project will feature in a large celebration event for Strangford Lough in May 2010.

An Artist’s brief has been prepared, setting out the background the scheme and the criteria. The deadline for submission is 4pm, Friday 17th September 2010. The brief can be downloaded from the Stranford Lough website.

URL: http://www.strangfordlough.org/Projects-and-Issues/Talking-Points-Public-Art-Project.aspx