Anton Art Center Shop Shack

Emerging Architects, designers and advanced students are invited to design and construct a gift shop for the Anton Art Center in Downtown Mount Clemens.

Category Project Competition / Open to Students
Type International, Project, Open, Two-Stage, Anonymous
Genre Shop
Country Mount Clemens, Michigan, Unidet States
RegDeadline 31 August 2008 GoogleCal iCal
31 August 2008 (Must be Received)
Eligibility All

ABOUT THE ANTON ART CENTER
The Anton Art Center is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary arts services center committed to the advancement of the arts through quality exhibitions, advocacy and educational programs for Macomb County and its environs.

Founded in 1969 in an historic Andrew Carnegie Library building, the center underwent renovation and expansion in 2006. The contemporary cinderblock and glass addition that will house the gift shop is contiguous to the historic Carnegie library building, with interior access to one another but architecturally separated to maintain the Carnegie building’s historical integrity.

The gift shop will be located in a fully accessible, barrier free area. It will be situated so that every art center visitor (30,000 annually) will have to pass through it on the way in and out of the center. Our policy of free admission to all, coupled with our location in downtown Mount Clemens, ensures that we serve a diverse clientele. We are therefore able to expose area artists to visitors from all backgrounds. The professionally designed and site specific gift shop will raise the profile of Michigan artists, support the high quality of their work and prove their worthiness as Michigan’s finest artists.

Jury
Not yet announced

Prize
All entries will be displayed in an exhibition in 2009.

The winner will receive:
- A budget of $8,000.00
- A chance to oversee the construction, fabrication and installation of the proposal
- Recognition as a permanent feature of the gift shop

Entry Fee
None

Entries
Must include perspective drawing and elevation plans mounted for display -not to exceed 24” x 36”

Submission Address
Anton Art Center Gift Shop Design Competition
125 Macomb Place Mount Clemens, MI 48043

Timetable
Three finalists will be announced by October 15, 2008
Interviews will be conducted between October 15 – November 1, 2008
Winner announced by November 15, 2008
Winner must install between December 22, 2008-January 15, 2009

Promoter
Anton Art Center

Official Website
http://www.theartcenter.org/