October 5, 2005
Cow-a-bunga! Calling All Artists!
CowParade Boston to Benefit Jimmy Fund
Using a cow as a canvas, artists throughout New England are invited to become part of CowParade Boston, the public art event that will be coming to the streets of Boston beginning in June 2006. The deadline for artists' proposals is Nov. 15.
CowParade Boston will bring more than 100 cow creations to the streets and parks of Boston from June through Sept. 5, 2006, with proceeds of an auction of the cows benefiting the Jimmy Fund of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. CowParade began in Chicago in 1999 and has the tradition of taking art out of the museums and onto the streets for people of all ages to enjoy.
The Jimmy Fund supports the fight against cancer at Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, helping to raise the chances of survival for children and adults with cancer around the world.
The cows are life-sized (approximately eight feet long, five feet high, and two-and-a-half feet wide) and fiberglass and come in three different poses: standing, grazing, and reclining. The artist may paint, sculpt, transform and adorn the cow as he or she wishes, but the structural integrity of the cow must not be compromised. The hooves cannot be altered or obstructed.
Artists may submit up to five designs and will be paid an honorarium of $1000 for each design selected for production that yields a finished cow approved for exhibition. For details and requirements for submitting a design to CowParade Boston, call Katie O'Leary at (617) 632-5741. For more information about the Jimmy Fund, visit www.jimmyfund.org.
