Ballina Fringe Festival's

#PureBallina!

Community Street Art Project

About

#PureBallina! is the largest community street art project in Mayo.

Among the core values of Ballina Fringe Festival is inclusivity, through community engagement and participation in the arts, which we do in various ways throughout our programme.

In 2019, #PureBallina!, a five-year community street art project was established. Each year, we commission a professional street artist to create a flagship piece of art in the town in relation to the festival theme, and also to work with a community group over a series of sessions to develop and paint a Community Wall.

To date, we have worked with Friz, Maser, Canvaz and Sums under festival themes ‘The People’, ‘The Place’ and ‘The Past’ and ‘The Possibilities’ respectively.

These community artworks increase participation and visibility, enhance the urban landscape by tackling neglect and dereliction and instill a real sense of pride in the community. We are now working to develop a self-guided urban street art tour that will include all existing #PureBallina works.

Throughout the project, we have been supported by local business Archers, and by Dulux and Supervalu.

Now, in 2024, the final large scale mural will be completed, to close out the project.

Call for Submissions

Application deadline: 5pm Friday August 16^th

€8,000 maximum

Ballina Fringe Festival is currently seeking submissions from artists who wish to be considered for creating a street art project for Ballina, County Mayo to be completed during the festival (October 3^rd to 13^th). The project will entail two murals, one of the artists choosing and another in collaboration with two local community groups.

Ballina Fringe Festival Street Art project is now in its sixth year and has transformed the visual landscape of |Ballina town. The projects to date are substantial and visually dynamic.

This year’s collaboration theme is ‘Pure Ballina – United by Place’ and will look at the various communities within the town and what unites them.

The projects will involve at least six weeks contact time and be significant in time and scale.

Budget: The available budget will be a maximum of €8,000. Projects whos budget exceed this will not be considered.
Durability: The selected artworks will need to last a minimum of two years with no maintenance.
Location: Two sites will be chosen within Ballina town
Concept: The collaboration project will involve local community groups within the creative process with the artist working as facilitator.
Timeline: The selected work must be completed no later than 3^rd to 13^th October 2024.

Submissions should include:

A detailed and visual description of the proposed pieces.
A detailed budget breakdown to include fees, materials and any other costs associated with the project.
Up to five examples of previous work.
An artists statement describing the piece with details of how it fits the theme.

Applications should be sent to info@ballinafringefestival.ie before 5pm on Friday August 16^th 2024.