CUPFA sponsors competition to mark 15th anniversary

 

The Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association will commission a major work of art for the new Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex being built at the corner of Guy and Ste. Catherine Sts.

The work is scheduled for installation in spring 2005 at the metro level of the complex, a busy area of what is now called Quartier Concordia.

CUPFA president Maria Peluso is pleased that such an appropriate opportunity arose to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the union. Many teachers of the creative arts are members of CUPFA.

“We wanted to focus on who our members are, and we wanted to make a contribution to the university and the community,” she said.

“This artwork will point to the integration of all our talents. It could be a painting, a photograph, or even a wall sculpture — there are all kinds of possibilities.

“It’s a beautiful space, and really a central focus of the pavilion. You won’t be able to miss it!”

The rules of the competition state that the work is to be no larger than 4.50 metres high by 3.75 metres wide, and it will be fixed to a grey limestone surface. It must also be visible day and night. The budget for the production of the work is $40,000 plus taxes.

A selection committee will consider the submissions, in which a CUPFA member must be involved. For more details about the CUPFA art integration competition, please go to the following web site: buildings.concordia.ca.

The CUPFA work is the third major artistic element for the massive new complex. Artifacts from the York Cinema dating back to the 1930s have been conserved and will be mounted, and a monumental glass mural has been commissioned from artist Nicolas Baier.