Harry Chapin Food Bank issues call for mural concepts
The Harry Chapin Food Bank is seeking concepts for a mural to decorate a large section of its warehouse, located at 3760 Fowler St. The food bank is accepting design concepts through an online contest that is open through midnight, Friday, Dec. 5. All submissions must be received by that date.
A panel of judges will then select the winning artwork. The food bank will notify the winning artist by Friday, Jan. 9, and the concept will be unveiled and the artist recognized at an event on Feb. 4 at the food bank. The winning concept will be painted at later date on two prominent sections: an area on the south side of the warehouse and the southwest corner that wraps around the building and faces Central Avenue. The mural may be painted by someone other than the contest winner, depending on the winning artist’s ability to complete a project of this size.
The mural concept must represent the food bank’s work, which is to acquire and distribute food to a network of pantries, soup kitchens and other emergency food programs in Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Hendry and Glades counties. The mural concept may also incorporate mobile pantry distributions and fresh produce donated to the food bank by growers and packinghouses.
The contest is open to the public. Entrants may submit up to three design concepts and must agree to relinquish all rights to the artwork. Submissions must be of the entrant’s original design/concept and making. More guideline information and images of where the mural(s) will be positioned is available at www.harrychapinfoodbank.org/explore/mural-concept.
The Harry Chapin Food Bank solicits, collects and distributes quality food to families in need through a network of 150 nonprofit agencies in Lee, Collier, Hendry, Charlotte and Glades counties. These partner agencies operate food pantries, soup kitchens and other feeding programs that serve 30,000 Southwest Floridians each month. The food bank distributes more than 1 million pounds of food every month to its partner agencies.
The Harry Chapin Food Bank can distribute $6 worth of food and grocery items for each donated dollar. Last fiscal year, the food bank distributed more than 18.7 million pounds of food and other grocery items, valued at more than $32 million. This was the equivalent of 15.5 million meals to people in need.
For additional information, please contact Connie Boyd at 239-334-7007 Ext. 100 or connieboyd@harrychapinfoodbank.org.