Northeast News
Feb. 7, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — City officials are calling for local artists to participate in a creative convergence of visual art and the use of data that drives decision-making at City Hall.

According to a press release from the city, as part of a temporary exhibition, titled “The Art of Data,” Kansas City is seeking conceptual proposals from professional artists or collaborative artist teams to design and create artwork that responds, reflects or reinterprets the city’s performance data. The project brings together two of the city’s biggest priorities: promoting the creative economy and showing our residents how important data is when deciding how to best use their tax dollars to provide services.

Local artists can submit ideas and apply to participate by visiting www.kcmo.gov/artofdata. The selected works will receive a $500 artist stipend, and the artwork will be on display during June 2015 at the ArtsKC gallery space in Kansas City’s Crossroads District.

An artist’s information meeting will be held on Friday, Feb. 20. During the meeting, city staff will provide an overview of the project and details of the city performance data, discuss the selection process and be on hand for questions. For more information on the meeting location, and other deadlines, please visit www.kcmo.gov/artofdata.