Open call for coastal mural on Rehoboth convention center

The Rehoboth Art League is seeking a practicing artist to create a mural for the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.

The center, which reopened in 2018 next to the new municipal building on Rehoboth Avenue, hosts a wide variety of groups and gatherings year-round. Inside the buildings, the city hosts rotating exhibitions of artwork from the Rehoboth Art League, Coastal Camera Club and others. The city would like to continue its support of the arts in public spaces with a mural on the outside of the building.

The mural will have a prominent place on the exterior of the convention center and will be visible from the well-trafficked Baltimore Avenue approach to the building. The area, which is made of cement block, is adjacent to the center entryway.

The mural will represent the coastal living for which Rehoboth Beach is known, and could include local landmarks, nautical creatures, or coastal scenery, among other things. There will be a $5,000 stipend for completion of the mural, and the artist will be responsible for all site preparation and necessary materials. The selected artist could begin work on the mural as early as this September.

The basic wall is 15-feet-8-inches wide by 16-feet tall. There is an 8-inch band around the top and a 22-inch band along the bottom. The paintable area from the ground to the top would be 18-feet-6-inches-by-15-feet-8-inches. Interested artists should submit at least 2-3 examples of past murals, a biography or resume, and a proposed design based on photographs of the site by Saturday, June 1.

For more information, go to www.rehobothartleague.org or call 302-227-8408.