Huskies on Parade

There are 2 types of participation to consider.
1: Submit a design and hope that a local business or organization decides to sponsor your design
2: Submit a design specifically for the dog that KC will be sponsoring (please no green, yellow, or pawprints..or as I joked transforming the huskie into a cougar.. as the fiberglass dog can be modified within specific parameters).

These are meant to be works of art and final designs will be decided by a panel of project coordinators.

Please check you email as I will be sending the forms to you.

Dear Artist and/or Artist Organization,

You are invited to be a part of a special celebration in DeKalb/Sycamore, IL this summer!

Huskies on Parade celebrates the bond between Northern Illinois University and the greater DeKalb/Sycamore community. With the participation and generous sponsorship of local businesses and organizations, brightly painted Huskies will enliven the landscape and form numerous points of interest for sidewalks and storefronts all over town this summer and fall.

This uplifting public art project seeks to capture the vibrancy of the communiversity – the united community and university. Fiberglass Huskies will be transformed into creative representations of the unique attributes of the DeKalb/Sycamore region. By showing our community’s creativity and Huskie pride, we will delight and entertain residents, attract visitors, and have fun with art throughout 2008.

Huskies on Parade is being coordinated by a group of community volunteers, all of whom are dedicated to acknowledging and enhancing the bond between NIU and the community. They are also dedicated to helping the community have a great time!

We will need a lot of artists to make this project work! Attached to this e-mail is everything you will need to apply to become part of Huskies on Parade. Due to the public nature of this project, all designs must be approved. Selected artists will work with local sponsors to paint two dogs identically. Cowpainters, Inc., who is producing the Huskies, has provided tips for working with the fiberglass sculptures.

We hope you will be as excited about Huskies on Parade as we are – and we look forward to seeing your designs. Please feel free to call me at 815/748-7788 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,



Jennifer Groce
Huskies on Parade Artists Liaison Chair

P.S. We would like to reach as many artists as possible to let them know about this unique opportunity. Would you please forward this e-mail to any of your art colleagues you think may be interested in this project? Thank you.