Westminster City Council’s Place Shaping team are seeking an artist or collective to design a series of local tiled murals under two bridges at Little Venice to animate along the canal through local storytelling.

This commission seeks to foster a more welcoming environment, celebrate local narratives, enhance wayfinding, and build a stronger sense of place.

The selected work will help instil pride in the community and contribute to defining the identity of Little Venice for years to come. Aimed to be delivered Spring 2026, it forms part of the first phase of the council’s broader public realm improvement programme for the northern Canalside, set to be delivered in stages over the coming years.

The brief document can be found below. This document gives further details including the project background, requirements and submission criteria. Please read the brief in full and make sure you meet all the criteria before submitting your application.

Following expressions of interest, three artists/teams will be selected to develop proposals for a fee of £2,000.00 (+VAT) each. One of these proposals will then be awarded the commission with a total artist budget of £50,000.00 (+VAT) – fee is for design only. Delivery and material costs are covered separately.

How to apply

• Please submit your expression of Interest application via Jagger here
• The deadline for submitting an expression of interest is 1st August 2025. 

Maximum file size 10MB (PDF format). Applications must be shared in one document only. Multiple documents will not be accepted.

Only applications that meet the submission criteria in the brief document will be considered.

If you have any questions for the team please submit them via Jagger or to the Buying Team Buyingteam@westminster.gov.uk , quoting the project title.

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Artist Requirements & Application process 

This opportunity is open to individual artists or artist collectives. We will run a two stage process:

Stage 1: Artist Shortlist

Shortlisted artists/collectives will need to:

• Demonstrate past projects that illustrate their ability to work for a client or with partners and collaborators in the development and creation of new public work, i.e. commissioners, business, architects, fabricators
• Demonstrate that previous work is visually striking, engaging and of the highest artistic quality
• Show interest in the project and design style is well suited to the site and project objectives
• Have experience of creating site specific work that responds to local communities, heritage or context
• Have experience of engaging local communities as part of developing new work in a dynamic and exciting way

Stage 2: Concept Proposal. 

Shortlisted artists/collectives will receive £2,000.00 (+VAT) to develop a concept proposal. We will mark these proposals based on:

• How well they fulfil all the commission objectives
• How exciting and feasible is engagement plan
• How well they demonstrate the feasibility of the proposal within timescales and budget
• The breakdown of costings

Please submit your expression of Interest application via Jagger here