Request for Qualifications: ENO RIVER BREWING CAN DESIGN
Eno River Brewing (ERB) opened in West Hillsborough in Summer of 2023 and has since become Hillsborough’s front yard, hosting families, beer lovers, and people seeking a casual and laid-back space to enjoy community. ERB’s popularity among both residents and the craft beer community has grown exponentially since their opening. The brewery seeks to work with a local artist in their next phase of growth – canning beer for distribution.
ERB seeks an artist to design logos for three varieties of canned beer whose work aligns with their values of sustainability, humanity, and nature, with a nod to the North Carolina history reflected in the styles and names of ERB beer such as agriculture, manufacturing, and outdoor exploration.
You can learn more about ERB here.
GUIDELINES:
- Open to artists 21 and over, regardless of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, religion, political affiliation or beliefs, national origin, or abilities.
- Artists must be a resident of one of the following counties: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, or Wake.
- Open to visual mediums of all types including illustration, digital art, and photography.
BUDGET AND SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS:
Three (3) finalists will be selected and asked to create one preliminary logo design for a fee of $200.00. A final artist and design will be selected from the three finalists.
The budget for the three can designs is $1,400 and is inclusive of all artist fees, supplies, associated expenses for design, meetings, and insurance. Two rounds of revisions per design are included in the total budget; additional edits will be paid at the artists’ hourly rate.
SELECTION PROCESS:
A project review panel will evaluate submitted work samples and applications and will select three (3) finalists to create proposals for consideration. The panel will consider the finalists design and choose one (1) final artist to create the final designs.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS:
- A complete application should be submitted prior to the application deadline.
- Artist is requested to provide a brief statement of interest outlining why they’d like to do the project.
- Artwork examples submitted represent the artist’s own original creative work. Previous logo work is helpful.
- The artist’s work reflects artistic excellence, innovation and originality, as evidenced by professional quality of craftsmanship and mastery of skills, techniques; professional approaches to processes and presentation, and/or communication of a unique vision or perspective.
- The artist’s work is judged to be appropriate to the goals of the project.
- The artist’s professional experience is adequate to meet the demands of the project.
- The artist is available to participate in the design, approval and implementation of the project as required per the timeline, as well as promotional efforts possibly including photos and interviews with local media.
- Ability to meet project deadlines and to perform work in a timely and professional manner.
- Results of reference checks for selected artist.
- ERB will own the rights of the selected artwork upon completion; however, artists are allowed to use the completed image in their portfolio.
TIMELINE:
- Wednesday, May 7, 2025: Applications Due
- Week of Monday, May 12, 2025: Finalists notified
- Sunday, May 25, 2025: Finalist proposals due to selection committee
- Monday, June 2, 2025: Selected Artist Announced; Contract Signed
- Sunday, June 15, 2025: Completion of first can design
- Tuesday, July 15, 2025: Completion of second and third can designs
TO APPLY:
Have additional questions about the application process? Contact Katie Murray, Executive Director Orange County Arts Commission at (919) 245-2335 or email at kmurray@orangecountync.gov
Have additional questions about the design project in general? Contact Stephanie Crowe at stephanie@enoriverbrewing.com.
