Request for Qualifications: The Clotilda Memorial
Alabama Historical Commission
- Deadline
- 23 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $2,000,000
- Location
- Mobile, AL
- Exhibition window
- Jun 29, 2026 → Dec 31, 2028
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Artist or artist team to create a memorial sculpture honoring the Clotilda survivors and the last known African captives trafficked to the United States.
Overview
The Alabama Historical Commission is seeking qualifications for an artist commission to create a memorial honoring the Clotilda survivors—the last known African captives trafficked to the United States through the transatlantic slave trade. The memorial will celebrate their resilient and determined spirits amidst violent dislocation, enslavement, and discrimination, preserve collective memory, honor heritage, and offer public space for healing.
Key dates
- Application Deadline: August 9, 2026, 11:59pm CST
- Project Timeline: June 29, 2026–2028
Eligibility
Open to local, national, and international artists and artist teams. Artists and artist teams are asked to clarify their connection to the project's subject matter in the letter of intent.
Project budget
Total Project Budget: $2,000,000
Creative process
The creative framework for the memorial will be developed through a collaborative process that will engage the community founded by the Clotilda survivors and other formerly enslaved people: historic Africatown and the expansive diaspora.
- Award
- $2,000,000 commission
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- Call for Entry/Open Call - Sculpture
- Eligibility
- Open to local, national, and international artists and artist teams.
- Audience
- Open to local, national, and international artists and artist teams.
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