Artist shortlist announced!

The Shelley Memorial Project are delighted to announce the four artists who have been shortlisted for the commission of the public artwork that will commemorate Percy Bysshe Shelley. A total of 24 applications were considered by the selection panel, made up of representatives from the Shelley Memorial Project, Horsham District Council and the Friends of Horsham Park. On the basis of the proposals submitted by the applicants, the panel initially agreed a longlist of ten, from which, after careful deliberation, they were able to select the final four:

David Annand

The Broadbent Studio

Vincent Gray

Robert Ward

On Thursday 9th November, the four shortlisted artists attended a briefing meeting for the next stage of the selection process at the council offices and visited the intended site for the memorial in Horsham Park. The next stage of the selection process involves the artists completing a detailed design proposal which, as part of the selection process, will be submitted for public consultation early in the New Year. David Hide, Chair of the Shelley Memorial Project, said, ' We would like to congratulate the four shortlisted artists who have been nominated for this next exciting stage of the process. We are thrilled to have four excellent proposals from such eminent practitioners,and we are pleased that the completion of the shortlisting brings the realisation of the project's aims a step closer. We look forward to the exhibition of the final proposals and the public consultation that will take place next year. We hope everyone with an interest in public art and Horsham's great poet will contribute their views to the selection of the final design.