BELLINGHAM - The city's Arts Commission is accepting resumes and images of previous artwork from artists who would like to create a public sculpture for Big Rock Garden Park. The submission deadline is 5 p.m. Sept. 21.

Big Rock in Bellingham has about 36 permanent sculptures on display.

Artists living in Washington and contiguous states, as well as in Vancouver, B.C., can submit their qualifications for the $10,000 project, which is being paid for through a private donation.

To see the request for qualifications, go online to cob.org and type "arts commission" into the search window. Finalists will be selected from the qualification submittals.

For questions, email Shannon Taysi at staysi@cob.org.

Reach KIE RELYEA at kie.relyea@bellinghamherald.com or call 715-2234.