Tarbert Heritage Scheme: Community Mural and Wayfinding - Design and Delivery (HES/Lottery Funded)

Argyll and Bute Council wish to contract with an external party to deliver distinctive, place-based public artwork, and a wayfinding experience that captures Tarbert’s identity as a working fishing village, while inviting reflection on its past, present, and future.

This project will:

• Highlight stories of the fishing community
• Improve wayfinding through creative and accessible design
• Create a high-quality mural and associated interpretive elements that visually enhance the village

We are seeking a facilitator/team who can commit to a 3 year project.

To deliver distinctive, place-based public artwork, and a wayfinding experience that captures Tarbert’s identity as a working fishing village, while inviting reflection on its past, present, and future.

The project legacy will include:

• An outdoor, large-scale mural
• A ‘You are Here’ style of map

This project will:

• Highlight stories of the fishing community
• Improve wayfinding through creative and accessible design
• Create a high-quality mural and associated interpretive elements that visually enhance the village. This work forms part of Tarbert Heritage Scheme, a five-year heritage-led regeneration programme, funded by: Historic Environment Scotland, the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and Argyll and Bute Council.

The scheme focuses on safeguarding Tarbert’s historic environment while supporting community wellbeing, skills development, and economic resilience.