Request for Proposals: Founder’s Park Entry Way Art Project

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The Public Art Committee of Johnson City, TN is seeking proposals for an art project that incorporates identifying signage for the new Founders Park retention pond project in downtown Johnson City, Tennessee. The artwork must withstand varied environmental conditions, including occasional high water. Johnson City is distinguished as a community that embraces art, the environment, commerce, science, community, and education. The budget for this project is $50,000.

The park will eventually become integrated into what is envisioned as a greenway plan, a zone of property between downtown Johnson City and the campus of ETSU that would include patches of pollinator plants, sites for public art, as well as functional art – benches, planters, educational kiosks and bike racks. Opportunities for community events include art workshops and workshops on native plants and animals, using Brush Creek as an outdoor classroom for children. Nearby is the future home to the Johnson City Farmers Market. The greenway plan is envisioned as both symbolic and practical: feeding ideas and commerce between community and university, supplying exchanges between town and gown, as well as physically nurturing the environment and providing a habitat for beneficial birds and insects.

Location: Johnson City, TN

Deadline: December 20, 2013

Click here for more information or to apply. 

Request for Proposals: Johnson City Public Art Corridor Exhibition

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The Public Art Committee of Johnson City, Tennessee is seeking proposals for an exhibit to be located along the State of Franklin Street corridor that connects downtown Johnson City and the campus of East Tennessee State University.

This exhibition is part of a larger greenway vision plan. The greenway will include areas of pollinator plants, sites for public art, as well as functional items including benches, planters, educational kiosks, bike racks, etc. The greenway plan is visualized as both symbolic and practical: feeding culture and commerce between the community and the university, as well as physically nurturing of the environment by providing a habitat that is beneficial to all.

Location: Johnson City, TN

Deadline: January 24, 2014

Click here for more information or to apply.

Mark You Calendars: Maryland Arts Day 2014

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Early Bird Registration for Maryland Arts Day
Opens Dec. 4th.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR. Arts Day early bird registration will open 12-4-13. Watch your email for the registration link on Dec. 4.

Join us and Keynote Speaker Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.  Help us honor Governor Martin O’Malley with the MCA Outstanding Leadership in the Arts Award for his extraordinary dedication to the arts in Maryland.

Also, coming up soon after the holiday weekend ….

Webinar Reminders

Pre-Legislative Session Briefing – Thursday December 5th, 10:30am

MCA and its partners (YOU!) will discuss a forward thinking strategy for arts advocacy that needs your participation to help mobilize. Submit your registration by clicking on this Pre-Legislative Briefing FORM  to save your spot and receive instructions about how to log-on to the webinar.

Bond Bill Trainings – Wednesday, December 11th, 10:00am

Each year, the Maryland General Assembly considers Bond Bills to help fund capital projects for non-profit organizations all over Maryland. Join us for an informative walk though the application process. Submit your registration by clicking on this Bond Bill Training FORM to save your spot and receive instructions about how to log-on to the webinar.

Call for Artists: Seattle Waterfront Public Piers

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The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, in collaboration with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) seeks an artist or artist team to create a major integrated artwork on the public piers of the Seattle Central Waterfront. These piers will be rebuilt as part of Waterfront Seattle, a large-scale project to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with the potential of 26 acres of new public space, streets, parks, and buildings. The selected artist or artist team will collaborate with the project design team to create an original artwork or series of artworks on Union Street Pieror Pier 62/63. The call is one of a series of calls for permanent and temporary artworks along the redeveloped Seattle waterfront.The artist will join the Waterfront Seattledesign team in February 2014 and will develop a conceptual direction for the artwork over the first half of 2014. Upon acceptance of the concept design, the artist will be contracted for design development, engineering, fabrication and installation of the artwork.Budget: The total project budget is estimated to be $1,000,000 all-inclusive of design, fabrication, delivery, installation, travel, fees, taxes, and other project-related costs.Location: Seattle, Washington

Deadline: 11 p.m., Thursday, December 19, 2013 (Pacific Standard Time).

Click here for more information and to apply.

Info: Eric Fredericksen, public art project manager, (206) 733-9838.

This project is funded by 1% for Art funds generated by the reconstruction of the Elliott Bay Seawall in downtown Seattle, part of a larger project of redeveloping Seattle’s Central Waterfront.

University of Maryland Baltimore County call to artists!

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Attention Artists! University of Maryland Baltimore County ( UMBC) has issued an RFQ (Request for Qualifications) for an original, site-specific artwork that enhances and compliments the newly constructed Performing Arts & Humanities Building.

The project budget is $397,000 and the deadline to submit an RFQ is December 19, 2013.

More info at: http://www.msac.org/detail.cfm?nid=651

Attention Artists! University of Maryland Baltimore County ( @[111748990906:274:UMBC]) has issued an RFQ (Request for Qualifications) for an original, site-specific artwork that enhances and compliments the newly constructed Performing Arts & Humanities Building. The project budget is $397,000 and the deadline to submit an RFQ is December 19, 2013. More info at: http://www.msac.org/detail.cfm?nid=651

GBCA unveils a new Artist Project Grants program!

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Contemporary Director Deana Haggag said it best with her facebook post, “big high five GBCA!”.  Her comment came in reference to the news that the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, with start up funding from the Robert W. Deutsch Foudnation was opening up a new artist project grant program. These grants are going to be a great stepping stone for artists to take on significant projects in the public realm and community level and we cannot wait to see the impact they will have across Baltimore. We commend GBCA for this great new program. Artists can find more information on the program or to find out how to apply on the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Website.

Art Science Rendezvous at UMBC exploring the topic of drones

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Thursday, November 14, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Room 100
A reception follows from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

No charge. Registration and photo IDs required.
American Sign Language interpretation provided
Metro: Gallery Place or Judiciary Square

Register at https://nov14daser.eventbrite.com/

The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences co-present a DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER) exploring the topic of drones. This special event is organized in conjunction with the exhibition “Visibility Machines: Harun Farocki and Trevor Paglen,” on view at the CADVC Oct. 24, 2013 through Feb. 22, 2014. For more information, visit http://www.umbc.edu/cadvc/

DASER will be moderated by JD Talasek, Director, Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences, with Missy Cummings, Visiting Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, the Duke Institute of Brain Sciences, and Director, Humans and Autonomy Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, NC; Marko Peljhan, Artist, Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Director Systemics lab, MAT/ART, University of California, Santa Barbara; Peter Singer, Director, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.; Opening remarks by Niels Van Tomme, Visiting Curator, Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Join the DASER Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/218532914912236/

Follow the Twitter Discussion with #DASER https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DASER&src=typd

Watch the Live Webcast http://www.cpnas.org/events/webcast-information-instructions.html

DASER is co-sponsored by Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) and Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology. DASER foster community and discussion around the intersection of art and science. The thoughts and opinions expressed in the DASER events are those of the panelists and speakers and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the National Academy of Sciences nor of Leonardo.