The City of Philadelphia’s Percent for Art Program through the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) in collaboration with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, and InterPark, LLC announce a competition to commission site-specific artwork(s) in JFK Plaza/LOVE Park. The commission is part of the $14 million renovation and reconstruction of JFK Plaza/LOVE Park.
The complete Call to Artists can be found at http://bit.ly/PercentforArtLoveParkRFQ.
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BMA ISSUES RFQ FOR ARTIST PROJECT
BALTIMORE, MD (January 12, 2015)—The Baltimore Museum of Art has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to artists in the Greater Baltimore area interested in being considered for a collaborative project that will debut with the museum’s new center for learning and creativity (CLC) in October 2015. The BMA will contract with one artist or artist team, in partnership with an area non-profit, to produce a year-long project on the theme of ‘home’. Details of the RFQ are available on the BMA’s website. Responses are due by midnight, Friday, February 27, 2015.
The opening of the CLC is the culmination of the BMA’s $28 million phased renovation to offer visitors a more welcoming environment and more imaginative encounters with the collection. It is designed to fuel new ways of thinking about art, culture, and contemporary life in Baltimore and beyond. Through exhibitions, programs, digital initiatives, outreach, and partnerships, the CLC will spark new ways of thinking about art and culture in the context of the wider world. Equal parts catalyst, convener, and connector, the CLC will deepen visitor understanding of human experiences and stimulate the creativity essential for addressing some of society’s greatest challenges. The center is comprised of five interconnected spaces—a total of 5,550 square feet situated adjacent to the museum’s newly renovated Zamoiski East Entrance and East Wing Lobby.
The selected artist or artist team will activate the museum’s new 864 sq. ft. community commons space with artwork and with a series of free public programs implemented between October 2015 and August 2016. The project budget, inclusive of all fees, materials, fabrication expenses, and transport is $30,000.
Eligibility is limited to artists who meet the following guidelines:
Responding candidates are asked to submit a PDF portfolio, resume, references, a letter of intent, and up to five pages of supporting materials. Also required is a letter of support, mission statement and legal proof of 501(c)(3) status from a non-profit partner organization. Interested candidates are invited to review the full details of the RFQ on the BMA’s website.
The selection process includes selecting a shortlist of candidates in March, presentations and interviews with candidates in April, and final selection announced on April 30.
Please address all questions to Jessica Braiterman, Manger of Community Engagement and Learning (jbraiterman@artbma.org).
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts is now accepting grant applications for the 2015 Creative Baltimore Fund. The grant program provides nearly $250,000 in funding to local individual artists and established non-profit cultural organizations. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The Creative Baltimore Fund is a program of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.
The Creative Baltimore Fund provides support to artists and organizations through two grants. Individual artists are invited to apply for the Mayor’s Individual Artist Award which provides project support for programs promoting public access and encouraging the breadth of arts and/or cultural programming in Baltimore City. Additionally, the General Operating Support grant provides core support for established arts or cultural organizations that benefit the public and are artistically or culturally vibrant. Individual artists can receive up to $5,000 for project support; organizations can receive up to $10,000 for general operating support. Grant awards will be announced in May 2015.
Dates/Deadlines
Grant Application Due: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Application Review Period: Monday, April 13 through Friday, April 17, 2015
Grant Awards Announced: May 2015
Grant Period: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 through Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Creative Baltimore Fund is made possible through the support of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Baltimore City Council and helps art programs and projects come to fruition and continue to enhance the City of Baltimore. The program is administered by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts which is the arts council for Baltimore City. In addition, an independent panel reviews applications and selects grant recipients.
For more information on the Creative Baltimore Fund, call 410-752-8632.
http://promotionandarts.org/grants/creative-baltimore-fund
The online application includes:
-Residency Application General Information Form
-Residency Statements (Project Proposal and Artist Statement)
-$30 Application Fee
Resident Artists are provided:
-A private studio at The Siena Art Institute for four weeks.
-A private studio apartment in downtown Siena for their month-long stay (one double bed).
-Compensation for flight to and from Italy from country of residence.
In turn, Resident Artists are asked to give back to The Siena Art Institute in several ways:
-Presenting a public talk about their work upon arrival in Siena.
-Interacting with our program participants through an organized activity, such as an afternoon master-class or critiques of student work.
While not required, Resident Artists are also invited to:
-Hold at one or more open studios/exhibitions/performances/screenings during their residency.
-Lead workshops with the Siena Art Institute’s summer program participants or members of the local community.
The Siena Art Institute’s Summer Residents are a valuable component of our programming, providing insight and inspiration to our program participants and the local community through the addition of their expertise, energy, and unique perspectives. We welcome all types of artists and writers to apply for our residency program, including but not limited to 2-D, 3-D, video, poetry, fiction and non-fiction
Request for Qualifications (RFQ): Chestnut Street Gateway Mural, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Public Art Chattanooga is seeking qualifications from artists or artist teams for the commission and installation of a mural at 2001 Chestnut Street at West 20th Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Up to three finalists will be selected to develop concept proposals for this project. Each finalist will be paid a $500 stipend. The project budget for the selected commission is $25,000. The Chestnut Street Gateway Mural will provide a transformative and dynamic visual anchor to this important gateway.
This project is made possible with a generous grant from the Footprint Foundation.
Project Overview:
The site is located on the southwest perimeter of Chattanooga’s revitalized Southside neighborhood, and is adjacent to Finley Stadium and First Tennessee Pavilion, home to a variety of heavily attended public events including sports, a major fine art festival, and the Chattanooga Market, a weekly community farmer’s and craft market. Once a blighted and severely neglected industrial district, the Southside has experienced a rebirth through reinvestment and is being transformed into a thriving and urban neighborhood. Only blocks away, a 3.5-mile extension of the award-winning Tennessee Riverpark is under construction that will connect Chattanooga’s downtown to South Chattanooga and significantly increase pedestrian and bike traffic. Here, old and new neighbors embrace diversity, urban living, and the return of locally-owned businesses.
The junction of Chestnut and 20th Streets is rapidly becoming a key and visible gateway for the Southside and an important anchor point for Chattanooga. First Tennessee Pavilion and Finley Stadium are the first prominently visible landmarks when entering downtown Chattanooga from the South. They boast regular crowds and create a natural place for Chattanooga’s citizens to gather and to socialize. Over 6,000 people attend the Chattanooga Market (the region’s largest producer-only arts and crafts and farmer’s market) each week, while various other cultural events are hosted here throughout the year drawing equally large crowds. Similarly, the 21,688 seat capacity Finley Stadium is well attended for college and high school sporting events. In recent years, new businesses have quickly begun to flank the surrounding blocks and include a Jump Park, a brewery, and a boutique bowling alley set to open in 2015.
Since 2005, public art has played an important role in the revitalization efforts throughout the city of Chattanooga. Some of these public art initiatives include: a city-wide Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Art on Main, and the Main Terrain, a new urban park and public art installation that was funded in part from a Creative Placemaking Our Town Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2011. Like these projects, the Chestnut Street Gateway Mural will reinforce the critical role public art plays in lending a sense of place to a neighborhood, and will contribute to future neighborhood beautification and economic development efforts.
Deadline: January 30, 2015
For full RFQ, please click this link below:
http://www.chattanooga.gov/images/citymedia/generalservices/Chesnut_Street_Gateway_Mural.pdf