Call for Artists: Public Art Project (DC & MD)

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The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline: 5:00 P.M. EST ON THE 27TH DAY OF MARCH, 2015

GENERAL INFORMATION: The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince George’s Department of Parks and Recreation invites individual artists and artist teams with interest in and/or professional experience in creating public art and site specific commissions, to submit proposals for the William Beanes Community Center. There are two concurrent calls for qualifications for this site. Project 1 will consist of an exterior artwork on the facade of the facility adjacent to the main entrance. Project 2 will consist of an interior artwork located on the wall above the control desk near the main entrance. Artists and artist teams may apply for both, but no one artist or artist team will be awarded both commissions.

ARTIST SCOPE OF WORK
Project 1 The artist or team selected for this project will be responsible for developing and implementing a metal, mosaic or glass installation on the facade of the building adjacent to the main entrance. The artwork on the exterior wall will be visible from street level and is approximately 8 feet W by 22 feet H.
Project 2 The artist or team selected for this project will be responsible for developing and implementing a painted mural, metal, mosaic or glass installation on the interior wall behind the control desk. This artwork will be near the main entrance of the building and will be visible from the entrance to the multipurpose room. This artwork will be approximately 18 feet W by 6 feet H.

Public Art Goals
-Make a significant statement that relates to the sense of place associated with Suitland and has the potential to become a landmark or identifier for the neighborhood.
-Have a strong daytime and nighttime presence.
Set a high bar of excellence for future public art projects planned for Prince George’s County.
-Engage broadly with the overarching goal envisioned for future public art projects, which is to capture Prince George’s County’s historic and modern significance to the Greater Washington, D.C. region.

Budget Project budget, including materials, fabrication, installation, travel and expenses, is: $50,000.00 – Project 1 (Exterior Space) $15,000.00 – Project 2 (Interior Space)

ELIGIBILITY Professional artists and design professionals are invited to apply as individuals or teams. Candidates must have experience with painted murals, metal, mosaics or glass installation. Preference will be given to artists who have public art experience and are residents of, or maintain a studio in, Prince George’s County.

SELECTION PROCESS AND CRITERIA The selected two artists or artist teams will meet for a preliminary briefing with the Art Advisory Panel, after which they will be paid a stipend of $1,000 to further refine and develop their proposals. After the proposals are developed, the selected artists/ teams will be required to present their design proposal and maquette for review by the Art Advisory Panel which will make the final selection of the artists/ teams for issuance of a contract for production of the artwork.

HOW TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS: Qualifications must be submitted by mail or by hand to M-NCPPC, Arts Cultural Heritage Division. Proposals will not be accepted after the deadline. A COMPLETE SUBMISSION MUST INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS DESCRIBED BELOW:
1. Statement of Interest. Describe on one page your interest in the project and preliminary ideas for how you would approach this project. Submitting a specific proposal is not required at this time and will not be reviewed by the committee.
2. Resume and contact information, with a maximum of three pages outlining your professional accomplishments. If submitting as a team, please include resumes for each team member, with each resume being no longer than three pages.
3. Images of Past Work on CD. Artists/teams must submit ten images of past work. Please do not include label information in the JPEG image. One image per JPEG is preferred. Please also include a paper checklist of images.
4. Three Professional References, including name, affiliated organization (if appropriate), email address, phone number, and relationship to each reference.

ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION):
– Preliminary site visit: (TBA)
– March 27: Deadline for proposals due
– March 30 – April 3: Review of submissions and selection of artists
– April 6 – 24: Contract drafted and ratified with artist
– April 27 – May 4: Artist refines proposal
– May 11 – August 3: Artist fabricates and installs artwork

Questions:
Alec Simpson – Alec.Simpson@pgparks.com
Rush Baker – Rushern.Baker@pgparks.com

Arts and Cultural Heritage Division
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Prince George’s Department of Parks and Recreation
7833 Walker Drive, Suite 430
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-446-3232 Voice
301-446-3233 FAX
301-446-6802 TTY

Call for Artists: Iowa Art in State Buildings Program

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Iowa Art in State Buildings Program

SEAMANS CENTER SOUTH ANNEX ADDITION

Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

Budget: $165,000

Entry Deadline: May 11, 2015

Summary: The University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa is issuing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from artists, artist teams or artist representatives to submit their qualifications for the creation of artwork for permanent installation at the Seamans Center South Annex.  The project is currently in design and slated to begin construction in early 2016.  This RFQ process will be followed by a Request for Proposal (RFP) process for up to four (4) finalists.

The Seamans Center South Annex Addition affords an opportunity for the establishment of artwork that is highly visible to large numbers of students, visitors and the public given its location adjacent to the Pentacrest, the University Capital Centre and a major east-west thoroughfare. The overarching goal is for this work to communicate and showcase the beauty of core engineering concept(s) in a way that is profound, timeless and engaging. It should communicate engineering principles to all ages and levels of education and background in some way.

The budget for the resulting commission will be approximately $165,000. This includes all associated costs of creation, fabrication, shipment, installation/integration and display.  A stipend of $2,000 will be provided to finalists upon completion and presentation of formal proposals.

Timeline:

RFQ Open: March 16, 2015

Qualifications Submission Deadline: May 11, 2015

Selection of Finalists: Week of June 15, 2015

Proposal Submission Deadline: August 30, 2015

Proposal(s) Presentation(s): Week of September 7, 2015

Selection and Commission Awarded: Week of September 21, 2015

Project Completion (anticipated): Early 2018

 

For more information and application instructions, download the complete RFQ.

Questions about the project may be directed to:

Shawn Albaugh Kleppe

University of Iowa Facilities Management

artinstatebuildings@uiowa.edu

 

Questions about the Iowa Art in State Buildings Program may be directed to:

David Schmitz

Iowa Arts Council

David.schmitz2@iowa.gov

 

Call for Artists: San Diego Airport Public Art Project

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PUBLIC ART PROJECT OPPORTUNITY: San Diego County Regional Airport Authority

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): Parking Plaza Public Art Opportunity:

Artists are invited to collaborate with the Authority’s design-build team to create an integral, visually dynamic, and experiential artwork within the new Parking Plaza. The Parking Plaza is expected to be a 3-story post-tensioned concrete structure of approximately 1,000,000 square feet with 3,000 parking spaces and will be located on the current footprint of the Terminal 2 East parking lot.

This opportunity will serve as the introductory Airport experience for passengers utilizing the Parking Plaza, and should therefore create a sense of place and support intuitive way-finding within the structure. The artwork should respond to and reflect the building’s smart technology, which senses vehicle occupancy and uses real-time data to simplify the user experience. This may be accomplished through the use of responsive or participatory features, by utilizing data generated from the structure to enhance interactive elements, or by integrating renewable energy devices into the artist’s design.

Budget: $900,000

Eligibility: RFQ is open to all professional designers, artists and teams legally qualified to work in the US; artists must have successfully completed at least one large-scale permanent public art commission with a project budget of at least $500,000 within the past ten years. Additional requirements are listed in the RFQ.

Application Deadline:  Applications must be received by March 27, 2015

For full guidelines, information, and to apply for the opportunity, all artists must register in the Authority’s Vendor Database:

To register visit: http://www.san.org/businessand complete the Vendor Registration.
What you need to register:
1. You will be asked to create a user name and password, please write them down and save for reference,
2. Have your federal tax ID # or your SSN available, and
3. Select your Business Category. For this opportunity use the following Business Category: 711510 Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers

Once you’ve successfully completed the registration process you will receive an e-mail from the Authority confirming your successful registration.
Then, you can login to our website to view and/or print the opportunity

Call for Artists: Public Art Project (Chattanooga, TN)

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Request for proposals (RFP): Bringing Tap Back Public Art Project in Chattanooga, TN

 

Public Art Chattanooga (PAC) and the Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN) are seeking proposals for original, two-dimensional designs for Bringing Tap Back.Bringing Tap Back is a state-wide initiative that raises awareness of the importance of drinking water by providing free and publically accessible water bottle refill stations in public spaces. We are seeking original artwork that will be printed and installed on eight new outdoor water bottle refill stations in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Three designs will be selected for production and installed in summer 2015. The selected artists/designers will receive a $2,500 honorarium for their design. Winning designs will be on view for up to three years. Artwork should be visually compelling to encourage users and stand alone as public artwork.

Eligibility: This RFP is open to all professional designers, artists and teams over the age of 18, who currently reside in the United States.

 

Application Deadline:  Applications must be received by April 30, 2015 4:00 pm. EST. No exceptions.

 

For full guidelines and information:   http://www.chattanooga.gov/public-art/about/calls-to-artists

Call for Artists: Public Art Project (NC)

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The City of Charlotte Joint Communication Center (JCC) Public Art Opportunity

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 9, 2015 – 11:59 p.m. EDT

Pre-submittal Meeting:

March 24, 2015 4:00 p.m. EDT (Attendance is optional)

This meeting is an opportunity for potential applicants to ask questions regarding the project site, public art scope and the submission process.

Meeting location

Arts & Science Council Board Room

227 W. Trade Street, Suite 250

Charlotte, NC 28202

 

Background

The Arts & Science Council (ASC) is accepting qualifications from professional Artists or Teams of Artists in response to a significant public art opportunity for the City of Charlotte’s Joint Communications Center (JCC).

The JCC will be built on a campus with other buildings occupying a little over five acres.  The site is currently flanked by multi and single family housing on its West side and a mix of industrial and commercial businesses on its East side.  Located at the intersection of North Graham Street and Statesville Avenue in a distressed area, the property is currently being considered for rezoning from an industrial site to a mixed urban development in hopes of spurring economic growth and investment.

The four-story facility is approximately 82,000 square feet and will provide improved emergency response services by consolidating operator groups who use the same technology to monitor and respond to real-time emergency and non-emergency calls throughout the city of Charlotte.  In addition to the primary day-to-day operational functions, the building will house a public waiting area to accommodate the public, public officials, media and emergency personnel awaiting proper deployment during an emergency activation.

 

Project Description

This is a significant public art opportunity that will impact not only the JCC operators, but also the surrounding neighborhood, businesses, and vehicular traffic. The selected artist or team of artists will be invited to create an engaging experience that is sculptural and interactive. This experience could provide intuitive clues that allude to the hi-tech activity housed inside the facility. The feature will be sited on the exterior of the facility and could trace the perimeter of the property and possibly spill into, activate or engage the entry plaza.

It should be visually engaging during the day and at night. And is further envisioned to invite diverse interpretations while exploring a range of interactive media including, but not limited to: modular, large scale, dynamic, interactive, kinetic, time-based and/or web-based.

The selected artist/artist team(s) must take into consideration specific site conditions including but not limited to security and traffic sight lines. All considered media must be durable, low maintenance, and of a permanent nature.

 

BUDGET

An amount not to exceed $400,000 is allocated to include all artists’ fees, design, fabrication and installation.  Engineering fees and all requirements for code shall be included in this amount.

 

Minimum Eligibility

  • Professional artists who have experience managing, designing and completing public art project commissions over $280,000.00 within the past five (5) years are eligible.
  • Must reside in the United States.
  • Artists, contractors, designers or architects who are currently under contract with the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the City of Charlotte or Mecklenburg County or who have completed contracts within the past three (3) years with any of the above listed agencies are not eligible to apply. City or County staff, Public Art Commission members, ASC Board members, ASC staff, and their immediate family members are not eligible.
  • Architects interested in applying must have successfully completed at least three (3) public art projects (that are distinguished from infrastructure design) within the last five (5) years to be considered eligible to participate in this opportunity. Eligibility must be demonstrated in the application materials submitted.

 

SUBMISSION MATERIALS

  • Credentials: a Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV)demonstrating professional history and skills or experience as a professional artist (maximum two pages)
  • Statement of Interest: a brief introductory narrative that also provides insight about your interest in the project
  • Images: up to ten (10) images or three (3) digital video or movie files limited to two minutes each – of recent work completed within the past five (5) years
  • Annotation: titles, date, media and dimensions of artwork
  • References will be requested from the finalists

 

APPLICATION/submission Process

Participants must submit all required materials through SlideRoom. (https://artsandscience.slideroom.com), an online application system

Please be sure to allow adequate time to submit your application as technical difficulties can occur. Applications that are mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand-delivered will not be considered.

Selection Process

This solicitation process is being undertaken to enable the Public Art Commission to identify the most highly qualified artist(s) for this opportunity.  A panel of local and national arts professionals and community stakeholders appointed by the Public Art Commission will review eligible artists’ applications, determine a shortlist of finalists, interview three to five finalists and select one (1) artist or team of artists.  The selected artist or team of artists will be recommended to the ASC Board of Directors to enter into agreement for this project.

Artist(s) selected for this project will be required to coordinate with Artist(s) working on the Statesville Corridor Public Art Opportunity.

Deadline

April 9, 2015 – 11:59 p.m. EDT

LATE AND INCOMPLETE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED.

SlideRoom technical support is available Monday – Saturday by email until 8 p.m. (CDT) at support@slideroom.com.

Questions

randella.foster@artsandscience.org

Hoop Dreams

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Last month, BOPA teamed up with the Baltimore Office of Sustainability to bring together farmers, artists, and community residents for a charette designed to help us shape our latest public art initiative. Together, we’re developing an unprecedented program that will provide microgrants for temporary public art works on and around hoop houses sited on city-owned vacant property.

Overall, we’re excited about the positive response we got and are grateful for the enthusiastic participants who contributed to our charette. We’re taking all the feedback we received and using it to generate an RFP (Request for Proposals) which we will release later this year.

Here’s a quick recap of the charette in case you missed it:

We started off with a tour of Gather Baltimore‘s hoop house in Oliver. Growing Green Coordinator, Jenny Guillaume, led the group into the plastic tunnel Gather’s farmers use to extend their growing season. It was warm inside despite the freezing temperatures outside the hoop house doors.

Like most hoop houses, Gather’s is made of polythylene film and bent steel sturdy enough for one of the farmers in attendance to show off his pull ups. The sidewalls are removable and the poly can be rolled up to lower the inside temperature and improve airflow during the hot summer months. In addition to wall modifications, shadecloths can also be draped over the structure to lower temperatures, and “cooling paint” can be applied directly to the poly. This particular hoop house was fully sprinklered and, though it had a streetlight nearby, it had no electricity.

After our quick tour, we went back inside for a group discussion, which we broke up into two sections – “Hoop Dreams” and “Hoop Realities”.

HOOP DREAMS –
We asked: What do you want to see? 

  • Solar-powered lighting, ambient lighting, and in-frame lighting
  • Seasonal decorations / installations
  • Community involvement!
  • Painted-screen style shadecloths
  • Frame painting
  • Colored poly
  • Artistic water gathering/recycling features
  • Other functional artistic features such as: bird houses, trellis, materials that encourage habitats for bees
  • Designed space for farmers to interface with residents
  • Designed space for farmers to process
  • Activating the hoop house during the off season (December-February)

HOOP REALITIES –
We asked: What kind of design constraints do you foresee?

  • Hoop houses are largely unmonitored when they aren’t being worked in so any equipment (eg. expensive lights or projectors) would not necessarily be secured
  • Some community residents don’t find hoop houses attractive, especially in the winter months, and would prefer that they be set back in lots rather than on main thoroughfares
  • March-November are the busy farming months. December-February are dormant.
  • Planting beds should not be tread on
  • Hoop houses rarely have power sources
  • Water control is often needed to prevent flooding
  • Communities want the food grown inside local hoophouses to be made available to the community

After our discussion, we broke out into groups. Equipped with colored pencils, we all began to draw out our concepts. Some hoop houses turned into caterpillars.  Some turned into castles and living rooms. Others still were retrofitted with wire sculptures, puppets, and sculptural vegetation on designed trellis.

I think it’s safe to say that the possibilities are pretty much endless when it comes to what you can do to infuse artwork into local hoop houses. Stay tuned for the release of our micro-granting program later this spring!

Call for Artists: Public Art Project, San Francisco

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OM – ON MISSION, SAN FRANCISCO

PUBLIC ART PROJECT

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

RFQ Issued: February 27, 2015

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Monday, April 6, 2015, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.

 

PROJECT SUMMARYProject owner, Monogram Residential Trust and managing agent, Urban Preservation Foundation are seeking to commission one artist or artist team to design, fabricate and install site-specific permanent public artwork for their OM – On Mission development located at 1401 Mission Street in San Francisco.The work should activate and enliven the façade(s) and/or lobby area of the striking, contemporary residential building, and appeal to both building residents and to the public.

This is a high profile opportunity for an imaginative and innovative artist to create a large scale artwork in a very prominent location.

ELIGIBILITY
This project is open to all professional artists and artist teams, based locally, nationally and internationally. Demonstrated experience completing and coordinating exterior art installations with construction project managers, and related contractors, engineers, and architects is preferred. Interested artists should apply only if they are able to complete the project in accordance with the schedule. Entries not meeting eligibility guidelines shall be withdrawn from consideration.

PROJECT BUDGET
The total budget for the commissioned artwork is $225,000, inclusive of all artistic elements, artist’s fees and expenses associated with the project, including but not limited to: artist’s travel, design and fabrication costs, transportation, insurance, documentation, presentations, and installation. Budget will be allocated appropriately based on artwork scope and scale.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The OM – On Mission development is located at 1401 Mission Street in the SOMA/Mid-Market Corridor bordered by music clubs, the colorful Mission District, and lively Hayes Valley neighborhood. The beautiful 12-story building utilizes metal panels and generous areas of glass to create a dramatic new residential development that will serve as a tranquil urban oasis in the vibrant heart of San Francisco. The project will feature 121 contemporary lofts available for lease, and an abundance of outstanding amenities including, a north and south facing roof deck with a grilling area, fire pits and fitness center, a stunning entry lobby, and enclosed garage parking. The building is owned by Monogram Residential Trust, and designed and developed by Martin Building Company in collaboration with Arquitectonica.

Arquitectonica’s design for On Mission reinterprets residential building design with an innovative contemporary point of view within the parameters of timeless principals of balance and proportions. The façade is made of two-story window bays framed by metal panels. This concept is further articulated by treating each bay as a whole entity, with “cubes” that are slightly pushed in or pulled out to animate the façade and give additional depth and dimension. This gives the building the appearance of playfully stacked living pods, each individually expressed. The color varies slightly for each cube to reinforce the depth of the articulation.

The On Mission development is on the corner of 10th Street and Mission Street. The building is designed such that a vertical expression is set forth to break the building mass and mark the street corner. On Mission’s design corresponds to its immediate neighbors by providing a plane break in the façade that relates to the height of the neighboring building. At the rear of On Mission, a corner has been sliced away to provide a landscaped courtyard and to allow for windows to overlook the landscaping.