Category Archives: Public Art

The City of Baltimore, the Baltimore Public Art Commission, and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts are seeking interested artists and/or artist collaborators to submit qualifications for consideration and inclusion in Baltimore’s Pre-Qualified Public Artist List.  The pre-qualified list will go into effect upon review and approval of the Public Art Commission and remain in effect for three years. This list will be utilized and referenced for upcoming public art projects under the 1%-for-Public Art Program, most importantly federally funded construction projects requiring artists and/or artist collaborators to work directly with  the overall project design firm to incorporate artwork into the plan. (Note: Artists looking to apply with murals should apply directly to the Baltimore Mural Program, application available at: https://boparegistrations.wufoo.com/forms/baltimore-mural-program-mural-artist-registry-rfq/)

Application available at: https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=2395

Application due: February 13, 2015

Applications for the City of Austin Pre-Qualified Artist Pool are due this Friday, January 30 at 5:00 pm (CST).  Professional visual artists, or artist teams, who live in the US are eligible to apply.

To read the full RFQ, visit: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/aipp-opportunities.

To apply, visit: www.publicartist.org/AustinAIPP<http://www.publicartist.org/AustinAIPP>

The City of Austin seeks exceptional emerging and established public artists working in a variety of visual media and artistic approaches for its 2015-17 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool. Selected artists or artist teams from the Pool may be contracted to design and fabricate artwork for eligible Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs) of various scopes, timelines, and budgets throughout the City of Austin. The purpose of the Pre-Qualified Artist Pool is to provide a streamlined application and selection process for artists interested in being commissioned for public art projects through Art in Public Places. Program staff and the Art in Public Places Panel will utilize the Pre-Qualified Pool for selecting artists for future artwork opportunities; however, selecting from the Pool is not an exclusive way for artists to be considered for artwork commission.

Request for Qualifications

City of Merriam, Kansas

Budget: $100,000

RFQ submission deadline: February 20, 2015

In 2015, the City of Merriam, Kansas, located in northeast Johnson County, is beginning a 5-year placemaking initiative that will enhance public spaces in downtown Merriam and its environs. As the inaugural project in this initiative, the City has dedicated $100,000 to commission an artist or artist team to design, produce and install compelling public art for a small downtown plaza (approximately 925 sq. ft.).

Selection process and timeline

Artists submitting to the RFQ are not being asked to develop a specific model or proposal at this time. Rather, RFQ submissions will be assessed on the quality and nature of the applicant’s past work; experience working on commissions that are placed in open and public areas; and experience collaborating with other professionals such as architects, engineers, fabricators and installation personnel. RFQ submissions will be evaluated by City of Merriam personnel, selected members of Merriam’s Public Art Initiative ad-hoc committee, and art consultant James Martin, who is facilitating all phases of the project.

A limited number of artists will be selected from the RFQ pool of applicants to develop and submit a formal proposal. A stipend of $1,200 will be paid to each artist invited to the proposal stage.

The selection timeline is subject to change, but is envisioned as follows:

1. All RFQ submissions due by 11:59 PM February 20, 2015.
2. Selected artists will be notified by February 28, 2015.
3. RFP guidelines will be disseminated by March 6, 2015.
4. All RFP submissions due by 11:59 PM April 17, 2015.
5. Invited selected artists to visit site and present proposal at art selection committee meeting, end of April 2015
6. Present recommended artist(s) for approval at early May 2015 City Council meeting.
7. Notify winning artist(s) in mid-May, 2015.
8. Finalize design and fabricate summer 2015 through early 2016.
9. Install art project by March 1, 2016.
10. Hold public dedication and reception in April 2016.

For more information, download detailed submission instructions at http://ks-merriam.civicplus.com/bids.aspx. Questions should be directed to art consultant James Martin at merriamksrfq1@gmail.com.

Call for artists! With the forthcoming Urban Youth Academy at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center, the City of Philadelphia’s Percent for Art Program has commissioned a site-specific artwork for the location as part of a $1.1 million facility expansion of the South Philadelphia recreation center.

PUBLIC SCULPTURE OPPORTUNITY

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015

 

Art Spaces – Wabash Valley Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Inc. is seeking an artist for a site-specific project to be located in Deming Park on the East side of Terre Haute, Indiana.  Deadline for receipt of materials is Friday, January 16, 2015.  The artist budget for this project is $70,000.  To see the full RFQ and learn how to submit your work for consideration or to find more information about the site and the project, visit www.wabashvalleyartspaces.com, send request to info@wabashvalleyartspaces.com or call 812-235-2801.

Art Spaces plans to install four new sculptures in 2015, the year of the organization’s tenth anniversary.  There are currently fourteen unique site-specific sculptures in the collection.

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.

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