Request for Qualifications: Albuquerque BioPark Zoo, Woodcarvers On-Call

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The Albuquerque Arts Board is looking for several artists to be placed “on-call” in the form of a registry of artists available for future woodcarving projects at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo, including chain saw and traditional woodcarving.

The project intent is to give opportunities to artists working primarily in wood to carve one of several weather damaged trees at the BioPark Zoo. Over the next year when Zoo staff locates suitable trees for carving, the Arts Board Committee will select an artist from this pool to carve the tree(s).

Pre-approved woodcarving artists will be invited to submit a design and a fee proposal for the various trees selected to retain as carvings.

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Click here for more information or to apply.

Submissions due December 6, 2013.

“Design-A-Sign” Request for Artist Created Street Signs along York Rd.

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BOPA and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation are pleased to announce a  public art opportunity that hopes to brighten and enhance the pedestrian and community experience along York Road.

Artists are invited to design and create original street signs that will be placed along York Road between 43rd and Glenwood Ave.  Multiple artists will be selected to participate in the project and can choose from creating an image directly onto a blank steel sign or submitting a design to be professionally printed.

So what do you think is missing from the existing cannon of street sign visual culture? What would you add to the landscape given the opportunity?

Submission Deadline: December 1st, 2013 at midnight

For more info check out BOPA’s Call for Artists page or follow this link

RFP York Road Sign Project. 

 

 

Public Art Archive Online

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Where do you find public art? Do you see it every day, in murals in your neighborhood or an art installation on your campus? Have you traveled to visit destinations like Mount Rushmore or Cloud Gate in Chicago’s Millennium Park?

There is a new tool to help you find public art— the Public Art Archive™, a data-rich, online catalogue of public art throughout the U.S. and Canada put together by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF). WESTAF is a regional arts service organization dedicated to the creative development and preservation of the arts, with an emphasis on technology. While the organization primarily serves the 13 states that make up its membership, WESTAF impacts the entire country through their new technology tools designed for the creative industries.

Launched in 2009, the archive is a free resource that allows a broad range of users to explore public art in their communities. Their extensive, standardized data includes items such as images of the public artwork at different stages of the project, documents with artists’ statements, audio of artist interviews, and video of the piece’s installation. The archive also boasts a mobile site that grants visitors easy access to the database, including a geo-location feature to immediately find artworks near you. With 100 collections catalogued to date, WESTAF continues to accept content submissions to the archive.

Franklin Square on The List

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The Franklin Square community was recently featured on ABC Baltimore’s “The List” for their participation in the PNC Transformative Art Project. As a recipient of the 2012 grant, Franklin Square has worked with Civic Works, Can Collective, Living Classrooms and artists Emily CD, Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn to create a multi-media sculptural installation that celebrates the power of people and plants.