Artist Resources: Program Manager, Public Art (MSAC)

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http://jobbank.artsusa.org/jobs/7032558/program-manager-public-art

PROGRAM MANAGER, PUBLIC ART

(CONTRACTUAL)

SALARY RANGE:  $44,017 – $70,265

 

STATE OF MARYLAND

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

DIVISION OF TOURISM, FILM AND THE ARTS

MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL

The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Program Manager within its Division of Tourism, Film and the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC).  This position is responsible for managing all aspects of the State’s Public Art Program and the operations of the Maryland Commission on Public Art.  MSAC and the Maryland Commission on Public Art are responsible for managing the administrative aspects related to the selection and placement of artwork in state facilities.  Incumbent works with the Department of Budget Management (DBM) and other state government representatives to develop calls for artists/qualifications that lead to the selection of public art to be included in capital projects.  Duties include the development of policy and procedures related to the acquisition and placement of public art work; managing projects from the initial point of contact to the final installation of the project; creating and implementing processes for commissions of public art; administering Memorandum of Understanding and/or contracts; serving as the liaison between the Arts Council, Commission, artists, clients, architects, contractors and other regulatory officials; conducting outreach; providing technical assistance; and developing and maintaining a collection management system.

Candidates must possess strong written, oral communications, and interpersonal skills to work with high level public and private sector officials.  The ability to handle multiple, concurrent and high priority tasks is required.  Candidates must be knowledgeable of the contemporary trends, practices and strategic approaches related to public art.  Experience organizing and managing site-specific projects and working closely with artists, fabricators and/or contractors is essential.  Experience with Microsoft Word, Google Mail, Excel and Access and/or other relevant software is required.

Candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in visual arts, art history, architecture, urban design or other related field from a four year college or university and a minimum of four years experience in administrative staff or professional work, two of which must have been with a public art program.  An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted.

It is highly preferred that you apply online at http://business.maryland.gov  Go to the bottom of the page and under ABOUT, click ABOUT DBED then click on Work at DBED. If you are unable to apply online, please submit a resume to:

 

DBED Office of Human Resources

ATTN:  Program Manager, Public Art

World Trade Center- 401 East Pratt Street- 10th Floor

Baltimore, Maryland  21202

No Later Than:   Wednesday, April 29, 2015

 

E-Verify and an Equal Opportunity Employer                                        TTY Phone Number:  1-800-735-2258

Call for Artists: Public Art Project (Denver, CO)

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PRAIRIE BASIN PARK

Public Art Project

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

The award winning Stapleton community announces a public art opportunity with a commission of $175,000 for the Prairie Basin Park.

Project Description   The site of this public art project is the circular promontory in Prairie Basin Park, a unique designed and landscaped environment in north Stapleton that functions as a park and serves the storm water management needs of the community. The design of Prairie Basin Park allows natural and human activities to converge providing habitat for plants and animals and passive recreational opportunities for people.

For more information about Stapleton please visit www.StapletonDenver.com.

The Stapleton public art program uses the CaFÉ digital application and selection process online at www.callforentry.org.  Full application information can be found at www.callforentry.org.

Deadline: The application, images and other required materials must be submitted electronically by midnight (MDT), Friday, May 8, 2015 to www.callforentry.org.

Eligibility:  All applicants must be residing legally in the United States.

Light City: Idea Session

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The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, in partnership with What Works Studio and Visit Baltimore, invites community members along with artists, musicians and tech enthusiasts to Light City Baltimore Idea Session.  Light City Baltimore is the region’s newest festival taking place in 2016 celebrating art, music and innovation. The sessions are a chance for residents and artists to learn more about the vision for Light City Baltimore and to share ideas to help shape and create a festival that accurately reflects the multifaceted arts community, innovation scene and technology sectors in Baltimore.  Festival details will be officially announced at a later date.

Light City Baltimore Idea Session: 
Community members can connect with planners about the festival and share ideas.
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2015
Time: 11:30am-1:30pm
Location: Center for Urban Families, 2201 N. Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD 21217

**Please note: The location and time for this meeting has changed. The new location is the Center for Urban Families, not the Baltimore Museum of Industry as previously announced.

Attendees are asked to RSVP at rsvp@promotionandarts.org. For information, call the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts at 410-752-8632 or visit www.promotionandarts.org or www.lightcitybaltimore.org.

Call for Artists: Public Art Project (Edmonton, Canada)

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Call to Artists – North East Transit Garage Public Art Project

The North East Transit Garage public art competition is open to all Local, National and International professional artists, and is held in accordance with the City of Edmonton policy “Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas” (C458C).

Budget: $1,000,000.00 CAD (maximum, all inclusive)

Deadline for Submissions: 4:30 pm on Tuesday May,19 2015

Installation: Fall 2017

For more information, please e-mail Andrea Bowes, Public Art Officer – abowes@edmontonarts.ca

We thank all artists for their interest and submissions to this call, only complete applications and artists that meet preliminary criteria will be reviewed by the Selection Committee.

To download the RFQ, please visit:

http://publicart.edmontonarts.ca/static_media/pdfs/files/publicart/artcalls/CALL_NETG_RFQ.pdf

Call for Artists: MICA Community Engagement Grant

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The Office of Community Engagement believes that artists and designers are vital to creating and sustaining vibrant, equitable and thriving communities. To support this mission the Office of Community Engagement now offers three distinct grants through the France-Merrick Opportunity Fund, the Community Engagement Grant for students, faculty, and staff, as well as the Curriculum Travel Grant, and the Engaged Alumni Grant, all of which support community-engaged projects and activities.

  • For projects in Fall and early Spring: Monday, October 6, 2014
  • For projects in Spring and early Summer: Monday February 2, 2015
  • For projects in Summer and next Fall: Friday, May 29, 2015

Eligible applicants (see below) may apply for funding for such expenses as materials, supplies, entrance fees, and transportation that are integral to the development, implementation or evaluation of qualifying projects. Grantees may apply for funding (up to 25% of the total request) to compensate comissoned artists or guest speakers participating in Community Engaged projects. Salaries, tuition, and conference fees are currently ineligible for support.

Below is the list of all of the downloadable applicable materials that must be turned in to the OCE office (Bunting 340) by 5:00 PM on the grant deadline:

  1. Grant Application
  2. Project Budget (Using the required format) [PDF Version] [Excel Version]
  3. Reference Letters and Supporting Documentation (Optional)

Attention Applicants: Do not fill out application using Adobe Preview. Your application will not be saved properly. Application must be downloaded and filled out using Adobe Acrobat Pro or free Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download a free copy here.

Please read the FAQ’s below. If you have any additional questions, please contact us at grants@mica.edu.

Any current MICA undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, or graduate student may apply, as well as faculty and staff. All applicants are required to be supervised by either a MICA faculty or staff advisor.

Projects should engage the MICA students in collaborating with community members to meet a particular community need or to pursue a desired outcome. Grants may be used either to launch a new project or program, or to strengthen/expand an existing project or program. Previous projects have ranged from after-school activities with children to community-based public art projects and social design initiatives. Letters of Support from partnering organizations that confirm both the need for the project and the partnering organization’s interest in collaborating with the applicant are not required but highly recommended and will be strongly considered in the grant review process.

All funding used for MICA’s Student Grant program is donor funded. However, it is distributed through two different offices: the Office of Community Engagement and the Office of Student Affairs. The Office of Community Engagement offers the Community Engagement Grant (OCE). The Office of Student Affairs offers the Community Service Fund Grant (CSF). For your convenience, only ONE application is required to apply for both grants and will be reviewed by each office. For more information on specific criteria for each grant, please click here.

OCE CSF TOTAL
Student working on co-curricular project. (Non-classroom based project) $1500.00 $750.00 $2250.00
Student working on curricular projects, including thesis projects and other projects for classroom credit. $1500.00 $0.00 $1500.00
Staff/Faculty member working on a community-based project $1500.00 $0.00 $1500.00

In all cases, only exemplary projects with well-constructed budgets are funded at the top of the grant range.

No. While technically separate grants, these opportunities share the same application and deadlines. Only ONE application is required for a project and will be reviewed by each of the three offices. Only ONE budget (using required format) is needed itemizing total amount of funds you are requesting.

The project advisor is your chief resources for planning and implementation, as well as your best resource should unexpected difficulties arise. Other resources for planning and implementing a community-based project can be found on the Office of Community Engagement’s Toolbox or the student resources section of the Campus Compact website.

Your grant award letter will list the office to contact to gain access to your funds. Funding is distributed primarily through reimbursements and purchase orders. For reimbursements, grantees are responsible for completing and submitting a MICA Expense Reimbursement Form with all valid receipts numbered and attached to the office listed in your grant award letter. For purchase orders, grantee must use one of MICA’s approved vendors. More information will be provided in the grantee’s award letter.

Yes, you can. There is no limit to the number of grants that you can apply for. To be eligible for a new grant, however, you must have fully spent and “closed out” your previous grant and fulfilled the reporting requirements as listed in the grant acceptance letter.

All grant applications are reviewed by a committee comprised of one or more of the following: MICA faculty, MICA staff, and/or community members. Input from the committee determines whether or not the project is funded and at what amount.

Not all grants are fully funded. Many are only partially funded. Partial funding is typically due to one of two factors: a) the inclusion of ineligible expenses in the budget request, or b) lack of evidence of a compelling need for the expenditures. Applicants seeking full funding, at the top of the grant range, are advised to clearly articulate the need for each and every line item, either in a budget narrative or in the project description.

ALL grantees must submit a narrative summary of the project, including photos and any additional documentation, to the office identified in the grant agreement letter. In addition, grantees must give a brief (5-10 minute) final presentation on the successes and lessons learned through the project, at a date to be determined by the granting office. More information about reporting on your project can be found here.

Call for Artists: Vox XI (Philadelphia)

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Vox Populi is happy to announce an open call for VOX XI – our eleventh annual juried exhibition of emerging artists, which will take place July 10th – July 31st 2015. The deadline for submissions is Sunday May 03, 2015.

To apply, download a prospectus here and follow the instructions.  The application is on SlideRoom and can be accessed here.

Vox Populi is particularly interested in highlighting work in all media that pushes boundaries in terms of form and content, is ambitious and timely, and is experimental and risk-taking.

This is a great professional opportunity to show in a professional exhibition space and bring your work to a large, new audience.

This year’s jurors are Paddy Johnson and Martine Syms.

Paddy Johnson (NYC) is the founding Editor of Art F City and maintains a column on digital art for Artnet. In addition to her work on the blog, she has been published in magazines such as New York Magazine, The New York Times and The Economist. Paddy lectures widely about art and the Internet at venues including Yale University, Parsons, Rutgers, South by Southwest, and the Whitney Independent Study Program. In 2007 she received a scholarship to attend iCommons conference in Croatia as the art critic. In 2008, she served on the board of the Rockefeller Foundation New Media Fellowships and became the first blogger to earn a Creative Capital Arts Writers grant from the Creative Capital Foundation. Paddy was nominated for best art critic at The Rob Pruitt Art Awards in 2010 and 2013.  In 2014, she was the subject of a VICE profile for her work as an independent art blogger.

Martine Syms (LA) is a conceptual entrepreneur based in Los Angeles who uses publishing, video, and performance to look at the making and reception of meaning in contemporary America. She currently runs DOMINICA, an imprint dedicated to exploring blackness as a topic, reference, marker and audience in visual culture. From 2007–11, Syms directed Golden Age, a project space focused on printed matter. She has presented work at universities and museums internationally.

Applicants may submit up to five works in any media.  Application fee is $35.

Call for Artists: Studio Artist at VisArts

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Background on VisArts

VisArts is a non-profit arts center dedicated to engaging the community in the arts through educational programming, gallery exhibitions and a studio artist program.  Since its founding in 1987, VisArts has provided children, teens and adults with opportunities to express their creativity and enhance their awareness of the arts. VisArts is located in the heart of Rockville Town Center, a thriving gathering place for the local community. VisArts is home to three gallery spaces, seven artist studio spaces, a curatorial program, arts education classrooms and offers a vibrant exhibition schedule featuring contemporary emerging, mid-career and established artists.  It is a dynamic and important presence in the greater metropolitan arts community.

 

Studio Artist Program

VisArts’ Studio Artist program is designed to provide artists working in a variety of media with studio space in a 25,000 square foot facility with an art-rich environment that encourages interaction, dialogue and exploration both within the VisArts artist community and the larger community as well.  Studio artists, the artists who are selected each year for a four-month residency as a Bresler Artist in Residence, visiting and exhibiting artists are all important members of the VisArts community.  Studio Artists will be given the opportunity to participate in an annual group exhibition, conduct workshops and facilitate discussions during their term. VisArts is eco-friendly and seeks artists who are committed to using materials that are not harmful to the environment.

 

Program Requirements

Qualified applicants should be professional artists over the age of 18. The program is not designed for current students or commercial artists.  Collaborative teams may apply for a studio.

Applicants must be committed to using a studio primarily for art-making activities. Teaching of private students in the artist studios is not prohibited however it may not constitute the primary activity of the artist.

Studio Artists are required to work at least 28 hours per week in their studios with

15 hours coinciding with the VisArts gallery hours.

Studio Artists are expected to support VisArts galleries and mission by:

  • Participating regularly in studio artist pot-lucks and “critique sessions;”
  • Opening their studios during the ten gallery opening receptions scheduled each year and during the VisArts’ annual open studio day; and,
  • Initiating community outreach programs that include other studio artists and the greater Rockville community.  These activities can range from preparing and executing a group exhibition or performance, conducting free workshops or working with local schools or other non-profit organizations.

Studio Artists are responsible for the acquisition, insurance and care of their materials and equipment.  While VisArts carries liability and business insurance this insurance does not cover any materials, equipment or artwork in the artist studios.

 

Description of the Space and Limitations on Use

VisArts Artist studios range in size from 178 square foot studios with large windows to an interior 248 square foot studio with built-in cabinet storage.  Studios are unfurnished and have sinks, fluorescent overhead lighting and spotlights.  Exterior studio walls are not floor to ceiling.  All studios are located on the second floor along the common area known as the “Artist Concourse.”  This hallway connects VisArts’ primary event rental space, the Buchanan Event Room and its main exhibition space, the Kaplan Gallery.

Studio Artists shall have 365 day, 24-hour access to their studios.  On some occasions, when the Buchanan Event Room is being rented by a client for a private event, artists may not have access to their studios. These events usually occur on Saturday afternoons and evenings.  VisArts’ event rental staff provides a monthly events calendar to artists so that they have advance notice of times when studio access is limited.

Artists working in all media are welcome to apply, but VisArts cannot support the use or storage of hazardous materials that require specific ventilation and specialty disposal requirements.

Studio Artists are responsible for maintaining the studio in a safe and tidy manner and cannot make alterations to the space without permission. Artists who wish to have kilns and other equipment that create additional electrical use must obtain permission for each piece of equipment that they wish to use in their studios.  There will be a utility surcharge of up to $40.00 per month for those studios that have kilns or other equipment.

Use of VisArts equipment is not included in the monthly rent. Use and scheduling of VisArts equipment and additional charges, will be determined by the VisArts Education director at her sole discretion.

Studio Artists must leave the studio in the state in which it was found and remove all belongings at the end of their residency.

 

Required materials include:

  • Application Form
  • Images:  Submit 10 images of work produced during the last three years. Work samples can be a combination of high resolution jpgs and time-based media (*up to 10 minutes total). *For collaborative teams, 10 images of collaborative work are required as well as a statement of the collaborative nature of the work. *Two minutes of video, film, sound or performance documentation = one work.  Artists may choose to include links to Vimeo or You Tube public accounts for time-based work samples.
  • Image Requirements: You may submit up to 10 images. They must be in .jpg, .tiff, .png, or .gif file format. Minimum image resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Maximum file size 5MB per image. Files must be labeled in the following way: first name last name-title of artwork-1.ext, first name last name-title of artwork-2.ext, etc. The file number corresponds with the number on the list of works. (Ex. John Doe-Untitled-1.jpg)
  • List of Works Form- Numbered list of artworks with the following information: artist name, title of artwork, year, dimensions, description of artwork (optional).
  • Resume/CV
  • Brief Artist Bio
  • Artist Statement
  • A brief statement about why you or your collaborative team wish to be a VisArts studio artist including what you are looking for from the program and what you will bring to the community.

The preferred means of submitting applications is online, however they may also be mailed or hand delivered.

Online:   Complete the online application and submit all required documents on the VisArts website.   http://visarts.submittable.com/submit/39490

By mail:  Complete and print out the application form and mail all required application materials to VisArts Exhibitions Department, 155 Gibbs Street, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20850. Images must be on a DVD or CD. If you would like your DVD or CD of images returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. (click here to download application materials for mail or hand delivery)

In person:  Hand deliver the application form and all required application materials to VisArts,155 Gibbs Street, Suite 300, Rockville MD 20850 (Administrative office hours – Monday – Saturday 9am – 5pm

All applications will be reviewed by a panel of artists and arts professionals.