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New York, NY + Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Fire Memorial
The
goal of the RFQ is to commission an artist or creative
team to design, fabricate and install a permanent memorial to honor the 146 garment workers who died in the
Triangle
Shirtwaist
Factory fire on March 25 1911, losing their lives in
the blaze or jumping from the fatal height of the upper floors of the building.The
search is on for a public artist to create the Triangle
Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial.
In
collaboration with Workers United, the FDNY, NYU, the
Kheel Center, the Greenwich Village Society for
Historic Preservation, family members of the victims,
historians and community leaders, we are launching an
effort to create this public memorial.
Budget: N/A
Deadline:
August
27, 2010
Information:
rememberthetrianglefire.org/memorial/call-to-artists/
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Columbus, OH + COTA Paratransit
Facility Mural
The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) is inviting Ohio and national artists
to prepare proposals for a large-scale mural to be permanently
installed in their new Paratransit
Facility with installation by December 2010. The final
selected work of art will be fabricated and printed
on canvas by an outside provider using digital files.
Budget: $30,000 ($10,000
for the artist and $20,000 for fabrication and installation)
Deadline: August 30, 2010
Information: fosnightcd@cota.com
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Albuquerque, NM
+ The Warehouse 508 Teen Center
The
Warehouse 508 Selection Committee seeks an interior
and/or exterior electronic/digital artwork situated
at the Warehouse 508 teen center. The selection
committee has requested that the work be a stellar and
dynamic use of cutting edge technology (hardware and
software) that offers an opportunity for the youth at
Warehouse 508 and the community to interact with the
piece The intent of the project is for the artist concept
to be a starting point, with the artistic content to
be developed in collaboration with youth in response
to the original piece. This artwork will serve
as an access point to Warehouse 508, youth of Albuquerque,
and the City of Albuquerque's Public Art Program.
Budget: $100,000
Deadline: August 31, 2010
Information: www.cabq.gov/publicart or www.warehouse508.org
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City of West Hollywood, CA + Public Art Consultant: Plummer Park
Master Plan
The
City of West Hollywood is seeking written proposals
from qualified individuals and firms to work as a Public
Art Consultant/Project Coordinator to provide administration
and management of the public art project for the Plummer
Park Master Plan Implementation. The successful candidate
will possess a proven record and have demonstrated abilities
in administering, planning and managing dynamic public
art projects of similar scope and magnitude. The budget
for the Project's civic art is estimated at $340,000.
The
term of the proposed contract is expected to run October
2010 through winter 2013. The selected Public Art Consultant
will work in conjunction with City staff, the architect
and design team, the Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission
and its Urban Art Subcommittee, and the Plummer Park
Art Process Team.
The
selected firm/individual will: Administer the selection
process and/or a call for artists; Work with City staff
to implement communication strategies to ensure involvement
of the City's diverse communities; Coordinate with City
staff and provide oversight of all activities associated
with artists' work including installation of artwork;
etc.
No
eligibility restrictions listed.
Budget: N/A
Deadline: August
31, 2010
Information: Andrew
Campbell acampbell@weho.org
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Kinston, NC +
African American Music
Trail Pearson
Park
Bandstand
Please
note: This RFQ is one of two concurrent public art calls
to artists related to the African American Music Trail
in Kinston,
but commissioned by two different agencies. This Kinston
Community Council for the Arts RFQ refers only to the
Pearson
Park
bandstand project, not to the separate All-America Park
RFQ, which is under the auspices of the North Carolina
Arts Council. Artists may apply to both RFQs,
but separate applications are required.
The
Kinston
Community Council for the Arts (KCCA) seeks to commission
an artist, artist team, or designer to create a site-specific,
outdoor bandstand canopy which provides functional shelter
for performers and interprets, commemorates, and celebrates
the African American musical history, heritage, and
culture of Eastern North Carolina, in particular the
City of Kinston and Lenoir County. The commissioned
artist will design and produce an artful canopy enhancement
to be installed on an existing, unsheltered bandstand
in Pearson
Park (formerly
Neuseway Park),
overlooking the Neuse
River in downtown Kinston, NC.
This
public art and design project will be a prominent component
of the African American Music Trail (AAMT), a creative
economies initiative of the NC Arts Council, an
agency of the NC Department of Cultural Resources, in
partnership with the KCCA, the Golden Leaf Foundation,
the NC Department of Transportation, and local arts
councils, government agencies, musicians, and community
stakeholders. The Pearson Park bandstand component of the AAMT is
funded by a grant from the Golden Leaf Foundation.
Budget: $65,000
Deadline: September
1, 2010
Information: Please
download the RFQ
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Phoenix, AZ + Avenida Rio Salado/Broadway Road
Project
The
Phoenix Public Art Program invites artists to apply
for the Avenida Rio Salado/Broadway
Road Public Art Project, to work with the Office of
Cultural Affairs, the Phoenix Street Transportation
and Water Services Departments, the project design team
and the community to design improvements for a major
city of
Phoenix street.
A
professional artist will be selected to participate
on an engineering team to design streetscape enhancements
along a segment of Avendia
Rio Salado/Broadway Road (ARS) from 7th
Street to 51st Avenue. This is a federal aid
project, and will be coordinated with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The overall
project intent is to design and build a new six-lane
urban arterial roadway along some sections of the existing
corridor, and expand existing
two-lane roadways to six lanes, providing three lanes
of travel in each direction with a raised median.
The
selection panel will be looking for an artist with the
savvy and vision to be a part of a major design team
effort. The selected artist will work with the design
team, the Office of Cultural Affairs, the above-mentioned
city departments, the Arizona Department of Transportation
(ADOT) and neighboring communities to develop final
project enhancements, which may include but not be limited
to transit shelters, sidewalk and trail enhancements.
Budget: $892,000 (includes design,
engineering, construction and administration)
Deadline: September 3, 2010
Information: contact Raphael Ngotie, Project Manager, at (602) 534-8334 or Raphael.ngotie@phoenix.gov
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City of Phoenix, AZ + Arterial
Canal
Crossings
The
Phoenix Public Art Program invites artists to apply
for a major new public art project to design enhancements
for street bridges spanning the city’s canals. A professional
artist will be selected to work with the Street Transportation
Department to enhance the design of major street bridges
that cross the Salt River
Valley canals
in Phoenix.
The
designs will be expected to focus on the bridges’ concrete
abutments and metal railings, and address the essential
role the canals play in the history and life of Phoenix. The designs will be incorporated into
retrofits of the bridges as funds become available in
the coming years. Applicants must have the demonstrated
ability to integrate art with urban infrastructure and
amenities, and to work effectively in a team and with
communities.
Open
to all professional artists residing in the US.
City of Phoenix
staff and their family members, and selection panelists
and their family members, are excluded from applying
for this project.
Budget: $386,000
(includes construction and admin budgets)
Deadline: September
3, 2010
Information: http://phoenix.gov or
email Jeanine Garcia jeanine.garcia@phoenix.gov
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Ormond Beach, FL + Vietnam War Veteran’s Memorial
The
Ormond Memorial Art Museum,
Inc is seeking
submissions from artists
with previous experience
in outdoor installation
work to design,
build and install an outdoor, site-specific, three dimensional
tribute to veterans who served
in the Vietnam War.
A
wide variety of artwork will be considered including
figurative, representational and abstract imagery.
Artwork materials should require minimum maintenance and be
durable and withstand
exposure to outside
elements. The base of the piece should not exceed 3’x
5’. It will be
installed in a garden environment and viewed from paved
garden paths.
The
intent of this project
is to honor
all veterans who
served in the Vietnam War.
The project will be installed in a garden setting
and will be viewed from all sides.
Budget: $26,000
Deadline: September 3, 2010
Information: Call at 386‐676‐3347 or email at srichmond@ormondartmuseum.org
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Kinston, NC
+ North Carolina's
African American Music Trail
The
North
Carolina Arts Council seeks to commission
an artist or artist team to create site-specific, outdoor
public artwork which interprets, commemorates, and celebrates
the African American musical history, heritage, and
culture of Eastern North Carolina.
This public art project will be a prominent component
of the African American Music Trail
(AAMT), an initiative of the NC Arts Council, an agency
of the NC Department of Cultural Resources.
The
commissioned artist will design and produce artwork
for a proposed three-acre public park in downtown Kinston,
NC, near
the historic Sugar Hill neighborhood. An important music
center of Eastern North Carolina and a hub of the AAMT,
Kinston
has fostered a deep and diverse
African American cultural heritage of musical tradition-bearers
and innovators. Among many other notable achievements,
the city has been home to five members of James Brown’s
classic 1960’s and 1970’s bands, including Maceo
and Melvin Parker and Nat Jones.
This
is a design team project: the All-America
City Park
will be designed by landscape architects Kofi Boone
and Fernando Magallanes, with whom the selected artist will be expected
to collaborate in order to develop an artwork concept
which can be integrated into the context of the park
design.
Budget: $100,000
Deadline: September 7, 2010
Information:
www.ncarts.org/projectspecs
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Patterson, NC + Historic Happy Valley Byway
– Yadkin River Greenway Trail
The
North
Carolina Arts Council seeks to commission
an artist or artist team to create site-specific, outdoor
artwork which offers seating for greenway trail users
and interprets, commemorates, and celebrates the history,
heritage, culture, and landscape of Happy
Valley, a picturesque rural region of the Yadkin River
Valley spanning
Caldwell and Wilkes
Counties in
Northwestern North Carolina.
Rich
in history, folkways, and arts, Happy
Valley
is the setting of the ballad “Hang Down
Your Head, Tom Dooley,” which recounts the alleged 1867
murder of Laura Foster by local Civil War veteran Thomas
Dula. The annual Happy Valley
Fiddlers’ Convention celebrates the Valley’s vibrant
local music, and Mow Day and Plow Day continue longstanding
agricultural traditions. Neighboring town Lenoir boasts
the largest collection of public art per capita of any
community of similar size in the U.S.
The
commissioned artist will design and produce one or more
artworks or artful design enhancements incorporating
seating features, to be installed along the Yadkin River
Greenway Trail, a new public pathway and park that runs
along the Yadkin River
in Patterson,
NC. This public art and design project will
be a prominent component of the Historic Happy Valley Byway (HHVB), an initiative of the
NC Arts Council, an agency of the NC Department of Cultural
Resources.
Budget: $60,000
Deadline:
September
7, 2010
Information:
www.ncarts.org/projectspecs
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St. Paul, MN
+ Dorothy
Day Center
Catholic
Charities of Saint Paul in Minneapolis,
in partnership with Public Art Saint Paul and the Saint
Paul Design
Center landscape, is seeking an artist to develop a
proposal for the design and artistic programming of
the Dorothy
Day Center
in downtown Saint
Paul.
During
2010 the artist will immerse in the Center togain
understanding the mission, function, service and clientele
of Catholic Charities
Dorothy Day
Center;
and explore the landscape and its relationship to the
Dorothy Day facility and use by Dorothy Day clients
and its place in the larger urban context at this critical
downtown gateway site
The
artist will submit a proposal for the Dorothy Day landscape
and its artistic programming based upon insights gleaned
from this in-depth exploration. The proposal may include
design of the shape and form of the land, amenities
and expressive/interpretive elements in multiple media
(including text and sound) integrated into the site,
and provision for artistic programming.
Budget: $25,000
Deadline: September 10, 2010
Information: Contact Ashley Hanson at
Public Art St. Paul, email at ashley@publicartstpaul.org
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Park City, UT +
Marsac
Building
(City Hall)
Park
City Municipal Corporation is seeking artwork for a
project at the Marsac Building
(City Hall) at 445
Marsac Avenue in Park City, Utah.
The project area consists of two plaza areas: one at
the south entrance of the building, and one at the west
side of the building. Artists may apply for one or both
areas.
Artists
are asked to consider the whole site as you develop
your approach for one or both of the plaza areas. The
City welcomes artwork proposals that include a variety
of elements such as visual art, sculptures, functional
design elements, etc.
South
Entrance plaza intent: Create sense of place; Create
a more welcoming entryway for City Hall; Create a space
for gathering outside the entrance; Design considerations
may include functional pieces such as benches, bike
racks, etc; Landscaping may be included in the selected
artist's proposed artwork plan.
West
Side plaza intent: Create a sense of place; Create
a visual connection between the Marsac
Building
and Swede Alley and Main
Street; Landscaping may be
included in the proposed artwork plan; Design considerations
could include functional pieces such as seating, bike
racks, etc.
Open
to any artists and artist teams, working in any media.
Budget: $65,000
for the combined project
Deadline: September
13, 2010
Information: www.pcscarts.org or
email Sharon Bauman bauman@parkcity.org
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Clearwater, FL + Downtown Boat Slips &
Promenade
The
City of Clearwater Public Art & Design Program wishes
to commission an artist or artist team to create an
original piece of public art that serves as an icon
and artistic landmark for the newly completed Downtown
Boat Slips and Promenade.
This
public art commission is open to all professional artists
and artist teams residing within the United
States. Artists
may apply as a team, but the application should clearly
describe the contribution of each collaborator.
Artists living and working within the state of Florida are strongly encouraged
to apply, but will not receive special consideration
due to their residency.
Budget: $200,000
Deadline: September 17, 2010
Information: www.callforentry.org
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Brooklyn, NY + Culver Line F: Smith - 9th Street Subway
Stations
MTA
Arts for Transit seeks artists’ images of past work
to be considered for a commission to create public art
at the Smith-9th
Street subway stations along
the Culver Line F. One artist will be selected for this
commission. Artists’ packages are reviewed by a selection
panel and finalists will be selected to create site-specific
proposals. The rehabilitation of the station includes
a new entrance structure, platforms, wall surfaces,
facilities and escalator repair. Approximately 1% of
the construction budget is allocated for design and
fabrication of permanent artwork.
The
commissioned artist will create designs that will be
reproduced in one or more of the following media: mosaic,
ceramic tile or laminated glass. The elevated station
is located in the Gowanus
community and the artwork will be in key locations at
the entrance area, and along the escalator walls leading
up to the platform. Approved fabricators will translate
the selected artwork into the selected medium, and therefore,
artists’ prior experience with this material is not
required.
No
eligibility restrictions listed.
Budget: $200,000
Deadline: September
17, 2010
Information: www.mta.info or
email Arts for Transit artsfortransit@mtahq.org
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St. Paul, MN + Central Corridor Public
Art Plan
Public
Art Saint Paul, a non-profit arts organization, seeks
a consultant to develop a public art plan for the Central
Corridor that connects the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
and the University
of Minnesota.
The Public Art Plan will be undertaken through Public
Art Saint Paul’s partnership with the City of Saint
Paul, the City of Minneapolis Art in Public Places Program, the University of Minnesota Public
Art on Campus Program, the Saint
Paul on the Mississippi
Design Center,
Ramsey
County, and the Capitol Region and Ramsey
Washington Regional Watershed Districts. Funding for
the Public Art Plan has been granted to Public Art Saint
Paul by the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative.
The Partners seek a consultant or consultant team that
brings both broad artistic thinking and strategic understanding of
the physical, social, economic and environmental context
of the Corridor, planning and policy issues, and funding
resources.
We seek an extraordinary and artful Public Art
Plan that is expansive in its multi-jurisdictional scope,
in its vision for art in multiple media, in its caring
for the voices of the community, and in its sustainability
within a dynamic urban environment.
The selected consultant must be an artist or must include
an artist in a significant and central leadership role.
Budget: $150,000
Deadline:
September 17, 2010
Information: www.publicartstpaul.org
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Broward County, FL + Airport Restroom Vestibules
Project
The
Broward Cultural Council Public Art and Design Program
is seeking to commission a professional artist or team
of artists to create original artworks for all restroom
vestibule walls (a total of 42) in Terminals 1, 2, 3,
and 4 of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Airport.
The artworks must create strong visual consistency that
assists travelers with the identification of restroom
locations throughout the terminals.
These entrances shall be visible from the distance,
eye-catching, and easily recognized. The selected
artist or team of artists shall design original artworks
that offer a unique and positive visual experience for
airport visitors that is reflective of the region and
that enhance the aesthetic appearance of these high-traffic
spaces. The artworks must be able to withstand
heavy physical contact and be permanent, durable, easy
to clean, and low maintenance.
Each one of the 42 entrance walls measures approximately
4’ wide by 9’ high.
Budget: $450,000
Deadline: September 24, 2010
Information: www.broward.org/arts/pad/calls.htm
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Las Cruces, NM
+ NMSU
Center for the Arts Performance Hall
The
Art in Public Places Program of New Mexico Arts and
the Local Selection Committee at New
Mexico State University
seek an artist or artist team to create a site-integrated
commission project for the Center for the Arts Performance
Hall in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
This RFQ is open to professional artists or artist team
who are citizens of the United Sates, Canada
and Mexico,
and possess experience commensurate with the project
scope and budget. Artists experienced in creating large-scale
ceiling murals are encouraged to apply.
Budget: $276,800 all-inclusive
Deadline: September 30, 2010
Information: email Ben Owen, AIPP Project
Coordinator, at ben.owen@state.nm.us
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Evansville, IN + Arena Project
In November 2011, Evansville,
Indiana
will celebrate the grand opening of a new 11,000-seat,
multi-purpose arena. The focal point for a downtown
revitalization, the new arena is designed to become
the premium sports and entertainment venue in the area.
The open-air plaza adjoining the entrance to the new
arena has been identified as the location for a major
piece of public art.
The New Evansville Arena Project, in cooperation with the Evansville
Public Art Commission and the Evansville Arena Advisory
Committee, intends to award a commission to an artist
or artist team to design, plan, create, fabricate, transport
and install a work of public art on this open-air plaza
adjoining the entrance to the new Evansville
arena. The commission is open to all artists or artist
teams authorized to work in the United
States. Accordingly,
the Arena Project requests that any interested party
submit a proposal for consideration for this commission
in accordance with this request.
This competition seeks an aesthetically pleasing, imaginative, innovative,
site-specific piece of art that has a purpose and a
belonging, a sculptural piece that will have a positive
impact on the location. The winning design must make
a strong visual statement, must convey a sense of progress,
and must be inviting, intriguing and thought provoking
without being imposing.
Budget: $200,000
Deadline: October 15, 2010
Information: www.evansvillearenaproject.com/content/contact-us
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Milwaukee,
WI+ County Courthouse & County Children’s Court
Center
The Milwaukee County Percent for Art Program (MCPAP) is pleased to
announce a unique competition for commission of an artwork
or artworks to be located at one or two possible sites.
The selected sites for potential public art are Milwaukee
County Courthouse and Milwaukee County Children’s Court
Center. A total budget of not to exceed $700,000 is
available through the program.
Budget: $700,000
Deadline: November 5, 2010
Information: email at Natalie@quorumarchitects.com or call at 414-265-9265
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Cincinnati, OH +
Cincinnati Park Board Artist Registry
The
Cincinnati Park Board invites professional artists to
submit portfolio images, resumes and statements
for its Artists Registry, from which artists will be
selected for public art commissions for Cincinnati
Riverfront
Park
and other future opportunities. These art opportunities
will be offered as the Riverfront
Park
site develops and funding becomes available, and as
other projects may develop. Honoraria will vary based
on the scope of each piece planned.
All
mediums and techniques are eligible. Applications
will be reviewed periodically by a knowledgeable panel
comprised of Parks staff and selected professionals,
and short lists of artists will be invited to submit
proposals. The deadline below is for the entire artist
registry, specific projects will have deadlines sooner
than the end of 2010.
Budget: N/A
Deadline: December
31, 2010
Information: http://www.cincyparks.com or
email Jan
Brown Checco
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Phoenix, AZ + Art Internship with D.A.
Therrien
Spectacle/Technology
Artist D.A. Therrien is accepting
applications for artist internships for 2009/2010. Projects
will begin in late Spring 2009 and extend through Fall 2010 or beyond.
2
to 3 positions are available with residency - housing
included; 5 positions available without residency (housing
available at $220 to $500 month). The studio facility
is located in downtown Phoenix,
AZ - a
few blocks from the downtown ASU campus, the Roosevelt
Row arts district and the light rail. Interns should be students, artists, technologists
with skills as varied as metal fabrication, machining,
programming, theater production, hydraulics, robotics,
sound design, linguistics, aluminum welding, mechanical/electrical/civil
engineering skills, biotechnology, dance, music composition,
etc.
Please
see http://beautifullight.org for background
on Therrien's past and upcoming
projects.
Deadline: open until filled
Information: Kirstin Van Cleef kirstinv@sccarts.org
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New York, NY + The
Street Gallery: Gatescapes
Public Art
Artists
at any stage in their careers are invited to consider
submitting their work for consideration for a temporary
public art project for New York streetscapes: The Street Gallery:
Gatescapes Public Art.
The newest venture of Mediacy,
Inc. the Soho-based advertising
company, "gatescapes"
are large-format, billboard-sized vinyl placed on roll-down
security gates -- initially in New
York, and in Los Angeles by mid-year.
Woven into this advertising program, Mediacy
is offering the sites to artists, in four-week timeframes
between ad displays, for the installation of temporary
public artworks. These storefront “windows” may
be used singly, or in combination – triptychs, corner
wrap-arounds, or even in a series along a whole block – in locations
such as 14th Street at 7th Avenue, Saint Marks between
2nd and 3rd, or the corner of 8th Avenue and 51st Street,
and over 150 more to choose from.
Deadline: on-going
Information: www.thestreetgallery.org,
gatescapes@gmail.com
or 917-523-6228.
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San Rafael, CA + Art Works Downtown
Art
Works Downtown and the City of San Rafael seek entries
for a continuing program of outdoor sculptures and art
installations to be on view at various locations in
the around downtown San Rafael, CA.
Budget: N/A
Deadline: on-going
Information: download application or email Phyllis Thelen at pbthelen@comcast.net
or
415.454.1073
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Chicago, IL + Public Art in the Public Way
Near
NorthWest Arts Council invites
artists to create projects including murals (with/without
after-school student participation), temporary public
space and media installations. Acceptable disciplines
include Visual Arts, Electronic Media Arts, Murals,
Painting, Photography, Sculpture/Installation, Sound,
Video, and Media Arts. The purpose is to activate and
enhance the public way. The locations include transit
oriented sites, storefront display, and viaduct bridges.
Send a resume, slides or digital format, image
list and three references.
Budget: N/A
Deadline: on-going
Information: www.chicagoartistsresource.org/visual-arts/node/859
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City of Long Beach, CA + Traffic Signal Control
Cabinets
For
over 45 years, the mission of the Long Beach Redevelopment
Agency (Agency) has been to enhance the quality of life
by improving blighted areas of Long Beach, revitalizing
neighborhoods, promoting economic development, creating
jobs, providing affordable housing and encouraging citizen
participation. The Agency also recognizes the importance
of public art to beautify the City of Long Beach and promotes various art projects throughout Long Beach.
The
Agency is pleased to announce an opportunity for artists
to paint and transform selected traffic signal control
cabinets (utility boxes) into pieces of art that bring
a sense of community to the neighborhoods. Artists will
primarily focus on the creation of murals for selected
utility boxes throughout the city with final design
approval from the Agency. The Community Development
Department, Neighborhood Services Bureau (NSB) will
be managing the utility box project and work directly
with the artists who will be selected on a rotational
basis. Applicants must be experienced professional painters/muralists.
Agency staff and Arts Council for Long
Beach will create a list of finalists
based on artistic achievement as demonstrated by applicant’s
resume and portfolio. The Agency will enter into contracts
with the most qualified artists on an as-needed basis.
Budget: $1,500 to $2,500 (per utility
box)
Deadline: on-going
Information: www.artspca.or
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