San Francisco Arts Commission: Request for Qualifications

Deadline: April 6, 2015 {ONLINE}


Request for Qualifications
Prequalified Artist Pool
San Francisco Arts Commission
San Francisco, CA
Season 2015/2016



The San Francisco Arts Commission invites artists and artist teams residing in the United States to submit qualifications for potential inclusion in a pre-qualified artist pool for upcoming public art opportunities. The 2015/2016 Pre-qualified Artist Pool will be used to select artists for a range of new permanent public art projects associated with the construction of new civic buildings, parks and playgrounds, as well as transportation and streetscape improvement projects throughout San Francisco. The 2015/2016 Pre-qualified Artist Pool will also be used to purchase two-dimensional artwork for display in public buildings.

The Arts Commission seeks visual artists working in a variety of media and artistic approaches to include in the 2015/2016 Pre-qualified Artist Pool, especially those artists who are interested in having their design concepts implemented in durable and maintainable materials. Certain projects may also offer opportunities for an artist to work as part of a design team along with the project architect/designer.

ARTWORK BUDGETS
Budgets for commissioned permanent public artworks range up to $500,000.

ELIGIBILITY
Professional practicing visual* artists or artist teams residing in the United States. Artists who apply as part of a team may not also apply as individual artists. All members of a team must reside in the United States to be eligible.

TO APPLY
All application materials must be submitted online via SlideRoom (https://sfgov.slideroom.com/) by April 6, 2015, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. There is no application fee to apply or to use the SlideRoom online application system.

Application materials include:

• Budget Range Verification
• SlideRoom will provide a form to determine the budget range for projects you are interested in (up to $100,000/ $100,000 – $250,000/ $250,000- $500,000). You may select any or all of the ranges.
• Letter of Interest
• Resume
• 10 images of previous work
• Image descriptions

View complete RFQ details: www.sfartscommission.org/call-for-artists-20152016-prequalified-artist-pool/


FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RFQ
For questions regarding the 2015/2016 Prequalified Artist Pool RFQ, contact Zoë Taleporos, Public Art Program Associate by email at zoe.taleporos@sfgov.org, or by phone at (415) 252-3215.

Call for Artists: Connector, Port of San Diego Public Art

Deadline: January 15, 2013 (ONLINE)


Call for Artists
Connector
The Port of San Diego Public Art Office
San Diego, California
June/July 2014 (First Site Installation)




Connector is a new Port of San Diego (Port) public art project designed to encourage artistic investigation of Port tidelands in the development of a temporary large-scale artwork that will travel to locations on tidelands in San Diego, National City, Coronado, Chula Vista and Imperial Beach. The selected artist or artist team will create a dynamic, transportable artwork that transforms five unassuming spaces on tidelands in an imaginative and unexpected way.

ELIGIBILITY
This Call for Artists is open to professional, practicing artists in the United States and artists who currently hold proper visas allowing them to work in the United States. Proof of visa/work permit documentation may be requested for verification.

PROJECT GOALS
The goals of the Connector project are to encourage artistic investigation of the tidelands in the development of a large-scale, site-specific public artwork that:
• Is artistically compelling both aesthetically and conceptually;
• Exemplifies a dynamic approach to public space and human engagement;
• Transforms, adds to, or is fundamentally ensconced in unassuming spaces in the District’s five member cities in imaginative and unexpected ways;
• Is transportable and durable to withstand travel to multiple locations on the tidelands; and
• Creates connections and a series of evolving experiences along the tidelands, in support of the “public” public art creative direction.

ARTWORK OPPORTUNITY (truncated)
The artist selected for the commission will collaborate with the Port on the conceptualization and realization of the artwork.

The artwork should be artistically compelling both aesthetically and conceptually with high visual impact. Through a dynamic approach to public space and human engagement, the artist will transform multiple tidelands environmental settings into new visual experiences that engage a broad audience in their daily lives. The artwork will translate into a series of evolving experiences that re-imagine the urban and related tidelands environs. Artists whose visual art practices include spatial inventions and/or installations are strongly encouraged to apply.

A specific site in each of the Port’s five member cities will be determined during the artwork development phase through a collaborative investigation of the tidelands by the artist and the Public Art Office. Examples of potential areas may include shoreline parks, buildings, infrastructure, and promenades.

The artwork will be on public view approximately fifteen months (three months in each member city). Artists will be expected to retrieve all components at the end of the project and may keep any materials purchased and/or fabricated as part of the commission budget and incorporated into the temporary artwork.

BUDGET
The selected artist will receive a $275,000 budget to conceive and realize their artwork, including concept and design development, fabrication as well as installation and de-installation at multiple sites. The budget is all inclusive and must cover all costs.


Download the Call for Artists: http://www.portofsandiego.org/environment/committee/doc_download/4747-call-for-artists-connector.html


QUESTIONS
Please submit questions in writing to the Public Art Office at callsforartists@portofsandiego.org. If questions lead to an addendum to this Call for Artists, the addendum will be posted on the Port’s website at www.portofsandiego.org/public-art/browse-callsfor-artists


WEBSITE RESOURCES
PORT OF SAN DIEGO: www.portofsandiego.org; www.portofsandiego.org/maritime
THE BIG BAY: www.thebigbay.com

RFQ: The University of Nebraska – Physical Science Building

Deadline: December 5, 2007, 5:00 p.m. (Postmark) & (Hand Delivery)

Request for Qualifications
The University of Nebraska Department of Physical Science
Nebraska Arts Council
Budget: $253,000

ELIGIBILITY

This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) project competition is open to all professional publicartists or artist teams, including those who are new to the field of public art, from throughout the United States. Artists from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply for this project.

RFQ SUMMARY

The University of Nebraska – Lincoln Department of Physics and Astronomy, in accordance with the State of Nebraska One Percent for Art legislation, seeks artwork for the new Physical Science building, which is presently in the planning phase of construction on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Physical Science Artwork Selection Committee has been formed to administer this process.

The artwork requirement envisions one major interior project, the South Atrium Aerial/Wall-Hung Installation/Sculpture (BUDGET: $253,000).

This artwork will enhance the student and visitor's experience of the Physical Science building architecture and the research and learning environment.

UNL PHYSICAL SCIENCE ARTWORK PROJECT

THEME

The new Physical Sciences Building offers an excellent opportunity for the artist to create a work that is integrated into the architectural space of its entrance atrium. While reference to the type of work occurring in proximity to this space (atomic physics, nanotechnology, and high energy particle physics) would not be inappropriate, we emphasize that we wish to obtain "art," and not "scientific art." The aesthetic statement made by the artist is more important than an identifiable allusion to some scientific idea or theme.

BUDGET

South Atrium Aerial/Wall Installation/Sculpture (Primary Site)
and North Atrium Aerial Installation/Sculpture (Optional Secondary
Site): $253,000

SELECTION PROCESS

Selections will be made by the Physical Science Art Selection Committee, composed of college representatives, in consultation with Nebraska Arts Council and UNL Facilities Planning and Construction.

The committee will review submissions from this RFQ and either select an artist based on preliminary submission materials, or pursue more detailed proposals from a short list of selected applicants. Honoraria for costs associated with proposals will be provided.

The following factors will be considered when reviewing submissions:
• Quality of work
• Appropriateness of subject/concept for the site
• Past exhibition/public art record
• Previous commission experience, including evidence that past commissions were
produced in accordance with agreed-upon timelines and within budget
• Permanence and safety, meeting all relevant codes required for
public places, and
offering reasonable proof of soundness against theft, vandalism or excessive
maintenance and repair

Download the Prospectus:
http://www.physics.unl.edu/newbuilding/UNLPhysicsRFQ.pdf

Additional Information is available at the Nebraska Art Council:
http://www.nebraskaartscouncil.org/
or from the Department of Physical Science:
www.physics.unl.edu/newbuilding/newbuilding.shtml