Marriott Library Public Art Project
MARRIOTT LIBRARY at the UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
The Marriott Library, University of Utah, Utah Division of Facilities Construction and Management and the Utah Arts Council Public Art Program announce a Call for Qualifications from artists or artist teams interested in creating site specific public art for the remodeled Marriott Library on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah
Founded in 1850, the University of Utah is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River, and is classified as a Research Intensive institution. The National Science Foundation ranks Utah with MIT and Stanford in the licensing of new technology. Consistently ranked in the top 35 for federally funded research in public universities, the University of Utah is the state’s flagship institution with more than 28,000 students and 2,750 faculty members. The University is home to 15 colleges including Business, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing. The University of Utah includes a preeminent medical research and treatment center known for its advances in genetics, cancer treatment, eye treatment, and artificial organ development.
Total research funding in 2003 leads the eight-state Intermountain West with $287 million.
The Marriott Library serves education, research, and inquiry by providing the resources, means, and expertise for scholars of today and of the future to discover, gather, use, and create knowledge. The Marriott Library is the hub of the University of Utah campus, the central axis around which the scholarly and social lives of students, faculty, and the community are encouraged to develop and flourish.
The Marriott Library is uniquely equipped to meet the needs of the twenty-first century library user. In the midst of a rapid transformation of research and scholarship, the Marriott Library continues to embrace not only technology, but the tradition of the book as well. We span the whole spectrum of knowledge—from papyrus scrolls to digital files.
Within the Marriott Library, the old and the new blend and reinforce each other. Digital technologies continue to improve access exponentially. Yet, we equally value the knowledge and information created over millennia. Special collections hold unique and eclectic resources that are used in person and accessed through the Internet. The Red Butte Press produces limited-edition jewels on a hand-operated antique 1846 Columbian press, while the University of Utah Press continues to publish vital new scholarship. People use books alongside computers. Electronic journals, visual and media resources, preservation microfilm, repositories to share and preserve the digital assets of the scholarly community—all these resources are at the Marriott Library.
Today, a single library can reach the entire world. And the Marriott Library has become an innovative leader in developing initiatives that have a global impact, while still maintaining focus on our local users. We teach students the skills needed to be lifetime learners. We assist faculty to apply the newest technologies in their teaching. We welcome local, regional, and national communities to make use of Library resources. We provide services day or night within the building, over the phone, through pod casts and via the Internet.
The J. Willard Marriott Library has developed service principals to serve the community of the University of Utah and the community at large:
- Treat everyone with dignity and respect
- Be welcoming and professional
- Strive to be knowledgeable about your work
- Listen to understand
- Accept all questions and requests as valid
- Honor differences and diversity
- Find the best available strategy or solution for meeting user needs
- Support each other in providing service
- Eliminate unnecessary barriers to service
- Resolve mistakes and problems without blame
- Take responsibility for follow through
- Create a teaching and learning environment
ARTIST SELECTION COMMITTEE STATEMENT
The remodeled Library structure will be an updated version of the original 1960s architecture and furnishings. When renovation is completed in June 2008, the Marriott Library will be framed in glass, embedded with technology, staffed by experts, and filled with collections from the ages.
The future Marriott Library will be the jewel of the campus, a vibrant and enduring sanctuary where students, faculty, and community will gather to celebrate learning, the sharing of ideas, and the development of knowledge. It will foster the integration of campus and community intellectual, cultural and social life through stewardship of its traditional resources, as well as its innovative vision and application of cutting-edge technologies.
Areas identified by the committee as potential public art sites are the main atrium, the grand staircase and staircase lobby at each level as well as the large walls on floors 4 and 5 facing the open atrium space (the 4th floor foyer is reserved for Special Collections.) The committee is open to other suggested sites, however there is a certain amount of uncertainty as to the future disposition of the large exterior spaces outside the library.
The committee and the project require incorporated art of high aesthetic that is timeless, exciting, and exceptional. We desire a bold statement that illustrates the continuum of learned scholarship coupled with high technology.
The committee is open to considering the work(s) of one artist, multiple artists or multiple works by an artist or team of artists.
Construction updates and project scope are available online at: www.lib.utah.edu/construct
Plans, elevations and renderings in PDF format:
ArchSitePlan
- 3rdFloor - 4_5floorplans - AtriumSection
GrandStairSection - StairPlans1_5 - StairPlans2_3_4 - WestEastsection
and
Building and campus photographs
BUDGET
$290,000 has been allocated to this public art commission project. These funds are intended to cover all costs associated with this public art commission. Finalist(s) will be compensated up to $1,200 for the final proposal, model or maquette, travel and presentation to the committee. This honorarium will become part of the total commission award for the selected artist(s).
SELECTION PROCESS AND SCHEDULE
The Selection Committee will review proposals. A short list of semi-finalists will then be selected and invited to interview with the committee. A small honorarium will be extended to the finalists. The honorarium will be applied toward the commission amount for the artist(s) awarded the commission. Final selection(s) will be made from the semi-finalists. The schedule follows:
June 27, 2006 Pre-submittal artist meeting - 5:30 pm
July 14, 2006 Deadline for receipt of qualifications
August 9-10, 2006 Committee reviews applications
August 12, 2006 Finalists are notified
September 21, 2006 Finalist presentations to committee 10 – 2 pm
June, 2008 Building completion
The committee reserves the right to withhold or delay award of this project.
ARTIST SELECTION COMMITTEE
Tami Cleveland University of Utah (U of U) Facilities Planning
Justin Diggle U of U, Professor, Art and Art History
Madelyn Garrett U of U, Curator, Marriott Library
Joseph Harman U of U, Campus Design & Construction
Ali Hasnain U of U, President, Associated Students
Greg Hatch U of U, Librarian, Marriott Library
Lyle Knudsen Project Manager, Facilities Construction & Mgmt.
Christopher Nelson Architect, MJSAA Architects / Interiors
Joyce Ogburn U of U, Director, Marriott Library
Alexander Schiel Schiel Architects – Utah Arts Council Board
If you have any questions please call:
Jim Glenn at 801-533-3585 or jglenn@utah.gov
Please note the Utah Arts Council maintains an Artist Slide Bank of artists working in all media that are interested in Public Art Projects. If you are interested in being included in this bank please call, write, or e-mail us to request a registration form.
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