Public Art Commissions
Utah Public Art Program Opportunities
(click on the project name for the full project description and specifics for submitting qualifications)
- Uintah Basin Applied Technology College and Utah State Univiersity
Call for artist or artist teams letter of interest and qualifications for the creation of art for the new and the first permanent home for the Uintah Basin Applied Technology College. This first of many planned buildings on the new higher education campus will be shared with Utah State University and will house several academically oriented classrooms for them with distance learning capability.
A major focus of this building is to meet the needs of the booming energy industry in the Vernal areal. Much of the funding for this building is coming from mineral lease funds generated from mineral extraction companies. UBATC offers many courses focused on the hand-on training needs for over 100 energy related companies. Uintah County is the leading natural gas producing counting in the State of Utah and is the second largest oil producing county in the state. Uintah County also has some of the largest deposits of oil shale and tar sands in the world.
Budget $81,000 - Deadline: October 30, 2008
PDF files - UBATC/USU RFQ (w/o plans- 264KB) (with plans- 624KB)
The Utah State Legislature Capital Facilities and Administrative Services Appropriations
Subcommittee reviews all capital projects for the State and approves or cuts public art funding for
those projects. If you would like to contact those legislators on the committee to express your views
on art in public places. The committee membership is listed on the Utah State Legislature web site at: http://www.le.state.ut.us/asp/interim/Commit.asp?Year=2008&Com=APPCFG
This web site also provides schedule and contact information for the committee.
Projects in Process:
Other Utah Public Art Opportunities
National & International Public Art Opportunities
- University of Florida, Performing Arts Complex
Florida's Art in State Buildings Program at the University of Central
Florida is issuing a Call to Artists for the new Performing Arts
Complex. The Complex includes an exterior courtyard that will eventually
be the east-end terminus of an adjacent sculpture garden area. The
selection committee has identified the courtyard as an exceptional
opportunity for the placement of sculpture, earthwork or a similar
site-specific installation solution. The courtyard is 40,500 square feet
(approximately 135 feet by 300 feet). For complete project information
and how to apply, visit:
http://www.fp.ucf.edu/Advertisements/CallForArtists/PerformingArts.html
Questions, contact: Theo Lotz, ASB Administrator for UCF, at
tlotz@mail.ucf.edu
Budget: $100,000 - Deadline: October 17, 2008
- 4Culture Artist Registry - Washington
Public Art 4Culture is now accepting applications for the new volume of the Artist Registry which is organized into three categories: Parts, Sites and Plans. All are open to professional artists residing in the United States. Artists selected for inclusion in the Registry are pre-qualified for a variety of public and private art commissions with budgets that range from $10,000 to $1 million. One of the only web publications of such breadth in the field, the Registry is widely utilized by public agencies, design professionals, and private developers. This volume will be operational for three to five years.
apply online: www.apply.4culture.org
Deadline: October 20, 2008
- Scottsdale, AZ + Event-Based Public Art Opportunity
The Scottsdale Public Art Program seeks an artist to complete a time-based public artwork at the annual Scottsdale Arts Festival. The ideal candidate will create an artwork that is highly interactive and will be visually prominent in a festival setting. As a nationally known event, the arts festival occurs during the height of Scottsdale's tourist season and can draw up to 40,000 visitors. The full Request for Qualifications can be found at the website below under www.ScottsdalePublicArt.org or contact: Diana Fisher DFisher@sccarts.org
Budget: $11,000 - Deadline: October 24, 2008
- City of Union City, CA, Sports Center
The City of Union City's Public Art Board invites a qualified artist or
team of artists to submit proposals for the design, fabrication, and
installation of a unique, site-specific work of art for the exterior
front entrance of the new Sports Center (See attached photos). All
practicing, professional visual artists working in a media suitable for
a permanent, outdoor setting are invited to apply. The City would like
to have the public art piece installed by the Fall of 2009. The theme of
the art is open for interpretation. .
http://www.ci.union-city.ca.us/gov/RFPs.htm
Budget: $50,000 - Deadline: October 24, 2008
- Ballpark Station and Ballpark Area -
Northstar Commuter Rail -
Minnesota Ballpark Authority -
Hennepin County -
City of Minneapolis
The Project Partners are pleased to invite artists to apply for two
public art projects for the new Minnesota Twins ballpark (Target Field)
area. One project is located on the 5th Street side of the ballpark with
a proposed budget of $200,000. The second project is part of the
ballpark rail station and has a proposed budget of $150,000. Two other
public art projects in the ballpark area may be announced in early 2009.
Artists or artist teams may apply.
The request for qualifications and related information can be found at
www.ballparkauthority.com
Budget: 5th Street $200,000 - Rail Station $150,00
Deadline: October 24, 4:00 p.m.
- City of Glendale Arizona Park and Ride -
The City of Glendale announces a public art opportunity for a qualified
artist or artist team to design, fabricate and install artwork for the
first Park and Ride Lot in Glendale. The Glendale Arts Commission and
the Transit Management Department support this public art project
cooperatively. The full RFQ is available on the City website at:
http://www.glendaleaz.com/arts/ArtistOpportunities.cfm
Budget: $200,000 -
Deadline: October 27 2008
- Westerly Creek Public Art Project
The award winning redevelopment of Denver's former Stapleton International Airport announces a public art opportunity for the Westerly Creek open space area.
The site is a unique ecologically designed environment at Stapleton that serves the storm water management needs of the community. The design of Westerly Creek 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
Budget: $155,000 - Deadline: midnight (MST), Monday, October 27, 2008
- City of Goodyear, AZ, Fire Station #185
Requests for Qualifications (RFQ)s for Artist Services for Artwork for
the Goodyear Fire Station #185. RFQ packages can be obtained by
downloading from the City of Goodyear's web site: www.goodyearaz.gov
and following these instructions: (Near
the top of the website page click on the green horizontal box entitled
BUSINESS, on the left hand column of the page that comes up click on
Vendor Services, on the left hand column of the page that comes up and
click on Solicitation Opportunities, on the page that comes up click on
OP-09-132, on the page that comes up click on box entitled Download
Solicitation, fill out all required fields of the form that comes and
click on the submit button). If you experience problems downloading the
solicitation, please email George Bravakos, CPPB, at
gbravakos@goodyearaz.gov or Bob Carrier, CPPB at
bcarrier@goodyearaz.gov. You must register with the City's Vendor
Registration System, ePro, in order to submit for this solicitation.
Budget: $45,000 - Deadline: October 29, 2008, 3 PM (AZ time)
- Newburgh Arts and Culture Commission is seeking to commission artists for its first permanent artwork through its newly established Percent for Art Program. Artists are asked to submit ideas for the City of Newburgh Courthouse at the Broadway School. The artwork will take the form of ten (10) openings throughout the courthouse lobby. This project is open to all artists. A copy of the call is available at www.newburgh-ny.com/arts/arts.htm
Budget: up to $75,000 - Deadline: October 31, 2008
- Hal Marshall Freedom Center,
Charlotte, North Carolina
The Arts and Science Council in Charlotte, North Carolina, on behalf of Mecklenburg County, invites artists/teams living anywhere in the United States to submit qualifications for public art op-portunities at the new Hal Marshall facility at Freedom Center, a partially occupied retail mall built in the early 1970s and being converted through adaptive reuse for County services.
Complete prospectus may also be found on the ASC website www.artsandscience.org
For more information, please call Sarah Gay at 704-335-3036 or sarah.gay@artsandscience.org. Please apply and follow all instructions at www.callforentry.org
Total art budget: $650,000; To be divided between up to three projects - The application deadline is Friday, November 7, 2008; 5:00 p.m. EDT
- University of Florida, College of Dentistry, Naples Dental Clinic
Florida's Art in State Buildings Program at the University of Florida
announces a public art project at the University's College of Dentistry
Clinic in Naples, Florida. In collaboration with other academic and
community leaders, the University of Florida is launching a world-class
program to improve access to dental services for at-risk children in
Collier County, FL. The Naples Dental Clinic public art project (UF-303)
is seeking artwork that relates to the design criteria of the new
facility: health, education, caring, accessibility and the site as a
dental home. The budget for this project is $20,000 and honoraria will
be given to any selected finalists from this budget. There is no entry
fee. Please visit www.arts.ufl.edu/asb/ for a detailed Call to Artists
and information about How to Apply. Or contact the UF ASB Administrator
at pubart@arts.ufl.edu
Deadline: November 14, 2008
- Budget: $20,000
- Austin Energy System Control Center (SCC) and Art in Public Places Project in Austin, TX - Request for Qualifications - The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program of the Cultural
Arts Division seeks to commission an artist or artist team to design and
create artwork for Austin Energy's new System Control Center (SCC) which
oversees the city's electrical grid throughout Austin's neighborhoods. The complete Request for Qualifications is available at
www.cityofaustin.org/aipp/downloads/SCCRFQ.pdf
For questions, contact Jean Graham, Art in Public Places Coordinator,
512-974-9313 or jean.graham@ci.austin.tx.us
Budget:: $284,000 - Deadline: November 17, 2008
- Milwaukee, WI, Lincoln Park
The Milwaukee County Percent for Art Program is issuing a Call to
Artists for the Milwaukee County Lincoln Park Public Art Project.
Visitors from all over Milwaukee County enjoy Lincoln Park for its
various amenities such as the golf course, children's play areas, scenic
picnic areas, and new aquatic center. The project allows for the
implementation of public art. An artist(s) will be selected to design
and implement public art enhancements to be incorporated in Lincoln
Park. For complete project information, the Call to Artists Request
for Proposal is available at
http://www.milwaukeecounty.org/ConstructionBidsandR23075.htm under
Consultant RFQ/RFP, Call to Artists - Lincoln Park.
Budget: $250,000 - Deadline: November 21, 2008, noon
- The Athens Area Arts Council of Athens, GA, in partnership with the Athens Transit System and the Unified Government of Athens Clarke County, announces its second Art Bus Shelter Design Competition. This year's theme, "ART ROCKS!" asks designers to pay artistic tribute to the musical talent of Athens. Eight bus shelters will be installed along two major arteries near downtown Athens,GA. Details www.athensarts.org
Winning designs $5,000 per shelter. Fabrication, materials and shipping budget limited to $9,160 per shelter - Deadline for submissions is December 12, 2008 (extended from November 30).
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