2015 South Florida Cultural Consortium for Visual and Media Artists

❤ Remove favorite? 2015 South Florida Cultural Consortium for Visual and Media Artists 111 NW 1st Street, Suite 625 Miami, FL 33128 APPLY TO THIS CALL BACK TO PARTICIPATING CALLS CONTACT EVENT

Entry Deadline: 10/31/14 Days remaining to deadline: 30 REQUIREMENTS: Media Images - Minimum: 0, Maximum: 10 Audio - Minimum: 0, Maximum: 1 Video - Minimum: 0, Maximum: 1 Total Media - Minimum: 1, Maximum: 10 WORKSHOPS: DEMYSTIFYING THE PROCESS How are recipients selected and how can an applicant improve his/her chances of being noticed?  Find out at one of four workshops being offered across the South Florida region.  Workshops generally run one (1) hour. BROWARD  ArtServe 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale 6 PM on Thursday, September 9, 2014 Please RSVP to 954.357.7457 MIAMI-DADE Stephen P. Clark Center 111 NW 1st Street, Suite 625 3 PM on Thursday, October 2, 2014 Please RSVP to 305.375.4634 MONROE Gato Building 1100 Simonton St 1PM Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Please RSVP info@keysarts.com or 305.295.4369 PALM BEACH The Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. Building 601 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth, FL 2:30 PM Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Please RSVP to 561.471.2901 FELLOWSHIP AMOUNTS Fellowships of $15,000 and $7,500 are awarded to selected visual and media artists from Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties.  No more than two fellowships of $7,500 may be awarded in each county. AM I ELIBIGLE? All emerging, mid-career and established South Florida professional artists (those residing in Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe or Palm Beach counties) are eligible to apply. The Consortium defines a professional artist as a person who has created a recognized body of original works of art within an artistic discipline over a sustained period of time, and who is striving to achieve the highest level of professional recognition. You may apply if you’re an artist serving as a volunteer on the boards, committees, task forces and/or similar advisory bodies of South Florida Cultural Consortium member agencies, so long as you’re not directly involved with the decision-making process for the Fellowship program. Applicants must be over 18 years of age. WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE? You are not eligible if you are engaging in art work as a hobby, an employee of the participating County governments or of the South Florida Cultural Consortium’s member local arts agencies, or a non-professional student artist pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree. REQUIREMENTS You must have resided and worked in one of the participating five counties from October 25, 2013 to October 25, 2014 and must apply from the county of your residence. The Consortium awards the Fellowships contingent on proof of residency, which may include one or more of the following: property tax record; lease agreement; voter’s registration; or an IRS income tax return for 2013. WHEN IS THE DEADLINE? Applications must be received no later midnight, October 31, 2014.  Refer to HOW DO I APPLY? for details. REVIEW CRITERIA Submissions will be judged by the following general criteria: Degree of artistic excellence Evidence of an established and recognized body of work over a sustained period of time Consistency in the submitted body of work                                 All samples of your work submitted for review must have been completed within the last three years prior to the application date.  Failure to comply with this condition will result in disqualification. HOW DO I APPLY? On or before the October 31, 2014 deadline, visual and media artists must submit applications in digital format and online, via CaFÉ™ athttps://www.callforentry.org, At this site you will find step-by-step instructions on how to register, apply and prepare your images for upload. There is no application fee to apply or to use the CaFÉ™ online application system. VISUAL ARTISTS If you are a visual artist, once you are registered, you will be asked to provide the following: {C}·       Contact Information {C}·       Ten (10) digital images presenting an overview of your work {C}·       Title, dimensions, medium and date of each work {C}·       A resume (include exhibitions, commissions and/or educational background)  {C}·       A statement about your work {C}·       No more than 2 support materials (newspaper reviews, catalogues, etc.) in .pdf or MS Word format (Support materials are optional) NOTE: Visual artists who work in sound, installations and kinetic sculpture may submit a 3 minute video, audio or dynamic media file in lieu of still images to further describe their work.  Artists must submit a complete the application and upload a video file representing the visual component of the work to the CAFÉ™ website. Maximum length is 3 minutes total. Please be sure to include the title, date and media of the work. MEDIA ARTISTS If you’re a media artist, once you are registered, you will be asked to provide the following: {C}·       Contact Information {C}·       A video file in one of the following formats: 3GP, WMV, AVI, MOV, ASF, MPG, MP4, M2T, MKV, M2TS. The file should not exceed 100 MB and must not exceed 10 minutes in length. {C}·       A resume (include exhibitions, commissions and/or educational background)  {C}·       A statement about your work {C}·       No more than 2 support materials (newspaper reviews, catalogues, etc.) in .pdf or MS Word format (Support materials are optional) PLEASE NOTE: o    Maximum length is 10 minutes total. o    Include no more than three multiple work samples. o    Please remove all credits or identification of artist from the actual work You will also be asked to provide the following: o    Title of work o    Date work was completed o    Length of complete work             Because film and video is often a collaborative media, we need you to indicate on the identification sheet what your specific role was per each of the work samples you’ve submitted (for example, director, screenwriter, etc). The panel gives priority to applicants credited as director of at least one submitted work sample. SELECTION PROCESS Submissions are grouped by County, assigned a number upon entry into the CAFÉ system, and projected for viewing according to the sequence of their assigned numbers.  A regional panel consisting of regional visual and media arts experts reviews the submissions in the visual arts and media arts categories and forwards its recommendations to the national panel. The regional panelists review submissions anonymously, without the use of support materials.  The national panel consists of experts in the visual and media arts. The national panel reviews the recommendations from the regional panel.  Support materials are provided to the national panel for their review. The national panel’s recommendations are reviewed and ratified by the South Florida Cultural Consortium. All panelists are required to follow the conflict of interest policy established by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.  FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS I’ve already won a Fellowship. May I apply again? A moratorium of five years is imposed on recipients who received the $15,000 fellowship between 2010 and 2014 (applications submitted 2009-2013). A moratorium of three years is imposed on recipients of a $7,500 fellowship between 2012 and 2014 (applications submitted 2011-2013). How many artists applied for 2014? The number of visual arts applications for the 2013-2014 cycle from the Consortium counties was: Broward, 80; Martin, 3; Miami-Dade, 147; Monroe, 23; and Palm Beach 60.  Total number of applicants: 310. How many fellowships will be awarded in 2015? The number of fellowships granted per Consortium county for the 2015 cycle depend on the panel’s decisions regarding award levels for each county (i.e., the panel can make all $15,000 awards or has the option to award two $7,500 fellowships per County) and therefore can be: three or four for Broward; six or seven for Miami-Dade; and one or two for Palm Beach and one or two for the collective counties of Martin and Monroe. Please note that funding for the fellowship program is contingent upon the approval of FY2014-2015 budgets of the individual member counties of the South Florida Cultural Consortium. What if I need more information? We strongly encourage you to attend one of four workshops offered this fall by the Consortium.  We have tried to ensure that the application information and instructions are clear and complete. Please consult the CAFÉ Web site for information on how to prepare digital images or complete an application. For technical support, contact CAFÉ at café@westaf.org Monday through Friday between 10:30 am and 7 pm EST. For questions about eligibility and other requirements, contact Brandi Reddick at the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs,brandi@miamidade.gov or 305.375.5436. SCHEDULE AND EXHIBITION Regional and national judging will take place in January/February 2015 Recipients will be announced in spring 2015 Awards will be presented in summer 2015 Exhibition will take place in the fall of 2015 This schedule is subject to change. THE SOUTH FLORIDA CULTURAL CONSORTIUM Michael Spring Chair, South Florida Cultural Consortium Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Earl Bosworth Director, Broward Cultural Division Rena Blades President and CEO, Palm Beach County Cultural Council Nancy Turrell Executive Director, The Arts Council, Martin County Elizabeth S. Young Executive Director, Florida Keys Council of the Arts Para mas informacion, llame a nuestra oficina, (305) 375-4634.  Gracias. Pou plis enformasyon sil vou ple rele biwo nou nan numewo, (305) 375-4634.  Mesi. Pour informations supplementaires, contactez notre bureau au numero, (305) 375-4634. It is the policy of Miami-Dade County to comply with all of the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  To request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any accommodation to participate in any County-sponsored program or meeting, please contact Francine Andersen 305-375-4634 culture@miamidade.gov five days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service.) The South Florida Cultural Consortium reserves the right to revise the guidelines and application form. The South Florida Cultural Consortium provides equal access and equal opportunity in services and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, color, creed, national origin or religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 as amended (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.).  The South Florida Cultural Consortium supports and advocates compliance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability. The South Florida Cultural Consortium is funded in part with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, the Boards of County Commissioners of Broward, Miami-Dade, Martin and Monroe counties, and the Palm Beach County Cultural Council. LIABILITY AND TAXATION The South Florida Cultural Consortium is not responsible for loss or damage to video tapes, audio cassettes, DVDs and support materials.  Please note that fellowships are taxable as provided by federal law.  Refer to IRS Publication 520, “Scholarships and Fellowships” for complete information (www.irs.ustreas.gov).

City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program: Call for Artists

The Neighborhood Time Exchange: West Philadelphia Artist Residency (Time Exchange)-an initiative that will explore how embedded artistic practice can be a platform for social change-is seeking artists for its inaugural round of residencies that will take place between January and October, 2015.

Time Exchange aims to create a novel residency structure in which for every hour artists spend working in their studio on their own projects, they will in turn provide an hour of volunteer effort and service back to the community.

The program offers residencies lasting from one to three months, in newly renovated storefront space at 4017 Lancaster Avenue, at the intersection of a diverse array of communities in West Philadelphia, and will provide artists with free studio space, a monthly stipend, and basic tools and supplies. In exchange, artists will provide skill and time-based resources for the surrounding communities, working on civic projects identified by residents and community-based organizations.

For more information and frequently asked questions, please visit www.neighborhoodtime.exchange, or email info@neighborhoodtime.exchange.

CITE Center for Innovation Technology and Evaluation UNM Student Based RFP

CITE - Request for Proposals - CALL TO ARTISTS

Project Overview and Disclaimer

This call for artists is being conducted as a student project through the University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts, Arts Management Program in collaboration with the City of Albuquerque Public Art Urban Enhancement Program. The students of the “Public Art Roadmap” course, FA384.002, including graduate and undergraduate students, seek to use this unique call for proposals as a real life, public art project management experience in conjunction with an opportunity for the finalists’ proposals to be exhibited at the City of Albuquerque history of public art exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum, January – May 2015, as a part of the longer citywide exhibition On the Map: Unfolding Albuquerque Art and Design, www.ABQonthemap.com. This call for artists’ ideas as proposals will (likely) not result in any actual public art commission or work of art being built, however the student choices for best concept will be exhibited and critically discussed in an article as part of the 2015 exhibition. The project is being led by Sherri Brueggemann, UNM-CFA course instructor and City of Albuquerque Public Art Program Manager, with critical analysis and evaluation conducted by joni m palmer, Ph.D. ASLA, Part-Time Faculty, UNM - Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies. WESTAF is graciously supporting this project for the educational purposes with student use and evaluation of the CaFE™ on-line submission format and process.

Pegasus Global Holdings, the owner of the project site (CITE – Center for Innovation Technology and Evaluation) for this student based project, have given consent to allow their project, site and copyrighted descriptive materials to be used as the location for this conceptual call for public art. All images in this call for artists’ proposals are courtesy of Pegasus Global Holdings and/or its design consultant A&E firm, Perkins+Will. The copyrighted materials are also located on various publicly accessible web pages and may be used as support materials for the purposes of this student based project.

The following Request for Proposals was developed by the FA384.002 students in their 5th and 6th weeks of the fall semester. The class of 11 students will serve as the Art Selection Committee along with a representative of Pegasus Global and/or its design firm. As part of the educational project management process, artists are invited to submit questions, provide feedback and commentary on the process for the students directly to either the course instructor at sbruegge@unm.edu or posted to the class blog at publicartroadmap.tumblr.com.  All feedback will be carefully evaluated and utilized by the students as part of the learning experience.

All artists’ materials submitted for the student based project are, and will remain, the intellectual property of the artists. Only those proposals selected as finalists will be displayed in a public museum setting under a license to display agreement and returned to the artist upon conclusion of the exhibition, spring 2015. The University of New Mexico, the City of Albuquerque, nor Pegasus make claim to the ideas or concepts entered, nor do they offer any form of monetary compensation for participants. Artists who choose to participate in this student based project agree to allow the students the temporary use of their design ideas for educational purposes only. The students’ role in this project is limited to serving as the project Arts Selection Committee members and related class assignments.

Public Art Project Overview

Pegasus Global Holdings is pursuing the development of a “test city” in southern New Mexico. CITE – the Center for Innovation Testing and Evaluation – is designed to replicate an “American mid-sized city of 35,000…complete with an urban core, bedroom and rural living neighborhoods, an airport, civic center and legacy infrastructure.” CITE is being built for the sole purpose of testing technology on a citywide scale with no impact to humans as the city will have an actual population of zero – no people will actually live at CITE. CITE is currently proposed to be a 22 square mile, $500M capital project and will have a unique 50 year lifespan.

The Art Selection Committee recognizes that while temporary housing structures or other simulated towns or cities have been built as façades for other testing purposes in the past, CITE represents an entirely new model for a “test city” and is therefore worthy of public art that connects to the intent and purpose of the facility.

Art Goal or Theme for CITE

By embracing the entire concept of “testing and evaluation” at CITE, artists are encouraged to propose public art for this unique built environment that addresses one or both of the following two concepts:

1)      Art that exemplifies the meaning of “public art” and the role of art in a space, particularly a space without complete, or possibly any, public access – a form of empty space devoid of fulltime human activity, and/or

2)      Art that is a very intentional response to, or interrogation of, the role of public art in relation to its audience; artists must define the proposed audience for the proposed public art at CITE or beyond.

Artwork Location

Artists may propose any site within CITE as an artwork location. For a list of Art Selection Committee springboard ideas, please review the attached “Discussion Sheet” that explores the notion of traditional public art sites versus holistic, or system-wide, approach to “sites”. Artists are encouraged to explore the concept of “high visibility” as part of their site selection.

Budget

Artists must propose their own preliminary budget for the proposed public art, as no allowance has been made for public art at CITE at this time. For review and evaluation purposes, artists are asked to list only four line items for the preliminary budget: Artist Design Fees, Materials & Fabrication, Installation and Project Overhead.

Artist Eligibility

Artists and/or Artist Teams residing in the United States are eligible to apply, which may include fulltime and part-time residents. While CITE is designed to represent a “typical mid-sized American city”, non-American citizens who currently reside in the US are also eligible.

Project Timeline and Selection Process - Deadline – Monday, November 3rd, 2014, 5:00 pm MST

The 11 students of the FA 384.002 class, with representation from Pegasus Global and/or its design firm are serving as the Art Selection Committee. The Committee will review all submissions and select finalists for inclusion in the “On the Map” exhibition by Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

Up to five (5) finalists may be selected. Upon selection of the finalists, the finalists’ information will be provided to the staff of the City of Albuquerque Public Art Urban Enhancement Program for coordinating the inclusion of exhibit worthy materials that must arrive in Albuquerque no later than January 10th, 2014. The exhibition opens January 31, 2015 and runs through April 5, 2015

Application Requirements

Artists must submit the following to be considered responsive and eligible for the exhibition opportunity:

1)      A letter of intent describing the proposed artwork concept and how it addresses the above defined art project goals, not to exceed 4,000 characters including spaces and punctuation.

2)      A current résumé or biography,

3)      An estimated budget that includes only the following four items: Artist(s) Fee, Materials & Fabrication, Installation, and Project Overhead costs, and

4)      One, with up to three (3) images of the proposed design concept; note: images of previous works are not required, but may be used in addition to a proposed concept image to illustrate an idea/technique; each image may be no larger than 3MB per standard CaFE™ terms.

Artists must submit their proposals through CaFE™ at www.callforentry.org following the standard requirements for CaFE™ usage and participation requirements.

Attachments

Student Discussion Sheet

Site Image

Links for more information and images:

http://www.cite-city.com/

http://perkinswill.com/work/cite

http://www.aiaga.org/da_project_submission_detail/1824021-1787229

CITE RFP – Student Discussion Sheet

For this unique project and site, the Art Selection Committee comprised of students and developer representatives are interested in, and wish to share with potential respondents to the RFP, the following city/public art dynamics, in no particular order or preference:

• Sites that are currently planned at CITE that are typical sites for public art, include: an airport, civic/events center, gateways into/between neighborhoods, gateways into the city itself, parks, multi-story civic building downtown, corporate building downtown, major thoroughfares, post office, library, public right-of-way, i.e. sidewalks, roads and utility easements.

• Unique sites at CITE that are not typical sites for public art, include: the research test monitoring building, test monitoring locations within the overall Field Lab and, ultimately, the entire city as the site.

• Art concepts that could provide artistic “additive” methods for enhancing the proposed levels of infrastructure, i.e. creative approaches for placing solar panels, in a manner that does not change the core infrastructure need for testing purposes, but lends aesthetic enhancements to the core infrastructure project.

• The notions of “high visibility”, “forward thinking”, and “social places” in an environment that does not retain fulltime citizens, especially regarding the artist’s choice of site(s) within CITE.

• Physical location vs. virtual location and the opportunity for audience experience of public art in either/both manners, given the specific types of access available to CITE.

• Kinetic art, or art that responds to the movements of the desert environment even though people are not likely to be around to see the environmental responses.

• Public art that can be experienced in the same way the entire Test City is going to be experienced.

• Art that can be “tested” or contribute to the testing of other technologies.

• Art that is driven by the test data collected, assuming certain proprietary data can be made available for artistic purposes.

The facility developers have contributed the following:

• Landscape art - different forms of landscaping, such as mounds or berms that while pleasing to the eye will also be functional, meaning composed in size, shape, and materials to absorb radio frequency, noise, or other emissions which may occur as a result of the testing that may occur.

• CITE is a Test City sitting atop an underground control complex – similar to Disney World in Orlando – where all the “people activities” will take place. This underground complex, despite being underground must have access points and ventilation systems which support its activities, but do not intrude on the CITE’s landscape.

Questions about this project may be submitted via the class project blog publicartroadmap.tumblr.com or directly to the course instructor (sbruegge@unm.edu) and will be answered weekly so that all students may participate in the answer process.

Free-Standing Art - City of Hayden Public Library

Project Overview and Intent

The Hayden Arts Commission, working in collaboration with the City of Hayden, Hayden Library, and Hayden Urban Renewal Agency, hereby invites artists or artist teams to submit proposals for public art for the City’s Central Business District. Specifically, this is a call for a large freestanding piece or group of pieces to be placed on property located between the Hayden Library and the new Peak Fitness facility.

Specifics are as follows:

·         Piece(s) will be viewed from Government Way and their primary purpose is to reduce or soften the visual impact of the scale of the brick red colored wall of the Peak Fitness facility.  As such, a piece(s) must be tall enough and strategically located to be viewed by pedestrian and vehicle traffic traveling north and south-bound on Government Way, though a piece is not required to be viewed in its entirety from any one perspective.  Preference will be given to pieces that have a high focal point(s) and that are designed or mounted to be viewed from the roadway.  Pieces must be visible above the height of vehicles parked in the Library parking lot.   Horizontal installations (one or a grouping of individual pieces) running the east-west length of the area and even wrapping around the northeast corner of the Peak Fitness facility are encouraged.  Note that pieces may not be mounted on the wall of the Peak facility.

·         Lighting of the piece(s) may be proposed.  Other than this, the piece(s) shall not require a power supply.

·         No piece(s) may use water.

·         Piece(s) are encouraged to be bright and engaging.

·         All piece(s) should be safe, being non-combustible and having no pinch points, sharp edges, corners, or similar features.  This is for the purpose of reducing liability as much as is feasible.

·         As much as is feasible, piece(s) must be graffiti-resistant.

·         Piece(s) must be designed so that they may easily be installed and permanently secured. Piece(s) should require minimal maintenance or upkeep.

·         The piece(s) will be outside and exposed to a variety of elements, including (but not limited to): sun, wind, rain, freezing temperatures, snowfall, and ice. There are sprinkler systems installed along this strip of land which may expose the work to additional water.  Additionally, there is electrical conduit and related infrastructure running through the site.  The piece(s) must be designed, and if necessary, engineered, with these factors in mind.

·         The piece(s) may be kinetic and designed to move; however, it must not attract physical interaction due to its location near a parking lot and public street.

·         The piece(s) may include permanent landscaping elements.

Location

The piece(s) will be installed in an area no larger than that shown in red on the attached site plan and can be designed to fill the entire site or portion(s) of the site.  Note that the site is long and narrow. A photo tour of the corridor is available on the City of Hayden Arts Commission website.

This site is located in the Hayden Central Business District, which extends from Prairie Avenue to Miles Avenue travelling north on Government Way. It is comprised of small stores, business offices, shops, restaurants, Hayden Library, City Hall, City Park, and the historic Hayden Lake School.   

Eligibility

This competition is open to any artist, designer, architect, engineer, landscape architect, planner, or fabricator, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, or physical or mental disability. Artists or artist’s teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines. Artists may submit multiple designs (up to three each). City of Hayden employees, as well as selection panelists and their immediate family members are not eligible for participation.

Selection Process and Related Items

Responses to this selection process will be evaluated by the Selection Committee, to be comprised of Hayden Arts Commission members as well as Hayden City staff and Hayden Library staff.  The Selection Committee will select 5 finalists whose proposals will be evaluated again by the same Committee after receiving input from the public and more detailed design/budget and other information from the artist.  This Committee will then make a recommendation of one finalist’s proposal to the Hayden City Council and the Hayden Urban Renewal Agency.  The Hayden Urban Renewal Agency will then execute a contract for services and artwork with the selected artist and will create and enter into a contract with the City for site preparation work.   Additionally, easements and construction improvement agreements will be created and signed with the Hayden Library and the owners of the Peak Fitness property.   When complete, the artwork will become the property of the City of Hayden.

Selection Criteria:

The piece(s) should:

·         Be within the maximum budget cap for entire project including installation, which is $60,000.00.

·         Provide a positive impression and lasting memory for visitors and citizens

·         Provide an urban, upbeat sense of space

·         Reflect a theme appropriate to the site.  The selection committee is neutral on whether or not the piece should have a theme related to the library; but if that is proposed, the artwork must reflect a modern library, encompassing multi-media, technology, education, community networking, and related resources and not simply reflect on the traditional book-only orientation of libraries of the past.

·         Be large enough and bright enough to stand out in the limited space and serve to distract or diminish the scale of the building on the adjacent property to the south

·         Be no wider, longer, or taller than the space will allow (see attached Exhibit 1 for specifics)

The selection criteria to be used for the initial selection shall include, but not be limited to the following:

1.      Design, including:  Artistic quality, theme, context, media, positive impression, upbeat tone, diversity, memorability, appropriateness for the location, and performance. Design must be original and not reproducible.

2.      Feasibility

3.      Public safety and related design considerations in construction and performance

4.      A proven ability by the artist and his/her team to work effectively together and with outside entities in collaborative situations and within established timelines

5.      The artist and her/her team’s experience in architecture of landscape-based projects

6.      The artist and her/her team’s experience working with design professionals and integrating artistic concepts into construction documents

7.      An evaluation of the proposed budget for consistency with proposed budget established in the RFP, completeness and appropriateness to the design proposed

The selection criteria to be used for the final selection will be developed in advance of this phase.

Submission Requirements:

Each entry must provide a total of 4-6 images, including a combination of previous works (only relevant free-standing art) and proposed design concepts for this site.
All images need to be categorized into either previous work or proposed art and must be labeled.
Artists may submit up to 3 images of proposed art and up to 3 images of previous work.
Artists must also submit the following:
• A resume describing past works, please include three references
• A short bio describing interest in project, description of proposed art piece (concept, type of materials, landscaping elements), vision statement, timeline to create and install proposed art piece, and a description of how the piece relates to Hayden, Idaho, if applicable.
Note that further development will be required if your design is accepted.

The full RFP, including additional information on the second submittal, full timeline, and the history of hayden, along with the photo tour of the site can be found on the City of Hayden Arts Commission website: http://hayden.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={9A0504A7-5193-4AC0-A2BF-F50DB55812E7}

African Heritage Cultural Arts Center Amadlozi Gallery

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs through the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center Amadlozi Gallery invites professional visual artists residing in the United States to submit works for its upcoming 2015 season of juried exhibitions.

Black History Month Opening Exhibition, January 7th – February 28th

The exhibition will explore the diversity of the African diaspora in the US and around the world.

Women’s History Month Exhibition, March 5th – March 31st

The exhibition will contextualize the contemporary Black female experience.

Visual Art Teachers Celebration Exhibition, Sept 5th  – 30th   

* Must be/or have worked as a visual arts teacher in an education facility

The exhibition will showcase the talents of the visual art teacher.

ABOUT THE AMADLOZI GALLERY

The Amadlozi Gallery provides quality exhibits that are visually engaging, culturally enriching and intellectually provocative. As one of the few art spaces located within the inner city of Miami-Dade County, the Amadlozi Gallery offers an exhibition space and professional development opportunities for artists whose focus is the Black life experience; however it is open to all artists and works that meet professional standards and are sensitive to the community wherein the gallery resides.

The Amadlozi Gallery has served as host for several outstanding collections, including The Smithsonian Institution, Amistad, Southern Arts Federation, The Black Heritage Museum, Kuumba Artist Collective, and Inner City Renaissance Artist. In addition, numerous artists have exhibited in the galleries, including Jacob Lawrence, Willis “Bing” Davis, Purvis Young, Oscar Thomas, Charles Humes, Gene Tinnie, Charles Mills, John Fayson, Kabuya Pamela Bowens, Omar Thompson, Pierre Nicholas, Robert McKnight, Jean-Claude Rigaud, Baye, Adonis Parker, Bayunga, Ray Parris, Darryn Ferguson, among others.

REVIEW CRITERIA

The Amadlozi Gallery recognizes professional artists who have established a recognized body of original works of art within an artistic discipline, created over a sustained period of time; have established a track record of exhibitions/screenings and critical commentary regarding their work; and are pursuing this work as a means of livelihood and/or a way to achieve the highest level of professional recognition.

Submissions will be judged by the following general criteria:

{C}1.     Degree of artistic excellence

{C}2.     Evidence of an established and recognized body of work over a sustained period of time

{C}3.     Consistency in the submitted body of work

{C}4.     Appropriateness for the curatorial direction of the exhibition

Selection Panel

Adler Guerrier, Artist (Miami)

Maria Elena Ortiz, Perez Art Museum Miami

Aramis O’Reilly, Artist (Miami)

Mikhaile Solomon, Public Art Coordinator, Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation

All works submitted for consideration must adhere to the following requirements:

• 2-dimensional works of art are to be framed
• Works must be prepped for hanging or mounting
• All works must be appropriate to curatorial direction of the exhibition(s)
• Treated for termite infection

Artists have the ability to sell your work while exhibiting at the Amadlozi Gallery.  The Gallery reserves the right to assess a commission no greater than 20%.  

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK

Application Deadline Submissions must be received as a complete application in CaFÉ™ by no later than October 1st.

{C}1.     Submission Process Submissions must be received as a complete application in CaFÉ™ by no later than October 1st Midnight EST. All materials will be submitted online, via CaFÉ™. There is NO application fee to apply or to use the CaFÉ™ online application system. To view the application, go to www.callforentry.org, register a username and password, navigate to “Apply to Calls,” and search for “Miami-Dade Art in Public Places.” All submissions must be received as a complete application in CaFÉ™. Assistance in using the CaFÉ™ system is available during regular business hours via email at café@westaf.org

{C}2.     Ten (10) images of previously completed work, this may include details. Please accurately identify medium, dimensions, date, location, client/agency, size, budget, completion date, and a brief written description. The CaFÉ™system will prompt you to enter this information with each uploaded image.

NOTE: Artists who work in video, sound, installations and kinetic sculpture may submit a 3 minute video, audio or dynamic media file in lieu of still images to further describe their work.  Artists must submit a complete the application and upload a video file representing the visual component of the work to the CAFÉ™ website. Maximum length is 3 minutes total.

{C}3.     Artist Statement

{C}4.     A current professional resume

ELIGIBILITY

The Call to Artists is open to experienced professional artists residing in the United States. Miami-Dade employees, as well as selection panelists and panelists’ immediate family members, are excluded from participation.

If you have any questions, please contact Ashlee Thomas at 305-638-6771 or ashleet@miamidade.gov

OPEN CALL FOR UK BASED ARTISTS Artist Xpedition to Puglia, Southern Italy

Artist Xpedition to Puglia, Southern Italy 8-21st December 2014

Bursary: €500 (GBP equivalent) All travel, accommodation and subsistence will be covered

Deadline 9am Monday 20th October

ISIS Arts invites applications for an international research and development opportunity for up to FOUR UK based artists.

Proposals are invited from practitioners from across the spectrum of visual, media arts and creative technology to participate with international artists as part of a two-week long CORNERS Xpedition to the Puglia region of Southern Italy, 8-21 December 2014. During the Xpedition artists will develop proposals for international co-productions for future European touring and presentation.

About CORNERS

CORNERS is a platform for artists and audiences, designed and driven by cultural organisations at the edges of Europe. Since 2012, more than 50 artists and researchers have met through CORNERS, as well as more than 30 organisations and institutions as partners and collaborators.

CORNERS has recently received a large-scale grant from EU Creative Europe, 2014-18 and is supported in the UK by a grant from Arts Council England. This support is giving us the opportunity to continue building our platform, to make it more vivid and diverse. We will continue to connect artists in co-creations, encounter new regions and meet and engage new audiences in arts and culture.

For the next 3.5 years, starting from September 2014, eleven partners are working together: Intercult (Sweden), Pogon and Drugo More (Croatia), Exodos (Slovenia), Arts Council Northern Ireland and ISIS Arts (UK), City Culture Institute/Gdańsk (Poland), Donostia/San Sebastián 2016 (Basque Country/Spain), Cultural Centre REX (Serbia), Teatro Pubblico Pugliese (Italy), and DokuFest (Kosovo).

New artists and researchers are now being invited to join the project and CORNERS will continue to explore the outskirts of Europe and co-create artistic projects across borders of artistic disciplines in order to bring stories from one corner of Europe into another.

New work created will be developed with local audiences and presented in unconventional settings and public spaces, using partners’ cities as their stages: Umeå and Stockholm (SE), Ljubljana (SI), Gdansk (PO), Belgrade (RS), Zagreb and Rijeka (HR), Donostia / San Sebastian (Basque Country, ES), Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK), Middlesbrough and Northumberland (England, UK), and Prizren (Kosovo).

About ISIS Arts

Based in Newcastle City Centre, ISIS Arts is an artist led, visual and media arts organisation with an international artist residency, commissions, training and research programme.

ISIS Arts is committed to showing work within the public realm, engaging as wide an audience as possible in dialogue with artists and artworks, making our projects accessible to a diverse public. Based in Newcastle city centre, ISIS Arts has two studio spaces for visiting artists, a media training room, and an inflatable touring venue for sharing media arts with a wider audience. ISIS Arts works with many international, national and regional artists to support practice and exchange.

For CORNERS ISIS Arts is developing partnerships across the north east region and includes ‘bait’, the Creative People and Places project in SE Northumberland; mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) and Berwick Visual Arts.

What we require from you:

• A commitment to collaborative working

• A commitment to working in social and political contexts

• An enthusiasm for intercultural exchange

• Experience of presenting artwork in non traditional settings

• Participation in a CORNERS artist blog

• Documentation of your experiences during the Puglia Xpedition, any media

• A professional practice, undergraduate students are not eligible

What we will provide:

• All travel costs

• Accommodation and subsistence for entire trip

• A bursary of £500

• Integration into the CORNERS community of European artists and cultural organisations

How To Apply:

There is no application form. In your application please include:

• A description of your current work - maximum 2x A4 sheets

• An artist statement and current CV

• A short statement about why you want to be part of this project and how the opportunity would further your practice.

• Supporting material/documentation of previous work – on-line links preferred

• Confirmation of availability for dates of Puglia Xpedition

Please send your application to sharon@isisarts.org.uk with the subject ‘CORNERS Xpedition_(Your name)_2014’

If you have any queries about this opportunity and application process please email sharon@isisarts.org.uk

DEADLINE: 9am Monday 20th October 2014. All applicants will be notified by Thursday 30th October 2014.

Equal Opportunities
ISIS Arts seek to ensure that no present or potential member of staff or project participant is treated less favourably than another on grounds of age (up to statutory retirement age), class colour, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, political persuasion or sexual orientation. ISIS Arts premises have limited access. However, we aim to ensure that as many of our activities are as accessible as possible. If you have any particular access needs, please contact us.

City of Seattle: Neighborhood Solar Artwork Installations: Capitol Hill Gateway Kiosk-Renewable

Introduction

The Office of Arts & Culture, in partnership with the Seattle City Light and its Renewable Energy Program, seeks three (3) artists for two (2) separate projects. For the Capitol Hill Gateway Kiosk – Renewable Energy Project we seek one artist or artist team to develop a prototype solar installation that will bring attention to Seattle City Light’s renewable energy sources and customer programs. The artwork will also function to brand Capitol Hill as an arts and culture district while at the same time highlighting the potential of solar energy. The kiosk will be placed on city-owned property in Capitol Hill, which will soon be designated as an arts district. This project is a companion project to a solar powered artwork project for neighborhoods. The Neighborhood Solar Artwork Installations– Renewable Energy Project seeks two artists or artist teams to develop a prototype solar installation that will bring attention to Seattle City Light’s renewable energy sources and customer programs. These artworks will be placed on city-owned properties in neighborhoods throughout the city. 

For the Capitol Hill Gateway Kiosk – Renewable Energy Project, one artist will be commissioned to create a free-standing artwork that is activated by solar energy and provides an accessible and educational, interactive demonstration of solar energy and also functions as an informational kiosk. Three finalists will be selected on the basis of past work and will be invited to develop proposals.

The Neighborhood Solar Artwork Installations– Renewable Energy Project seeks two artists to develop a different prototype solar installation that will bring attention to Seattle City Light’s renewable energy sources and customer programs. These artworks will be placed on city-owned properties in neighborhoods throughout the city. Two artists will each be commissioned to create an artwork that 1) functions as a free standing artwork using solar energy, 2) provides an accessible, educational, interactive demonstration of solar energy or 3) forms a place where art activation can occur. For the Neighborhood Solar Artwork Installations – Renewable Energy Project six finalists will be selected on the basis of past work and will be invited to develop proposals.

Scope of Work - Capitol Hill Gateway Kiosk – Renewable Energy Project

The selected artists will work with Seattle City Light, its Renewable Energy Program, the Office of Arts & Culture and local community members to develop and install new semi-permanent, site-specific artwork on Capitol Hill. The artworks will include photovoltaic panels and will be activated in some way by solar power, demonstrating benefits of renewable energy.

The artwork can take many forms and perform many functions. In addition to demonstrating and advocating for solar power, the artwork will include some element and/or language that functions to educate the general public about solar energy. This artwork will also:

• Brand the neighborhood as an arts district
• Share information about arts organizations and projects
• Enliven the visual landscape without cluttering it
• Assist in cultural wayfinding

Additionally, the artworks may include messaging about sustainability, environmental stewardship and renewable energy.

The artwork will be most likely placed in street right of way or a park on Capitol Hill. The city partners will work to identify viable locations.

To assist artists with technical aspects of linking to solar power, the city may hire an artist-consultant with experience in creating solar powered artwork to work with the selected artists during the design development phase of the project.

The city is committed to excellence in environmental stewardship and in sustainable building practices. 

We encourage artists whose work addresses issues of sustainability and “green” design to consider applying for this call.

Scope of Work - Neighborhood Solar Artwork Installations – Renewable Energy Project

The selected artists will work with Seattle City Light, its Renewable Energy Program, the Office of Arts & Culture and local community members to develop and install new semi-permanent, site-specific artwork in several locations in the city. The artworks will include photovoltaic panels and will be activated in some way by solar power, demonstrating benefits of renewable energy.

The artworks can take many forms and perform many functions in addition to demonstrating solar power; they may 1) function as a free standing artwork using solar energy, 2) provide an accessible or educational or interactive demonstration of solar energy or 3) form a place where art activation can occur. Each artwork will have some element and/or language that functions to educate the general public about solar energy. Additionally, the artworks may include messaging about sustainability, environmental stewardship and renewable energy.

The artworks will be placed in parks, contingent upon Seattle Parks and Recreation approval, in street right of way, or publicly accessible Seattle City Light locations. The city partners will identify locations for the artwork.

To assist artists with technical aspects of linking to solar power, the city may hire an artist-consultant with experience in creating solar powered artwork to work with the selected artists during the design development phase of the project.

The city is committed to excellence in environmental stewardship and in sustainable building practices.  We encourage artists whose work addresses issues of sustainability and “green” design to consider applying for this call.

Artists may apply to either one of the opportunities, or both.

Budget

All selected finalists (nine total) will receive $1,500 each to develop a concept proposal.

If you are accepted as a finalist, a concept proposal will generally require an illustration or sketch of the idea presented on a board or digital format, and a one page written description that includes the approximate artwork size, scale, form, proposed materials, and function, if applicable. These details are provided for informational purposes only. Do not send concept proposals as part of this application.

We will cover eligible expenses for travel to Seattle to present the concept.

Three selected artists will receive a total project budget for $70,000 for design development, production, taxes, materials, photovoltaics, permits, fabrication, installation, travel and artist fees. This amount is inclusive of all fees, materials, labor and taxes.

Project Background

The Office of Arts & Culture partners with Seattle City Light to commission artworks that bring awareness to the utility’s work, mission and facilities.

Seattle City Light

Seattle City Light is the city’s publicly owned electrical and power utility. It is considered the “greenest” utility in the country. Its vision and mission are to set the standard and deliver the best customer service experience of any utility in the nation. The utility is dedicated to exceeding customers’ expectations in producing and delivering environmentally responsible, safe, low cost and reliable power.

Seattle City Light has three programs for customers who are interested in Renewable Energy:

Green Up

Green Up is Seattle City Light's voluntary green power program for residential and business customers. By enrolling in Green Up, customers purchase green power for a portion of their electricity use and demonstrate their support for wind power and other new renewable energy projects in the Northwest. Choosing green power reduces reliance on fossil fuels, improves air quality and helps reduce the growth of climate-warming emissions. When customers join Green Up, City Light buys electricity on their behalf from independent companies that produce energy from renewable resources in our region. Green Up also has sponsored more than 30 solar demonstration projects, including high-profile installations at Jefferson Park, Woodland Park Zoo and the Pacific Science Center. By raising demand for green power through purchases and public awareness, Green Up supports regional renewable energy generation and facilitates the development of new clean-energy sources in the Northwest.

Community Solar

Seattle was awarded a grant from the Department of Energy Solar America Cities Program in 2010 for the development and launch of a Seattle City Light Community Solar program. Currently, City Light constructs large solar arrays in locations optimally suited for solar and chosen for their community appeal. Any City Light customer can sign up to purchase solar units consisting of a share of the total output of the Community Solar array. Each year through 2020, City Light credits participating Community Solar customers for a portion of the power produced by the Community Solar array. Participants also receive a Washington State Production Incentive which is double the production incentive paid to individual customers who generate solar electricity on their homes.

Customer Generation

Seattle City Light customers are installing solar electric (photovoltaic, or PV) equipment on their homes and businesses in greater numbers every year. While known for cloudy skies, Seattle receives more sunlight than Germany, the world's leading solar market. With a solar electric system, a customer pays less for electricity from City Light. If the customer’s system produces more electricity than needed at any given time, it will supply the grid, spinning the utility meter backwards, a process called "net metering."  Solar customers also qualify for the Washington State Production Incentive administered annually by City Light.

Arts districts branding - Capitol Hill Gateway Kiosk – Renewable Energy Project

The Office of Arts & Culture is committed to the development and support of arts and cultural districts. Cultural space is at the heart of every successful neighborhood in Seattle. Theaters, galleries, art-house cinemas, and museums are the traditional cultural spaces we can all picture, but there are also the music clubs, the coffeehouses and bars that hang art, the bookstores, and the relatively invisible artists' studios, rehearsal rooms, and offices. Our cultural spaces define the social character of our neighborhoods. They are the bricks-and-mortar portal to the creative vibrancy our city has to offer. In order to identify a neighborhood as an arts district, the Office of Arts & Culture is exploring, in partnership with Seattle Department of Transportation, the creation of a series of kiosks through which to brand arts districts, to share information about opportunities in arts districts and to aid in cultural wayfinding. The artwork project for Capitol Hill will be placed in the designated Capitol Hill arts district.

Schedule

Once artists are selected on the basis of a proposal presentations and interviews, they will be issued a contract to develop the design. A local artist with experience in using solar energy will be available to provide consultation to artists who do not have experience with solar technology. The city will work to find locations for the artworks. This should take about three months. Upon approval of design development, the artists will fabricate and install the artwork during the summer of 2015.

Eligibility

The commission is open to artists living in Washington State. Artists may apply as a team, but the application should clearly describe the contribution of each collaborator. The Office of Arts & Culture encourages diversity in its collection. Artists whose work is well represented in the city’s collection are eligible to apply, but the artist selection panel will consider artistic diversity as one factor in the selection process. Students are not eligible to apply.

The city is committed to excellence in environmental stewardship and in sustainable building practices.  We encourage artists whose work addresses issues of sustainability and “green” design to consider applying for this call.

Artists may apply to both renewable energy project calls and must indicate their interest in one or both projects in the custom questions listed below.

Do not send concept proposals as part of this application.

Application Deadline

Deadline is 11 p.m., Wednesday, November 5, 2014 (Pacific Standard Time)

application requirements

• Sixteen (16) artwork images. CaFÉTM image format instructions can be found at image prep.
• Letter of interest (not to exceed 2,000 characters)
• Resume
• References
• Image Identification List (not to exceed 500 characters for each image). If you completed a project as a team member, the image identification should indicate your role for each image submitted. Do not omit the Image Identification List or your application will be incomplete.
• Other questions as specified

All applications must be submitted digitally through the CaFÉTM online system. Link to the online application via http://www.callforentry.org/to view the full application requirements.

Selection Criteria

Finalists for both projects will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:

• strength of past artworks,
• visual and technical sophistication,
• creativity of approach,
• demonstrated interest in sustainability and renewable energy,
• experience working in public settings,
• experience fabricating and installing permanent artwork,
• proven ability to coordinate and collaborate with project managers and design professionals and
• demonstrated ability to complete projects on time and within budget.

Final selection of artist to be awarded by the commission will be based on strength of a concept proposal that addresses issues of sustainability and “green” design and is visually compelling. Also considered are feasibility of proposal and project budget.

The Office of Arts & Culture is committed to reflecting the diversity and cultural richness of our city in the selection of artists and artworks.

References provided as part of this application will be contacted prior to artist interviews.

Selection Process

The selection process will occur in two phases: 1) a selection panel of arts professionals, client representatives and community members will review all applications for both projects and select up to three finalists for the Capitol Hill Gateway Kiosk – Renewable Energy Project and six finalists for the Neighborhood Solar Artwork Installations – Renewable Energy Project, 2) the selection panel will meet for a second time to review artists’ proposals and interview finalists and select one artist for the Capitol Hill Gateway Kiosk – Renewable Energy Project and select two artists for the Neighborhood Solar Artwork Installations – Renewable Energy Project to be awarded the project.

Artists who are selected as finalists will have a project orientation providing information about the project, concept proposal requirements and technical feedback. Dates of the orientation will be determined once finalists have been selected.

Notification of Results

Artists will be notified by email at the conclusion of interviews and panel deliberations. Applicants will receive notification of the panel’s decision by e-mail. The Office of Arts & Culture reserves the right not to select any of the applicants. Please do not call the office for results.

We’re here to help

For questions about the project or the selection process, please contact Kelly Pajek at (206) 684-7311 or Kelly.Pajek@seattle.gov . If you are applying using CaFE for the first time we suggest applying in advance of the application deadline to allow for formatting of your images and uploading of all required application requirements. For assistance with the CaFE online application process or image formatting, contact CaFE tech support at (888) 562-7232 or cafe@westaf.org.