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CALL TO ARTISTS FOR PUBLIC ART FOR KINO PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
SUBMISSION DEADLINE Application materials must be received by the Tucson Pima Arts Council by Thursday, September 15, 2005, 4 PM
BACKGROUND Pima County Facilities Management is seeking an artist to design, produce and install artwork for a new Pima County Health administration facility to be located at 3950 S. Country Club Road in Tucson, Arizona. The new facility will house administrative offices for the Pima County Health Department including Consumer Health, Vital Records, and WIC (Women, Infants and Children), Pima County Institutional Health, and Pima Health Systems and Services, as well as housing a Conference Center with meeting spaces on four floors.
The design for the four-story, 187,000 square-foot building is complete. The building is primarily entered from the east into a two-story lobby with a suspended overhead walkway, 9’ wide x 24’ long, connecting the Conference Center on the north end of the building to administrative offices on the south end. A 30’ tall glass entry facade offers day and night visibility into this main entry lobby from Country Club Road. A lobby/waiting room for public administrative interface with Consumer Health, Vital Records, and WIC (Women, Infants and Children), and Conference Center rooms are accessed from the two-story Conference Center lobby which opens off the entry lobby. A courtyard, approximately 100’ x 150’, located to the west of the building, offers a landscaped area with a ramada for sitting and relaxing. University Physicians Healthcare Hospital at Kino Campus, a separate facility, is located to the west of the plaza area.
Anticipated users of the public areas of the new facility include community members accessing administrative services, employees, and all who might be attending meetings or functions in the multiple conference meeting spaces.
SCOPE Opportunities for artwork are exterior and interior. The 1) interior main entry lobby, 2) Conference Center lobby, and 3) exterior courtyard offer potential sites for artwork. The plan identifies the locations considered as likely areas for artwork.
Possibilities for artwork for the entry lobby are currently conceived to be freestanding work that might rise from the floor to ceiling, or artwork that might be suspended from the ceiling that must also fulfill lighting needs for the space. Any artwork suspended from the ceiling must work within the structural capacity of the space as designed per the existing plans.
The linear Conference Center lobby offers a two-story high wall space of approximately 18’ in width with a 6’ deep view shed open to the second story ceiling. This wall space is visible from the first and second floor conference room lobbies and offers a potential location for artwork. A corresponding design element could potentially be continued into adjacent lobby or public areas.
The exterior courtyard could house multiple freestanding sculptures or other art elements.
Lighted or kinetic artworks could be of interest in any of these locations.
BUDGET FOR ARTWORK The budget for art is $100,000.00 which includes all costs related to the design, production and installation of the artwork plus costs for transportation, and permits, taxes, and insurance that may be required by Pima County.
EXPECTATIONS The selected artist will participate principally with the project architect and Project Manager to integrate the proposed artistic treatment. The selected artist may be expected to participate in public meetings organized to present the project or proposed artwork to the community. The time- frame for this project is relatively short; applicants must be available to complete this project by October 2006 for consideration.
PRESUBMISSION MEETING A Presubmission Information Meeting for artists interested in applying for this project will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2005, at 4 PM at the Tucson Pima Arts Council in the Lower Level Conference Room. At the Presubmission Meeting, the Project Manager, project architect, and a representative from the Tucson Pima Arts Council will provide additional information about the project. Prospective applicants are encouraged to attend this meeting.
SELECTION PROCESS A panel composed of members of the Project Design team, artists, an arts professional, and community members will select up to three artists as finalists, who will be invited to prepare preliminary proposals for the project. The finalists will be selected on the basis of their qualifications, as demonstrated through their résumé, past work, and expressed approach for the project.
Finalists will be invited to present preliminary proposals on Thursday, October 6, 2005, beginning at 3 PM. As the potential for artistic treatment varies greatly, artists selected as finalists will be asked to discuss locations being considered, anticipated materials, as well as conceptual approach or conceptual design, and related budget. Each finalist will receive a $250.00 honorarium. The Tucson Pima Arts Council is unable to pay travel expenses at this time.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE The following application materials are required and must be submitted on a CD with one hard copy of the written materials as backup. No application materials will be returned.
- A statement, not exceeding one page, of relevant qualifications, interest, and preliminary approach to the project.
- A résumé, not to exceed two pages, highlighting pertinent experience.
- Eight digital images of your artwork in JPG file format; artists applying as team members may submit four images each. Images are limited to 72dpi and no more than 640 x 480 pixels (no exceptions). High-resolution images will not be accepted. The images should be organized on the CD as individual files and named to correspond to the image list requested below. The JPG file names must include your name, a number, and the image title. A suggested convention for naming the files starts with your last name followed by a number (1-8) and then a brief title of the artwork (Example: Jones-1-Freeflight.jpg).
- An image list, organized to correspond with the image order on the CD, identifying each artwork by artwork title, year completed, medium, dimensions, and a brief description.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE Application materials must be received by the Tucson Pima Arts Council by Thursday, September 15, 2005, 4 PM. Materials may be mailed or delivered to:
Public Art for Kino Public Health Center
Tucson Pima Arts Council
10 E. Broadway, Suite 106
Tucson, AZ 85701
Projected Timeframe
- Call to Artists Issue Date
Monday, August 8, 2005
- Presubmission Meeting
Thursday, August 25, 2005, 4 PM
Tucson Pima Art Council,
10 E. Broadway,
Lower Level Conference Room
- Application Deadline
Thursday, September 15, 2005, 4 PM
- Announcement of Finalists
Friday, September 16, 2005
- Finalists Presentations
Thursday, October 6, 2005, 3 PM
- Announcement of Recommended Artist
Friday, October 7, 2005
- Approval and Contract Process
October-November 2005
- Art Design, Production & Installation
December 2005- October 2006
For more information, contact Mary Ellen Wooten at (520) 624-0595 ext. 12 or mewooten@tucsonpimaartscouncil.org or Carter Volle at carter.volle@pima.gov or at 740-3303. Favor de llamar al Tucson Pima Arts Council, 624-0595, ext. 10, para asistencia técnica en español.
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