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The Tucson Pima Arts Council's Public Art Roster offers a list of artists prequalified through an open selection process for use by communities, businesses, public agencies, or governmental departments seeking artists for public commissions.
Forty-two artists are currently on the Public Art Roster. The Arts Council is initiating a biennial review of the Roster. Artists currently on the Roster, and those accepted in this Summer 2006 round, will remain on the Roster through June 2008. At that time, all artists will be requested to reapply through an open competitive process.
Since a July 2005 update, the Public Art Roster has been used to select artists for thirteen projects in the City of Tucson and Pima County. The Roster may be used to select artists for capital improvement projects with artwork budgets of less than $25,000 in the City of Tucson and less than $50,000 in Pima County, Arizona. Projects with limited budgets may present opportunities for artists interested in creating public art but who have no prior public art experience. All artists with interest in creating public art, inexperienced and experienced, are invited and encouraged to apply in the next round.
Panels
Artists will be prequalified for the Public Art Roster by a panel whose composition is comparable to the composition used with project-specific Calls to Artists: a visual arts or design professional, two working artists, a representative of the funding department, and three additional stakeholders representing community or professional interests. Once on the Roster, artists may be selected for individual projects by a panel established specifically for the unique project in the City of Tucson or Pima County. Panels prequalifying artists for the Roster and selecting artists from the Roster will be encouraged to consider artists without prior experience. The Tucson Pima Arts Council is exploring the possibility of designating several upcoming projects for a mentoring artist/emerging artist collaboration.
Artists currently on the Roster
Artists currently on the Roster are encouraged to update their materials if desired. Artists currently on the Roster do not need to submit a new application unless updating their skill set, as expressed through the application form, is desired. The Tucson Pima Arts Council is initiating an annual image update for artists on the Public Art Roster. Artists currently on the Roster may update their images and corresponding image list by the stated application deadline, using the specifications listed below. Artists on the Public Art Roster will have an opportunity to update images annually. The next image update cycle will occur in June 2007.
Questions?
Contact Mary Ellen Wooten, Public Art Program Manager, (520) 624-0595 ext. 12 or email mewooten@tucsonpimaartscouncil.org
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