CALL TO ARTISTS - Request for Qualifications

$50,000 Public Art Commission

Deadline: November 30, 2009

Limited to Artists within Greater Boston area

The Cambridge Arts Council (CAC) in Cambridge, MA is seeking an artist/team to create art for the public realm along the Cambridge Street Corridor. 

The project and process offers a public art opportunity for a creative individual, or team of individuals, who are new to creating public art; and who live, work, or study in the greater Boston area.  The final commissioned project may be in any of the arts and design media - visual, performing, mixed media, architectural, landscape, social, etc., and can be temporary, durational, or permanent events or objects. 

The Cambridge Street Commission process/timeline will be as follows:

·         Artists submit images of previous work and biographic information

·         Art Jury selects up to 10 finalists

·         finalists attend required workshop on Public Art

·         Up to 10 finalists paid $1,000 each to create a proposal and a visual presentation

·         All proposals exhibited in the CAC Gallery for consideration and discussion by the public/Committee

·         Site Committee selects one artist/team to be awarded with the $50,000 commission

·         The selected artist/team then executes the project in public

The Cambridge Street Corridor site is defined by Inman Square on the west end to Lechmere Square on the east (see map here).  This is a stretch of urban street, a little over one mile in length, that reaches three different neighborhoods and is a vibrant mix of demographics, businesses, homes, and street activity. 

Timeline:

November 30, 2009: All Electronic Submissions due

Late-December 2009: Notifications of finalists sent out

Mid-January 2010: Required workshop for all finalists

March 19, 2010: Final proposals due at CAC by 12:00 Noon

April 1- June 18, 2010: Exhibition of proposals

June 1, 2010: Announcement of final selection 

How to Submit:
Submit images and/or video of past work and biographic information at http://cac.slideroom.com. 

Registration is free and easy - upload digital files of work samples and complete a form of information and you will be considered for the Cambridge Street Project as well as all future public art commissions within the City of Cambridge.

For more information about Cambridge Arts Council programs please visit www.cambridgeartscouncil.org.  Fortechnical support using Slideroom, please e-mailsupport@slideroom.com. For other questions please contact CAC Public Art Administrator, Jeremy Gaucher at jgaucher@cambridgema.gov; 617-349-4388