PUBLIC ART - Higuera Street Fountain

Specification No. 90891

The Art in Public Places Program of the City of San Luis Obispo, California is seeking an artist or team of artists to design, fabricate and install an artwork or artworks at the Higuera Street Fountain, located at the intersection of Higuera and Marsh Streets.  At total of, $125,000 is available to the artist or artists commissioned for this piece. 

Interested artists are invited to submit qualifications for the artwork no later than 3:00pm on January 5, 2009.  Qualifications shall be submitted to the City of San Luis Obispo, Department of Finance and Information and Technology, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA  93401. Applications received after said time will not be considered.

Applications submitted in response to this RFQ will be reviewed by a panel selection process (a jury consisting of artists, art professionals, neighbors, and community representatives).  The jury will review all complete, eligible applications received by the deadline.  Upon evaluating the qualifications provided in the applications, the jury will shortlist three to five artists to be invited to an interview and discussion of project concepts.  Those artists selected will each received a $500.00 honorarium for the development of specific concepts (up to three concepts per artist/team).

 A Site walk-thru will be offered so that artists may become familiar with the Mid Higuera Street site context and visual setting, street layout, and functions of the Higuera Street Fountain.  This will be an opportunity to ask any questions regarding this request for qualifications.  This non-mandatory walk-thru will be held on Friday December 5, 2008 at 10:00am at the inter-section of Higuera and Marsh (parking is limited).

 The Request for Qualifications packages may be obtained for free on the City’s website: www.slocity.org under Bids & Proposals, or by emailing your request to sbates@slocity.org, or by faxing your request to (805) 781-7292.  Please include your company name, street address, phone, fax, and email address, along with the name and specification number of the Request for Qualification that you are requesting.

 Additional information may be obtained by contacting Shannon Bates, Public Art Coordinator, at (805) 781-7296.

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