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Greetings Artists and Arts Supporters!
We are sending you this edition of the Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) newsletter to let you know about the latest activities of AIPP as well as upcoming opportunities!
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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
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2nd Street Bridge & Roadway Extension (Shoal Creek to West Avenue) Art In Public Places project
Budget: $ 166,000
Deadline: February 13, 2012 at 5 PM
The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program of the Cultural Arts Division, Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office (EGRSO) seeks to commission a professional artist or artist team to create a work of exterior art that is engaging for families and children. The artwork is to be located between the proposed New Central Library and Shoal Creek in the downtown Seaholm District, north of Cesar Chavez and south of Seaholm Substation Wall AIPP project. The City of Austin requests qualifications from professional visual artists who live in the state of Texas.
Artwork Opportunity
This artwork opportunity is open to a wide range of ideas to be proposed by the selected artist. The completed artwork should engage children and families in a form of sensory interaction with the work (potentially through sound, touch or light). Due to the challenges for maintenance of the artwork, only artwork of substantial durability and low maintenance needs will be considered.
An Artist Information Meeting took place on January 18, 2012. A video of the meeting has been posted on the AIPP website here. |
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The People's Gallery
2012 Opening Reception
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Friday, February 24 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Austin City Hall (301 W. 2nd Street)
The 2012 People's Gallery exhibition features over 150 artworks from Austin-area artists, galleries, museums, and art organizations displayed throughout the first three floors of City Hall.
This year, the People's Gallery will include a special exhibit of "The Mona Lisa Project" by photographer Rino Pizzi in collaboration with 16 female artists.  Enjoy live music and refreshments, generously provided by Who le Foods Market, in the City Hall Atrium!
- The People's Choice Award ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers.
- Short films from the Faces of Austin collection will screen in Chambers beginning at 7 p.m.
Visit austintexas.gov for more information!
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Austin Art In Public Places Projects Completed in 2011
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"formation, language, memory" by Hawkeye Glenn and Lizzie Martinez, located outside the Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum.
"Showershade" by Chris Doyle, located at the Public Safety Training Campus at 4800 Shaw Lane.
"Iron Wave" and "Trilobite Shade" by Chris Levack, located at the BMX Skate Park at 1213 Shoal Creek Boulevard.
"Your Essential Magnificence" by James Talbot, located at South Congress and Live Oak; South Congress Street Improvements project.
"Our Hands" Obelisco by Ben Appl, located at E. Seventh and Comal Street; E. Seventh Street Corridor project.
"The Roots" Obelisco by Aly Winningham, located at E. Seventh and Chicon Street; E. Seventh Street Corridor project.
"Procession for Our Lady of Guadalupe" Obelisco by Maggie Desanto, located at E. Seventh and Robert Martinez Jr. Street; E. Seventh Street Corridor project.
"Prospect Avenue/Webberville Road" Obelisco by Susan Wallace, located at E. Seventh and Prospect Avenue/Webberville Road; E. Seventh Street Corridor project.
"The Family" Obelisco by Alonso Rey-Sanchez, located at E. Seventh and Pedernales Street; E. Seventh Street Corridor project.
"Who Lives Here?" Obelisco by Claudia Reese, located at E. Seventh and Calles Street; E. Seventh Street Corridor project.
"East Side Compass" Obelisco by Martin Garcia, located at E. Seventh and Pleasant Valley Road; E. Seventh Street Corridor project
"The Reading Chair" by Michael Heffernan, Sara Twaddle and Faith Schexnayder, located in Zilker Park at the McBeth Recreation Center.
"Urban Canyons" by Sun McColgin, located at Second Street and Colorado; Second Street Streetscape Improvement project.
"Every Place a History" by Brad J. Goldberg, located at the new Austin Animal Center at 7201 Levander Loop.
"Arboreal Passage" by Colin McIntyre, located in Zilker Park at the Austin Nature & Science Center. Join us at the artwork on March 9, 2012 at 3:00pm for the dedication of this piece!
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS
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Salon with Christina Lanzl
Monday, February 20 at 5:30 pm taking place at the public art piece, Open Room Austin.
(located on West 2nd Street, just east of the Sandra Muraida Way traffic circle. Access from Cesar Chavez or Lamar - limited parking available)
 Bring something to eat and meet up with fellow artists, designers, public art affcianados, AIPP staff and visiting public art expert Christina Lanzl in an open dialogue about public art. Consider this a modern version of the 18th century French tradition of gathering for cultural discourse. (If it is pouring rain, this event will be cancelled). Christina Lanzl is a public art consultant, cultural planner, freelance curator, presenter and author with more than 20 years of experience working with the creative leadership of neighborhoods, towns, and cities to create successful places that become part of our history, part of our evolving culture, and part of our collective memory.
Dedication of Arboreal Passage by Colin McIntyre Friday, March 9 at 3:00 pm Austin Nature and Science Center at Zilker Park This artwork marks the entrance to the newly renovated Austin Nature & Science Center with two forged steel archways inspired by native trees of central Texas. The artwork also consists of three benches made from found wood and a forged steel frame for the facility sign. __________________________________________________________
For basic information about, and links to, other Public Art Calls to Artists around the country, please visit Public Art 4Culture.
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