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Greetings Artists and Arts Supporters!
We are sending you this newsletter to let you know about the latest activities of AIPP as well as upcoming opportunities!
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Calls to Artists
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Three Open Calls to Artists
Click here to view the full RFQ/Ps and to apply to any of these projects:
Spirit of Austin Lane Request for Qualifications Budget: $355,000 Deadline to submit: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 5:00 p.m. (CST) The Art in Public Places program seeks to commission a professional visual artist or artist team to design, fabricate, and install an exterior artwork for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) Spirit of Austin Lane cell phone use and parking area. The City of Austin requests qualifications from professional visual artists who live and work in the state of Texas. One artist or artist team and one alternate will be recommended for the project.
Thursday, May 16, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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TEMPO Request for Proposals
Budget: $2500 - $8000 per artwork. Multiple artists will be commissioned.
Deadline to submit: Thursday, June 13, 2013 5:00 p.m. (CST) The Art in Public Places program seeks proposals from professional artists or artist teams to design, fabricate, and install site-specific, short-term, or time-based art in Austin's parkland. The intent is for the public art to cultivate curiosity, spark imagination, and engage the community in a meaningful dialogue about public art and foster work by emerging artists who live and work within 35 miles of Austin. Click here for more information.
Tuesday, May 22, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Cultural Arts Division Offices, 201 E. 2nd Street
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Auditorium Shores Trailhead Request for Qualifications
Budget: $28,500 Deadline to submit: Thursday, June 27, 2013 5:00 p.m. (CST) The Art in Public Places program seeks to commission a professional visual artist or artist team to design and fabricate artwork for the Auditorium Shores Trailhead area, located immediately west of the First Street Bridge near the south shore of Lady Bird Lake. The artwork should respond to the issue of climate change in central Texas. The City requests qualifications from professional visual artists who live and work within 35 miles of Austin. One artist or artist team and one alternate will be recommended for the project. Thursday, May 30, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Cultural Arts Division Offices, 201 E. 2nd Street
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New Online Application System
| | AIPP is discontinuing use of the web-based registry, ASAPP! (Application System for Art in Public Places). All opportunities will now be posted on PublicArtist.org.
 You may access your ASAPP! profile until June 1. Artist information currently stored on the ASAPP! system won't be transferred to PublicArtist.org.
The features of the PublicArtist.org system will streamline the application process, offer more options to the end-user, and provide better quality presentation of the visual submissions to the selection panel. As always, it is free to apply to any AIPP Call to Artists. Watch Now: How to Apply for Public Art Projects Using PublicArtist.org |
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AIPP Open Office Hours
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Friday, May 10, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cultural Arts Division offices
201 E. 2nd Street
- Are you interested in applying for a public art commission?
- Are you curious about the artist selection process?
- Would you like to know more about the AIPP Collection?
Then come to Open Office Hours! On the second Friday of the month, from April to September, AIPP staff will be available for informal meetings with artists and arts professionals interested in public art in Austin. No appointment necessary!
Free parking is available in the Austin Convention Center 2nd Street Parking Garage; enter on Brazos or San Jacinto between Cesar Chavez and 2nd Street.
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Art After Six: Upcoming Talks
| |  Friday June 7th at 6:00 pm Austin City Hall, Council Chambers 301 W. 2nd Street From June through September, the People's Gallery will present Art After Six artist talks at City Hall and offer extended gallery hours.
On June 7th, these featured artists will speak about their work:
Lindsay Palmer
Hank Waddell
Charlie Fergeson
Steve Brudniak
Additional talks will take place on July 12, August 2, and Sept. 6.
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Project Spotlight
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Artist John Christensen Releases a Bale of Turtles in Austin's New Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metropolitan Park
Artist John Christensen was commissioned to design a number of elements for the City's soon-to-be-opened Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metropolitan Park, a 365-acre park located on the south shore of the river, just east of Longhorn Dam.  The playground features several artist-designed play elements in the shape of turtles. Christensen chose to emphasize the turtle because of the park's close proximity to the river, which is home to a booming turtle population, and because of the park's mission to educate visitors about Austin's riparian ecosystem. Christensen fabricated four turtles of cast concrete, a material that will allow for years of climbing and playing by Austin kids.
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Smaller turtles are used as capitals at the entrance wall to the playground and pavilion.
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 Working with the project design team from the outset, Christensen also designed other amenities for the park, including a memorial plaza dedicated to Roy G. Guerrero, which features a pavilion and gazebo, seen in the background in the photo above. Stay tuned for information on the upcoming dedication of this new addition to Austin's public art collection!
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Other Opportunities and Events
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 NXNA Garden Tour
This June, the North Austin Community Garden AIPP project, with commissioned artists Lucy Begg and Robert Gay, will participate in the first-ever NXNA Garden Tour.
Garden Tour
Saturday, June 1
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
On Saturday, the self-guided tour will feature 13 private gardens, 5 school gardens and 1 community garden.
Garden Talks & Photography Exhibit
Sunday, June 2
Noon - 4 p.m.
On Sunday, the North Austin Community Recreation Center will host a series of talks and tours about gardening. Come and visit us and get a sneak peak of the NACG design!
For more info about the tour, click here.
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Americans for the Arts Public Art Network 
June 13-14, 2013
The 2013 Public Art Network (PAN) Preconference is THE public art opportunity of the year! Using case studies and breakout sessions, public art professionals will explore the intersection of public art engagement, evaluation, ethics, and education.
Case-study tours of Pittsburgh's vibrant public art scene will illustrate important issues facing the field and will culminate in a PAN reception at the Mattress Factory-the internationally renowned installation art museum. Join us to dig deep into critical issue facing our field and be sure not to miss the opportunity to see how public art contributes to Pittsburgh being called America's most livable city. Registration is now open!
http://convention.artsusa.org/action/register
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OTHER ARTWORK OPPORTUNITIES
For basic information about, and links to, other Public Art Calls to Artists around the country, please visit Public Art 4Culture. For 4Culture Opportunity Listings, click here. |
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The City of Austin's Art in Public Places program acquires and maintains works of art for City facilities and parks through commissions, donations and loans for the cultural enrichment of the Austin community. AIPP is part of the Cultural Arts Division within the City of Austin's Economic Growth and Redevelopment Services Office. For more information, please visit www.austincreates.com or e-mail aipp@austintexas.gov. |
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ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PANEL MEETINGS
The AIPP Panel usually meets at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of every month at City Hall, in Room 1029. Come see artists presenting their design work, listen as panel members discuss upcoming opportunities for public art, and see how the whole process happens from start to finish!
AUSTIN ARTS COMMISSION MEETINGS
The Arts Commission usually meets at 5:30 on the third Monday of every month in City Hall Council Chambers. After the AIPP Panel votes on a project, or an upcoming opportunity, the Austin Arts Commission reviews their work and decides which projects and opportunities move forward.
Check here for actual meeting dates and agenda items. Meetings can be changed so it's always good to check before you make the trip! See you soon!
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