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JUNE 2013

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!   

Open Calls to Artists

For more information and to apply to these projects, visit:

www.austintexas.gov/department/aipp-opportunities 

 

TEMPO: Temporary Art Program

Request for Proposals

DEADLINE: TODAY (June 13) @ 5:00 p.m. (CST)

 

Budget: $2,500-$8,000 (multiple artists will be commissioned)

 

The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) 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 for the public art is to cultivate curiosity, spark imagination, and engage the community in a meaningful dialogue about public art and to foster work by artists who live and work within 35 miles of Austin.

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Terminal East Infill Project Artist Information Meeting (see below) 

June 17, 2:30-3:30 p.m. at Austin City Hall
 (301 W. 2nd St.)Boards and Commissions Room.
 This will be offered as an INTERACTIVE WEBINAR.  

 

8th Street Streetscape Project Artist Information Meeting (see below) 

June 19, 6:00 p.m. at the Cultural Arts Division office
201 E. 2nd St.

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Spirit of Austin Lane Cell Phone Waiting Area at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport

Request for Qualifications 

DEADLINE: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 5:00 p.m. (CST)

 

Budget: $355,000

 

The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program seeks to commission a professional visual artist or artist team to design and fabricate 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.

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Terminal East Infill Project at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport 

Request for Qualifications

DEADLINE: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 5:00 p.m. (CST)

 

Budget: $700,000

Interior schematic rendering of Infill Project  courtesy of Page Southerland Page
 

The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program seeks to commission a professional visual artist or artist team to design and fabricate artwork for the Terminal East Infill Project at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The selected artist(s) will work closely with the project's design team to develop a comprehensive design for artwork that may include several components in various locations. This opportunity is open to professional visual artists who live and work in the United States. 

 

Artist Information Meeting: June 17, 2:30-3:30 p.m. at Austin City Hall (301 W. 2nd St.), Boards and Commissions Room. This will be offered as an INTERACTIVE WEBINAR.

 

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Auditorium Shores Trailhead

Request for Qualifications

DEADLINE: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 5:00 p.m. (CST)  

         

Budget: $28,500

 

The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) 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 of Austin will request 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.

 

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8th Street Streetscape Project

Request for Qualifications

DEADLINE: Wednesday, July 12, 2013, 5:00 p.m. (CST)

 

Budget: $77,000

 

The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program seeks to commission a professional visual artist or artist team to design and fabricate artwork for the streetscape along 8th Street between Congress and West avenues. The streetscape construction is currently underway and the selected artist(s) will work with City staff to locate, design, fabricate, and install artwork for this corridor. This opportunity is open to professional visual artists who live and work in the Austin metropolitan area, including Travis, Williamson, Bastrop, Caldwell, and Hays counties. 

 

Artist Information Meeting: June 19, 6:00 p.m. at the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division office (201 E. 2nd St.).

New Online Application System 
public artist.org graphic

To apply to our AIPP artist opportunities, please go to PublicArtist.org. As always, it is free to apply to any AIPP Call to Artists.

 

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.   

 

Watch Now: How to Apply for Public Art Projects Using PublicArtist.org
AIPP Open Office Hours

Friday, June 14,  2:00-4:00 p.m.

City of Austin Cultural Arts Division offices, 201 E. 2nd St.

 

- 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 Ave. or San Jacinto Blvd. between Cesar Chavez and 2nd streets.
Artwork Dedication - Solar Tree

Join us as we officially welcome Solar Tree into the AIPP collection! 

Friday, June 21, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Dittmar Recreation Center, 1009 W. Dittmar Rd.


Solar Tree, created by Austin artist Barna Kantor, is located at the Dittmar Recreation Center in south Austin. Solar Tree and its surrounding plaza was built to create a communal gathering place in front of the recreation center's newly-built gymnasium.  

 

The tree harvests electricity while it provides shade, and sends data to a public website on the amount of energy generated. The shape of the plaza is formed by the tree's longest shadow, cast during the winter solstice. The artwork dedication will take place on the summer solstice which is the longest day of the year.

Artwork Dedication - Turtle Plaza
Join the celebration of Turtle Plaza by John Christensen! 
Monday, July 1, 10:00-11:00 a.m. 
Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metropolitan Park, 400 Grove Blvd. 
 
Artist John Christensen was commissioned to design a number of elements for the City's new 365-acre park located on the south shore of the Colorado River, just east of Longhorn Dam.
 
The playground features several artist-designed play elements in the shape of turtles. Christensen and the Parks Department design team 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 on and playing by Austin kids. Smaller turtles are used as capitals at the entrance wall to the playground and pavilion. Working with the project design team from the outset, Christensen also designed a memorial plaza dedicated to Roy G. Guerrero, which features a pavilion and fountain.
Project Spotlight
Virginia Fleck installation at Pickfair Community Center!
Philip Rogers photograph

Austin artist Virginia Fleck's artwork was recently installed at the Pickfair Community Center in north Austin, a firehouse repurposed by the City of Austin in 2000 to fulfill the community's recreation needs. The center hosts popular programs for kids and families in its microgym and meeting spaces.  

Philip Rogers photograph
The artist's colorful graphic mandalas and flowers add dynamism to a high-energy play area and exterior courtyard. Fleck creates her art by collaging images from recycled trash bags and other printed consumer advertising. The collage is then photographed and reprinted by Agave Printers in east Austin. The resulting image is carefully laminated between two sheets of acrylic, after which a CNC (computer numeric controlled) router cuts it to a specified shape. 
Philip Rogers photograph
In February 2013, a Request for Artwork for Purchase was released to ten nominated professional visual artists based in Austin, for public artwork that would embody Pickfair Community Center's mission. Seven artists submitted for consideration proposals of current, existing artwork. Virginia Fleck was unanimously recommended by the selection panel, with Hank Waddell chosen as the alternate. 
Other Opportunities and Events

Unveiling The Austin Wall  

by Clifford Ross

U.S. Federal Courthouse

501 W. 5th St.   

 

June 18, 6:00-8:30 p.m. 

Remarks by the artist at 7:00 p.m

The City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, AMOA-Arthouse, Austin Parks Foundation, Landmarks and Downtown Austin Alliance invite you to discover Austin's newest public artwork!

 

Austin Wall, an original stained glass artwork, was commissioned by the General Services Administration (GSA) for the newly constructed U.S. Federal Courthouse designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects.

 

For one special evening, the public is invited to meet the artist and learn more about the process behind the artwork's creation. Enjoy music by Austin Jazz Workshop outside on the plaza from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. and from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m.. Food truck favorites Chi'Lantro BBQ and Coolhaus will be on site throughout the event with delicious food for purchase.

 

* Please note that a photo ID is required to enter the courthouse.*

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Peoples Gallery Art After Six logoArt After Six

Friday, July 12, 6:00 pm

City Hall, Council Chambers

301 W. 2nd St.

  

From June through September, the People's Gallery will present Art After Six artist talks at City Hall and offer extended gallery hours.

  

Four artists who are part of the People's Gallery 2013 show were selected to speak based on the theme of "Use and Interpretation of Color":

  • Gerardo Arellano
  • Gladys Poorte
  • Jaelah Kuehmichel
  • Beatrice Baldwin
Mark your calendars! Additional talks will take place on August 2 and September 6.
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Wooldridge Square to reopen September 13
The Downtown Austin Alliance is asking citizens of Austin to play a part in the reopening of Wooldridge Square Park this September!

Share your favorite park memories and your ideas for making the square a vibrant and beautiful destination and, once again, a beloved public space in downtown Austin.
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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 (click here).
 
The City of Austin's Art in Public Places program acquires and maintains works of art for City facilities and parks for the cultural enrichment of the Austin community through commissions, donations, and loans. AIPP is part of the Cultural Arts Division of 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.  

ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PANEL MEETINGS

The AIPP Panel usually meets at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of the month at City Hall, 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 p.m. on the third Monday of the month in City Hall Council Chambers. After the AIPP Panel votes on a project or an upcoming opportunity, the Austin Arts Commission reviews the panel's work and decides which projects and opportunities move forward.

 

Check here for meeting dates and agenda items. Meetings can be changed so it's always good to check before you make the trip! See you soon!