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 Greetings, artists and arts supporters!
The Austin Art in Public Places program is turning 30 in September and we are celebrating all year long! Watch this newsletter for all the happenings.
This newsletter will continue 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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Request for Proposals
TEMPO
Budget: $3,000 - $10,000 per artwork. Multiple artists will be
commissioned.
DEADLINE: Friday, April 24, 2015, 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Two artist information meetings were held to familiarize artists with the project opportunity including the application and selection process, and mission/intent/guidelines for temporary work. Go to the AIPP Artist Opportunities webpage to review:
- a list of questions and answers from the Artist Information meetings
- the slides shared at the meetings, including some specific locations in the city where a TEMPO intervention would be welcome
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Request for Qualifications
Republic Square Park Phase II Improvements
Budget: $105,000
DEADLINE: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 5:00 pm (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 Republic Square Park Phase II Improvements project. The City of Austin request qualifications from professional visual artists or artist teams who live and work in the state of Texas. One finalist and one alternate will be recommended for the project.
Eligibility: Artists who currently have one active contract with the Art in Public Places program or who have more than two permanent works in the AIPP Collection are ineligible to apply.
Artist Information Meeting
When: Thursday, April 16, 2015 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Where: Cultural Arts Division Training Room, 201 E. 2nd St. 78701
Staff will be on hand to answer questions about the project and application process.
Parking is available in the Convention Center Parking garage; enter from Brazos Street, between Cesar Chavez and 2nd Street. Please bring your parking ticket to the meeting for validation.
View the full RFQ and apply.
Questions?
Anna Bradley, Art in Public Places Coordinator
(512) 974-7841 or anna.bradley@austintexas.gov
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Art After Six @ the People's Gallery
When: Friday, April 24th; 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Where: Austin City Hall, 301 W. 2nd Street
Stop by the People's Gallery at City Hall for extended hours and talks by artists featured in the 2015 exhibition. Free parking is available in the garage under City Hall. Bring your parking ticket for validation.
April Featured Artists:
Valerie Fowler, Denise Fulton, Larry Jolly
And mark your calendars for these future artist talks:
May 29 - Faustinus Deraet, Leslie Kell, Philip Rogers
June 26 - Barbara Irwin, Amy Scofield, Liana Tomchesson
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Project Spotlight: Brazos Street Sounds
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Brazos Street Sounds by Austin-based Sodalitas Art Group is currently in fabrication and will be installed along Brazos Street in downtown Austin this summer.
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Parts of the Listening Station being made using a water-jet cutting process. The Listening Station will house the speakers that allow the view to hear sounds along Brazos Street.
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The project consists of 12 microphone tubes and 12 speaker tubes that capture and play back the sounds of the streetscape. Infrastructure for the project, including speaker and electrical wires, were installed during the Brazos Street reconstruction project.
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Some elements of the artwork are curved which is achieved using this metal rolling machine.
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From the artists' narrative: The intention of the project "... is to create a platform for audio play and experimentation within the streetscape. With the aid of microphones and speakers, we will create the illusion of connection between twelve places along Brazos St to a central, semi circular bench area where the audio from all twelve microphones pipes can be experienced simultaneously."
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Pipe cutting machine used to create the microphone and speaker tubes. Tubes to be painted in shades of blue.
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Hello Lamp Post: Austin Closes April 27
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Hello Lamp Post: Austin
Since the project launched in February, thousands of residents have spoken to lamp posts, bus stops, libraries, even City Hall, to share memories and their impressions of our city. The project runs through April 27, giving you almost three more weeks to play in your neighborhood or at special tours and events hosted by our cultural partners.
Fusebox Festival Tour
April 1-12
Say hello to objects and venues all around the 2015 Fusebox Festival.
Landmarks Tour of UT campus
April 12, 11 am
Meet at 11 a.m. in front of the southern entrance of the Main Building. Your docent guide will walk you through the 40 acres to text message some of UT's most distinguished inanimate objects.
Art Alliance Self-Guided Tour
Download the map
Follow the map to talk to some interesting objects, which just happen to be next to some favorite Austin art spaces.
Art City Austin
April 25-26 LAST WEEKEND!
Downtown Austin, on Cesar Chavez in between Guadalupe and Lamar
Explore the outdoor art fair featuring more than 100 exhibiting artists and talk to objects along the way! Tickets are required to enter the art fair.
 In celebration of our 30th anniversary year, and in partnership with Art Alliance Austin, AIPP commissioned award-winning temporary public art project Hello Lamp Post. This artwork was an official project of SXSW 2015.
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Artwork Donation: In Progress
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Larry Monroe Forever mosaic
The Art in Public Places program works with people who wish to donate artwork to the City of Austin through the Artwork Donation / Loan Policy. AIPP recently worked with a collection of friends who wished to make a public art project to commemorate Larry Monroe, a well-known local DJ who died in 2014.
Headed by Monroe's partner Ave Bonar, the group is collaborating on the creation of a mosaic that will be installed in May on the sides of a bridge in Little Stacy Park, pictured above.
Tile making workshops have been held at lead artist Stefanie Distefano's studio on a regular basis for the last several months to create the tiles for the mosaic. Distefano has installed other mosaics throughout Austin, including Flamingo Mitote at Patterson Park.
The donation proposal was approved by the Arts Commission in December 2014, after a thorough staff review by representatives from AIPP, the Public Works Department, and the Transportation Department.
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New Artwork at the Airport
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Checkerburst and Shock Egg by artist Eric Eley are sculptures commissioned as part of the Spirit of Austin Lane Cell Phone Lot at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
In the artist's words, "...the artworks are inspired by vapor cones (also called 'shock eggs'), a phenomenon that can occur as a flying object approaches supersonic speeds". Shock Egg, pictured above, is constructed of a lattice of stainless steel rod, which has a cone of hammered bronze that pushes back through the surface. , above, has a silhouette similar to Shock Egg, but is larger and more volumetric. As viewers pass by on foot or in cars, the viewer's perception of the piece moves between dimensions as the gridded openings align and flatten the volume of the sculpture. Take a moment to check out these new sculptures next time you are at the airport!
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Opportunities and Events
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FORT WORTH PUBLIC ART
2015 PRE-QUALIFIED LIST OF PUBLIC ARTISTS
Deadline to apply: April 16, 2015
Fort Worth Public Art seeks Local and National artists working in a variety of visual media for the 2015 Pre-Qualified List of Public Artists. This list will be the primary source for artist selection for upcoming public art projects. Public art projects will range in budget from $30,000 to $300,000.
FWPA has established two separate calls for the 2015 Pre-Qualified List based upon artists' residency and experience level. Each has a separate application process and will be reviewed by the panel independently.
Applications for the 2015 Pre-Qualified List are available to artists through CaF� For more information, click here.
Questions? Talkto@fwpublicart.org
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Mural Project Downtown Georgetown, TX
Deadline to apply: 4/24/15
The City of Georgetown Arts and Culture Board is issuing a call for artist proposals for a mural to be located on the rear wall of 711 S. Main Street, Georgetown, TX. The goal of the mural is to provide a piece of public art of interest to residents and visitors to the downtown of Georgetown. Artist will receive a $3000 stipend. Get complete requirements on City of Georgetown website: http://tinyurl.com/pgtahzr
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thinkEAST Living Charrette - April 9-12
When: April 9-12, hours vary
Where: 1036 Jain Lane, Austin, 78721
The thinkEAST Living Charrette unites Austin's creative communities, local neighborhoods, planners, architects, urbanists, entrepreneurs, developers, and other interested individuals, to envision and prototype a creative district of affordable living, working, learning, exhibition, and performance activity on the 24-acre former tank farm site in the diverse, economically disadvantaged urban neighborhood in the Govalle-Johnston Terrace area of east Austin. This community celebration during the Fusebox Festival is part of an 18-month community engagement and creative planning process focused on the development of thinkEAST. Throughout the weekend, visitors can engage with temporary structures, performances, installations, workshops, classes, food events, and youth programs. All activities are free and all the input gathered during the festival will go directly into the thinkEAST Master Plan.
For a comprehensive list of pop-up activities, discussions, opportunities for input:
www.fuseboxfestival.com/thinkEAST
Volunteers are needed to help out on site during the 4 days of thinkEAST! Click here to see the areas in need and to volunteer
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Drawing Lines Project Announces Artists
Drawing Lines, a public art project focusing on Austin's citizen-driven transition to a new political system in which council members
represent specific geographic districts, has announced the 10 Austin-based collaborating artists / artist teams selected to participate.
Click to read the full list.
 Drawing Lines matched artists with each of the ten City Council districts to create a place-specific public project that reflects the unique character of that district. Artists' immersion within each district will take place now through September 2015. Each artist's work will be showcased in their respective district in fall 2015. Drawing Lines is a public-private partnership between the Cultural Arts Division and GO collaborative, in partnership with Public City and Fisterra Studio.
Other Artwork Opportunities
For basic information about, and links to, other Public Art Calls to Artists around the country, please visit:
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Want to visit the City of Austin Art in Public Places collection?
To browse the City of Austin's public art collection and find art in your neighborhood, please visit PublicArtArchive.org/AustinAIPP and start exploring!
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The City of Austin 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 Development Department. 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 6:00 p.m. on the first Monday of every month in the Cultural Arts Division Training Room at 201 E. 2nd Street. 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 every month. After the AIPP Panel votes on a project or an upcoming opportunity, the Austin Arts Commission reviews 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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The Art in Public Places program seeks proposals from professional artists or artist teams to 
