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QUALIFICATIONS
INTRODUCTION
The City of Iowa City’s Public Art Program
is seeking artists, artist teams, engineers,
architects or others interested in creating a
permanent wall installation at the Iowa City
City Hall, 410 E Washington Street, Iowa
City. This wall space, approximately 16;
wide x 10’ tall is located on the south wall
adjacent to the lobby stairwell in City Hall.
This is a very visible, high traffic location
for the public who visit City Hall to conduct
business.
Location
The lobby of the building was recently re-
modeled with very clean, warm white fin-
ishes including white terrazzo floor,
brushed aluminum hand rails and signage,
contemporary PH Lamp by Poul Hennings-
en hanging in the stairwell and maple pan-
eling accents and white corian in the main
lobby area. Because the lobby provides
public access to the Iowa City Police De-
partment, it is open to the public 24 hours a
day/7 days a week.
Goal
The goal of this project is to design and
install an eye catching, creative art installa-
tion that may reflect some connection with
the Iowa City community including but not
limited to physical features, the diverse de-
mographic of visitors to City Hall, educa-
tional excellence, cultural amenities, etc.
Considerations
The wall itself is concave as it wraps
around the curved stairwell. Rather than
ignore, it is preferred that the artwork high-
light this architecture detail utilizing as
much of the available space as possible
but keeping in mind the high traffic volume
using the stairwell and the continual access
to the lobby area to the public. There may
also be the opportunity to carry the concept
of the final art piece into other locations
within City Hall.
Medium
The medium utilized by the artist is flexible.
The wall itself is constructed with concrete
block covering the sheetrock, so it is struc-
turally sound for most installations. Select-
ed finalist must work with staff to ensure
safety and security of work and the public.
DEADLINE: September 28, 2018
HOW TO APPLY
The submission must include all of the information
and materials described below.
• Applicant’s contact information including
name, business name (if applicable), physical
address, mailing address, telephone, and
email. Teams must identify one primary con-
tact, as well as contact information for each
applicant on the team.
• Statement of Interest.
• Maximum two-page resume that outlines pro-
fessional accomplishments.
• Three professional references including:
• name
• relationship to applicant
• email address
• phone number
• For applications involving multiple partners,
include two-page resumes and three profes-
sional references for each member.
• A minimum of six (6) and maximum of eight (8)
images of past works. Images may be submit-
ted via email, flash drive, CD or through a link
to a website. Identify images with project title,
location, date completed, media, dimensions,
budget, commissioning agency, project part-
ners, and/or brief description of the project/
conceptual information.
All materials must be emailed to Marcia Bol-
linger, Iowa City Public Art Program Coordina-
tor at Marcia-Bollinger@iowa-city.org no later
than 5:00 p.m. CST on Friday, September 28,
2018.
Incomplete and late applications may be deemed
ineligible at the sole discretion of the City of Iowa
City Public Art Advisory Commission.
QUESTIONS
Please contact: Marcia Bollinger, Iowa City Public
Art Program Coordinator at 319-356-5237 or
Marcia-Bollinger@iowa-city.org. Questions and an-
swers and additional informaiton will be posted on the
Iowa City Public Art webpage at www.icgov.org/
publicart up until Friday, September 21, 2018. Appli-
cants are encouraged to check the website prior to sub-
mission.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
Successful applicants must demonstrate vision,
past experience and professional qualifications
required to design and create the work and willing-
ness to work collaboratively with staff and other
professionals to finalize the design. Team applica-
tions should demonstrate the qualifications of its
individual team members, as well as their qualifi-
cations to work together on projects. This RFQ is
open to artists, artist teams, engineers, architects,
student teams or others with priority given to those
who live in the state of Iowa.
PROJECT BUDGET
The total budget for the completed and installed
artwork is $9000.00. The project is funded through
the Iowa City Public Art program.
SELECTION PROCESS
The Public Art Advisory Committee will meet with
and interview applicants at their November 2,
2017 meeting and select up to four finalists. A sti-
pend of $250 will be provided to the finalists to de-
velop a more specific proposal.
PROJECTED TIMELINE
• Friday, September 28, 2018— Response
Deadline
• Friday, October 5, 2018— Selection of Final-
ists
• Thursday, December 6, 2018— Presentation
of design to Public Art Advisory Committee
• Friday, December 7, 2018— notification of fi-
nalist selection.
• Friday, February 7, 2019— Final Design Re-
view by Public Art Advisory Committee
• Friday, February 14, 2019— Execution of pro-
ject agreement
• Friday, June 28, 2019- Project completion