ArtsinStark
presents:
The
Eleven
Greatest Moments in Pro Football History
Call to Artists - Deadline: October 15, 2012
ArtsinStark, the private non profit county arts council for
Canton and
Stark County, OH is issuing a “Request for Qualifications/RFQ for
professional artists to design, fabricate and install artwork in front
of the Frank T. Bow Building at 201 Cleveland Avenue, SW Canton,
OH.
Project Budget & Scope of Work
Total artwork budget for Moment #1 - “Birth of the NFL”
$150,000. This budget will cover artist fees, overhead,
operating costs, fabrication, materials, shipping, insurance (general
liability, automobile, workers compensation), travel expenses, and
installation. Submission deadline: materials must be
submitted no later than 12 am Monday, October 15, 2012 Eastern Standard
Time.
This National Call to Artists will result in a short list of three
semi - finalists who will each receive an honorarium of $3,500 to cover
the following:
- A site visit
to Canton to a.) learn more about
the history of the area, b.)
see the location of the artwork, and c.) and
participate in a community
meeting
- Development of
a concept proposal and maquette for the project
- A returning
visit to Canton to present proposal to Selection Committee
Eligibility
The public art project is open to professional artists residing in the
United States who are at least 18 years of age and have at least two
years of visual art exhibition and commissioned public art experience.
Project Goals
The artwork should be suitable both for the location in terms of scale
and to be viewed by pedestrian traffic. It must:
- Celebrate the
“Birth of the NFL” --- the first of the eleven greatest moments of
professional football history for which we are commissioning artwork.
- Represent the
highest quality art being made in America today.
- Be so amazing
that visitors coming to Canton would want to see it whether they were
sports fans or not.
About Canton
Canton is the birthplace of professional football and home to the Pro
Football Hall of Fame (pictured right). It is located about
an hour south of Cleveland. ArtsinStark, the private non
profit arts council for the county is partnering with The Pro Football
Hall of Fame to create The Eleven – a series of public artworks
celebrating the 11 greatest moments in professional football
history. The majority of the eleven works will be located in
downtown Canton within walking distance of one another --- which is
about a two miles from the Pro Football Hall of
Fame. All artwork styles will be considered and our
goal is for the series to represent every kind of art being made in
America.
"The Eleven"
The Eleven is a multi-year project. The
first work for which we are commissioning artwork is moment #4: the
Formation of the NFL or the “Birth of the NFL.” Our objective
is to install it during 2013 --- the 50th anniversary year of the Pro
Football Hall of Fame.
When “The Pro Football Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Book” was
published in July 2012, it listed the eleven greatest moments in no
particular order:
- 1958
Championship Game (Colts/NY Giants)
- Formation
American Football League (1959)
- Pete Rozelle
Named Commissioner (1960)
- Formation of
the NFL (1920)
- Red Grange
Turns Pro (1925)
- The NFL Draft
(1936)
- Reintegration
of Pro Football (1946)
- Monday Night
Football (1970)
- Super Bowl III
(1968)
- The Ice Bowl
(1967)
- AFL/NFL Merger
(1966)
Application
Requirements
Application requirements may be submitted by mail, electronically or by
hand. They must
include the following:
- Letter of
interest, not to exceed one page, as to why you are interested and how
you would approach creating the artwork
- Current resume
(two page limit)
- List of three
professional references
- Up to (10)
digital images of previous work saved to CD. Each image uploaded shall
include the following:
- title of
artwork
- media
- dimensions
(H x W x D)
- project
budget
- date of
artwork or project completion
- artwork
description (300 character limit)
Submission
Deadline
Materials must be submitted no later than 12 am, Monday
October 15, 2012 Eastern Standard Time to Robb Hankins at
ArtsinStark: 900 Cleveland Ave. NW P.O. Box 21190 Canton, OH
44701-1190
Timeline
- Request for
Qualifications announced: end of August 2012
- Deadline for
return of RFQ: October 15, 2012
- Selection
Committee decides on three semi-finalists: October 30, 2012
- Site visit for
semi-finalists: November 2012
- Semi-finalists’
presentation to Selection Committee: December 2012
- Artist
Selection Decision and Notification: December 2012
- Installation
Date: before December 31, 2013
Questions,
Follow-up: Questions may be directed to Robb Hankins at ArtsinStark at
330-453-1075 or RobbHankins@ArtsinStark.com
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