The City of Greeley is looking to award one (1) Artist and the Awarded artist shall be compensated a total of $2100 for the following: 1) the purchase of final design, 2) time required to make any requested changes to the design, and 3) to submit a high-resolution digital image of the final design. After final submission, the city will contract with a professional sign company to print and install the vinyl wrap at the city’s cost.

Discovery Bay Waterpark opened in 2007. The name Discovery Bay was a theme created for the Waterpark to take on an archeological dig site look. The granite wall art tells about the history of Northern Colorado going back to the Paleolithic era. The Dinosaur play structure is the only one of its kind in the nation and was custom designed specifically for Greeley. The Waterpark includes a splash pad, zero depth area, lazy river and pool. It also has a 243-foot slide.

Proposals with design elements that align with a paleolithic theme that is historically accurate for this area and are attractive to young children, teens and adults will be reviewed. The design must be picture-based (not word based), visually active, and will need to cover eight sides of the slide ‘skirt’ enclosure. Artwork cannot include logos, copyrighted or trademarked images or be a form of signage or advertisement in any way.

The selected artist will work remotely with the selection committee to further develop their design and adapt it to fit the dimensions of the metal panels of the Discovery Bay pool slide ‘skirt’ enclosure (see Exhibit A of the attached Sample Contract). The artist’s design will be significantly enlarged and may need to be altered slightly to fit the specific conditions of the metal panels, such as to avoid interference with any functioning parts i.e., vents, hinges, locks, handles and any cautionary text.

The Artist shall transfer high-resolution files to the designated point of contact. The required format for final designs is either a vector .eps file or a .pdf with a minimum resolution of 150 dpi if designed in Photoshop or photographing an existing design. If submitting artwork that is not computer generated, the artist may require assistance from a professional photographer and/or a graphic artist at their own cost. The vinyl wraps will be CMYK printed.

Application Requirements

Each artist may submit up to three different color designs (no black and white designs accepted) in the form of finished designs or as full color thumbnail sketches.  

 The selected artist’s final design will need to be formatted to cover the panels so that when printed as a wrap, all vertical sides of the slide ‘skirt’ enclosure will be covered. Estimated dimensions are attached. (see Exhibit A of the attached Sample Contract).

The artist will be required to sign a contract with the city and a W-9 form in order to be paid. Payment will be requested after the final design has been delivered and approved. Please allow 3-4 weeks for payment to reach your mailbox after final acceptance.

Once the final design is accepted by the Greeley Art Commission and payment is made for the design, the City will retain all rights of the design’s final layout as submitted. Artist will retain rights to any individual portions of the design that the artist had previously created. For example, if the artist used photographic images of a painting on canvas, the artist shall retain the rights to the canvas painting including all copies of the canvas painting.

In recognition that the City is entering into this Agreement with the intent and purpose of publicly displaying the Project, the City shall have the right to publicly display the Project as well the right to make, publish and distribute two-dimensional reproductions of the Project.

The Artist will grant the City full-unlimited rights to reproduce the final design provided by the Artist for the initial installation and, if necessary, for reprinting the final design to replace, repair or maintain the vinyl wrap.  

If artwork needs repair, due to age, damage, or maintenance, a professional contractor may be hired to perform such repairs using the original artist’s design. The city retains the authority and right to destroy or paint over the image at any time, without notice, for any reason, including maintenance, replacement, safety, and vandalism. The average life expectancy of vinyl wrap art commissioned under this program is 3-5 years. 

Selection Process

Artist designs will be juried by a selection committee that will consist of at least two members of the Greeley Art Commission and staff from Culture Affairs, Recreation as well as community stakeholders. Approval of the final designs selected by the Greeley Art Commission will be based on design aesthetic, merit, originality, creativity, innovation, and appropriateness to the existing Discovery Bay themes. 

Limitations to Liability

The City of Greeley will not assume any responsibility or liability for costs incurred by artists in responding to this RFP or in responding for any further requests for interview, additional data, etc., prior to the written agreement to create a final design from an original work of art.

Rejection of Proposals

The Greeley Art Commission reserves the right to reject any or all applications or to award payment in whole or in part if it s in the best interest of the project.

Procedure if no Artist is Selected

Final selection of an artist to complete artwork will follow successful negotiations which satisfy the city’s concern that the selection committee’s recommendations, and the interest of the public are best served.  Should no artist be accepted, a subsequent advertisement and Request for Proposals may be issued.

 This Request for Proposals is issued by the City of Greeley as the sole of contact.

Eligibility Criteria

All artists, including individual and groups of professional and emerging artists are encouraged to apply. Previous Public Art experience is not required.