Call Detail

Pompano Beach Powerline Road Entrance Sculpture
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Contact Email: laura.atria@copbfl.com

Call Overview

Entry Deadline: 1/3/24
Application Closed

Work Sample Requirements


Images | Minimum:Min. 3, Maximum:Max. 5
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 3, Maximum:Max. 5
Call Type: Public Art
Eligibility: National
State: Florida
Budget: $50,000.00

Call Description

SUMMARY

The City of Pompano Beach will commission an artist/artist team for a work for hire project to design, fabricate, and install a freestanding sculpture. This sculpture will be an entryway artwork into the City of Pompano Beach. Sculpture location will be on the east side of Powerline Road by the south entrance to Harrah’s Pompano Beach Casino. Themes for the sculpture include futuristic, industrial, contemporary urban, power, and energy. The project is open to all professional artists nationwide.

THEME & REQUIREMENTS

The commissioned artwork will be an entry sculpture to the City of Pompano Beach on Powerline Road. The artwork must be a standalone sculpture. The theme should incorporate futuristic, industrial, contemporary urban, power, and energy. No logos are to be used. Pompano Live! Will be providing the pad and exterior lighting.

PROJECT LOCATION
The location is at an entrance to the City of Pompano Beach located on the east side of Powerline Road by the south entrance to Harrah’s Pompano Beach Casino.

Link to Location: https://cdn.pompanobeachfl.gov/pba/images/Location.pptx

ARTWORK PURCHASE BUDGET
The purchase budget established for the project is $50,000.00. The price will include all insurance, taxes, fees, permits, delivery, installation, and engineering. Applicants must submit a detailed budget list. Pompano Live! Will be providing the pad and exterior lighting.

QUESTIONS

Contact:             Laura Atria, Public Art & Artists in Residence Program Manager

Phone:                954-545-7800 ext. 3813

E-mail:                Laura.Atria@copbfl.com

BACKGROUND ON POMPANO BEACH

Pompano Beach is a city located in Broward County along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, just north of Ft. Lauderdale. The nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. In 2013, the City adopted the Pompano Beach Cultural Arts Master Plan. Pompano Beach is a Cultural Arts destination in north Broward County, featuring innovative arts programming. The City’s cultural facilities include the Ali Cultural Arts, Bailey Contemporary Arts, the Cultural Center of Pompano Beach, and the Pompano Beach Amphitheater.

BACKGROUND ON POMPANO BEACH PUBLIC ART PROGRAM

In 2012, the Pompano Beach City Commission adopted a public art ordinance to “enhance the aesthetic and cultural value of the city by including works of art on public properties within the city.” The City Commission seeks “benefits of public art that are both aesthetic and economic.” For more information on what is planned over the next ten year period, please refer to the Public Art Masterplan that is located at

http://pompanobeachfl.gov/index.php/pages/public_art/public_art.

 

Application Requirements

APPLICATION

All submissions should be submitted through CaFE. Submissions received after the deadline will not be accepted. Submissions must include:

1.       Resume

2.       Artist statement – a brief description of yourself and the design concept;

3.       Examples of previous artwork (minimum 3; maximum 5); and

4.       Optional: Design Sketch

Failure to meet Call to Artists and submittal requirements will result in disqualification.

Three (3) artists will be shortlisted and paid an honorarium of $200 to create a detailed proposal.

Eligibility Criteria

ELIGIBILITY

The project is open to all professional artists nationwide. Artist or Professional Artist means a practitioner in the visual arts, generally recognized by critics and peers as a professional of serious intent and ability, income realized through the sole commission of artwork and frequent or consistent art exhibitions. Artists are NOT eligible if they are immediate family or business partners of members of the Public Art Committee or program staff.