Application Closed
Eligibility: Regional
State: Texas
TEXRail is a new 27-mile commuter rail line that will extend from downtown Fort Worth, across northeast Tarrant County, through North Richland Hills and Grapevine, and into DFW International Airport’s Terminal B. This line, which will begin service in early 2019, is projected to serve more than 8,000 daily riders at nine stations by the end of the first year of operation. By 2035, nearly 14,000 riders are projected to ride the system. For a location map of the TEXRail Stations visit: https://ridetrinitymetro.org/texrail/
TRINITY METRO recognizes that the integration of art into TEXRail Stations is an important component of the new rail line and an opportunity to reflect the communities it serves. To this end TRINITY METRO has established the following objectives:
• Enhance design through public involvement in art
• Provide a unique identity for each station
• Reduce vandalism through a sense of community “ownership”
• Integrate art as an important component of public transit
In order to achieve these objectives, TRINITY METRO has established the TEXRail Station Art Program. To assist with the program TRINITY METRO will appoint Focus Groups, comprised of community leaders, neighborhood representatives, and business owners from the area surrounding each pair of stations.
The role of the Focus Groups will be to assist TRINITY METRO by providing valuable input during the artist selection process and by orienting artist/finalists to the neighborhood culture, history, and architectural context, to inform their site-specific conceptual designs. Each Focus Group, along with area arts professionals, will be involved in the artist selection process facilitated by the Arts Council of Fort Worth.
Artwork Opportunities:
TRINITY METRO is seeking to commission eight (8) local artists to create original, site-specific, two-dimensional artworks for eight (8) TEXRail Stations. Each selected artist will be assigned to a specific station for which to create their work.
Station Locations:
Downtown Fort Worth (2): Texas & Pacific Terminal (T&P) and Intermodel Transportation Center (ITC)
North Fort Worth (2): NE 28th Street and Mercantile at Beach Street
North Richland Hills (2): Ironhorse and Smithfield
Grapevine (2): Main Street and DFW North
Selected artists will be responsible for furnishing high-resolution digital files of the artwork to TRINITY METRO who will be responsible for having the images reproduced as print graphics and integrated into polymer resin windscreens. Each station will have six (6) to sixteen (16) windscreens depending on the station size. Each windscreen panel will measure 3’- 0” in width x 4’-8” in height.
ARTIST SELECTION PROCESS:
Three (3) artist/finalists will be selected for each TEXRail station and will be placed under a Proposal Agreement with TRINITY METRO to develop a conceptual design for the specific station within 6 weeks. Artist/finalists will receive an on-site orientation which will include members of the Focus Group for that specific station, as well as TRINITY METRO staff and their consultants.
Next, the artist/finalists will present their conceptual designs to the Artist Selection Panel (composed of art and design professionals and community representatives) for that TEXRail station. They will recommend one artist and one alternate for each station.
The selection artist for each station will be placed under a “Work-For-Hire” contract with TRINITY METRO and paid to develop a final design based on the conceptual design, which will be submitted as a high-resolution image to TRINITY METRO for fabrication and installation.
Four (4) different Artist Selection Panels will be formed – one for each pair of TEXRAil stations. The artist selection process for all eight (8) TexRail Stations will be facilitated by the Arts Council of Fort Worth, and will be conducted on a rolling schedule.
[PLEASE NOTE: While an artist may be chosen as a finalist for more than one station, they may only be selected for a single TexRail station. Once an artist has been selected for a station they are no longer eligible to be considered for other stations.]
Compensation:
Artist/Finalist Compensation: $1,500 per finalist for conceptual design development and presentation
Selected Artist Compensation: Ranging from $3,240 - $8,640 (based on scope of work/station size) for high-resolution digital files of the artwork
Requirements:
Open: To North Texas-based artists at least 18 years of age (see details in Legal Agreement)
Media: Any Two-Dimensional Media
Images: Ten required
Application submissions for the TEXRail Station Art Program will be available to artists through CAFÉ (www.callforentry.org). Submissions must include a brief artist statement, resume, three professional references, and ten (10) images of completed two-dimensional artwork.
Artist Information Meeting
Interested artists are strongly encouraged to attend an information meeting that will include detailed project and online submittal information on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 6:00 p.m., at TRINITY METRO’s Intermodal Transportation Center, 1001 Jones Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
Questions:
If you have questions about the artist eligibility, submittal requirements or the selection process, please email Sam Brown at sbrown@artscouncilfw.org (please put TEXRail in the subject line). If you have questions about using CAFÉ, please email cafe@westaf.org. (888) - 562-7232.