Call Detail
Entry Deadline: 8/15/11
Application Closed
Application Closed
Work Sample Requirements
Images | Minimum:Min. 10, Maximum:Max. 20
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 10, Maximum:Max. 20
Images | Minimum:Min. 10, Maximum:Max. 20
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 10, Maximum:Max. 20
Call Type: Unspecified
Eligibility: Unspecified
State: Unspecified
Eligibility: Unspecified
State: Unspecified
CALL FOR ARTISTS: Request for Qualifications
Following up on the celebration of the Edgar Allan Poe bicentenary in Boston in 2009, the Edgar Allan Poe Foundation of Boston, Inc. (the Foundation), in coordination with the Boston Art Commission, seeks qualifications from artists, artisans and/or designers to develop public artwork celebrating Poe and his creative work.
SITE: Edgar Allan Poe Square is located in Boston, MA at the southeast corner of Boylston St. and Charles St. South, between Park Square and Boston Common, at the foot of Piano Row, the Theater District and Emerson College. The site is two blocks from where Poe was born in what is now Bay Village. The roughly triangular brick paved plaza of 1,700 square feet abuts commercial property at 2 Park Plaza including a restaurant with outdoor seating and permanent fencing immediately north of the site. The square is city owned and managed by the Department of Public Works. (See Google Maps).
PROJECT SUMMARY: The Foundation (www.poeboston.org) seeks public artwork(s) celebrating Poe; inspired by his literary achievements and attitudes, and his life in Boston.
Poe was a master craftsman and some of his works have been in print since 1827. He was a versatile writer of short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. He is considered to be the inventor of the detective story, a pioneer of science fiction, a master of the psychological horror story, and America’s first great literary critic. He was one of the first critics to focus primarily on the effect of the style and of the structure in literary work; as such, he has been seen as a forerunner to the “art for art’s sake” movement.
The artwork(s) (which could include auditory elements) should also serve some practical purposes: increasing the animation of the site, providing visibility during the day and night and a sense of direction through a presently nondescript space, increasing the linkages between this space and other public artworks and interpretive plaques nearby.
POE’S CONNECTION TO BOSTON: Poe was born in Boston in 1809 where his parents had been pioneering thespians, returning to the city in 1827 for several months at the age of 18 after leaving the University of Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army here and began his military career at Fort Independence in Boston Harbor. Years later, as an established writer, he returned and delivered a provocative (some would say infamous) lecture at the Boston Lyceum. Called the “Tomahawk Man” in his own time, he was well known as the author of cutting but also amusing book reviews, many of which dealt with writers based in Boston whom he referred to as “Frogpondians.”
And yet it's also true that Poe had positive feelings about the city. He knew that his mother had found her best friends here. He discovered his first literary supporter, and published his first and last works here. Indeed, his decision to move here in 1827 and his determination to move back in the weeks before his unexpected death in 1849 suggest that he thought of Boston as a place of refuge and new beginnings. That he also thought of it in connection with misguided ideas about literature meant that Poe would advance his most forceful critical arguments against Bostonians such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Cornelia Wells Walter. Against their determination to convey the truth to readers, Poe defended art for art’s sake.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Applicants seeking additional inspiration and information about the Poe Public Art Project are advised to visit the Foundation's website (www.poeboston.org) to find links to related themes and criteria especially those involving:
• “The Raven in the Frog Pond: Edgar Allan Poe and the City of Boston,” the groundbreaking Poe Bicentennial Exhibition at the Boston Public Library that is now accessible online www.bc.edu/schools/cas/english/poebostonexhibit/ and which includes a map that was featured in Boston Magazine, in which this project was envisioned as encouraging cultural tourism by establishing a new trailhead for tours of “The Raven’s Trail and “Poe's Boston”
• “Environmental Profile: Poe Square Public Art Project” provides context of the site (email Project Director JeanMineo@aol.com for the download)
• “Guidelines for Permanent Public Art” of the Boston Art Commission www.publicartboston.com.
ELIGIBILITY: This public art commission is open to all professional artists, artisans, architects, or landscape architects, or a team thereof, capable of designing the piece, and also arranging for fabrication and installation. Priority will be given to artists/designers/teams who are not currently working on a public commission in the City of Boston or who have not had a public art commission over $100,000 installed in Boston within the last two years. There are no geographic limitations, however the Foundation cannot provide housing or transportation. Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
BUDGET: The Poe Foundation, a nonprofit public charity which is qualified to receive tax deductible contributions under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, proposes a budget of $100,000 for artwork or work of design at Poe Square. This budget covers all expenses associated with, but not limited to, the design, labor, materials, tools, contracted services, operations and meetings, and travel required to complete the art work plus installation, related permits, taxes and insurance, modifications to existing and/or new landscaping at the installation site, and transportation and delivery of the work to the site. Any expense that exceeds the contracted amount will be the artist’s responsibility. The artist is responsible for working with the Foundation, Boston Art Commission representatives, and other City departments to oversee all aspects of art installation. Artists’ travel expenses will not be reimbursed.
Up to three artist/designer/teams will be paid an honorarium of $1,000 to develop and present site specific proposals.
REQUIREMENTS: Each application must be submitted via the CaFE™ website and include:
a. Up to twenty (20) digital images of relevant work
b. Resume for each artist.
c. Artist's statement not to exceed 4,000 characters.
SUBMISSION: The Foundation will conduct its submission process online with all materials submitted in digital format through CaFE™ at www.callforentry.org. No slides or CDs will be accepted. Interested artists will be required to create a CaFE™ profile to apply. There is no fee to apply. CaFE™ estimates that first time users of the system should allow approximately 1.5 - 2 hours to prepare images and submit applications.
A three-step guide to using the CaFE™ system:
• Register on CaFE™ to create a user name and password that allows you to save information and return to it at any time.
• Create your portfolio by formatting and uploading images of work.
• After your portfolio has been completed, click on “Apply to Calls,” find the call Edgar Allan Poe Foundation: Poe Square, and click on “Apply to This Call.”
DEADLINE: Applicants must prepare their images to CaFE™ specifications and complete their submission prior to the midnight (U.S. Mountain Standard Time) deadline of August 15, 2011.
Instructions on how to format images to CaFE™ specifications can be found at Image Prep. For specific assistance with the CaFE™ online application process, please contact cafe@westaf.org
ARTIST NOTIFICATION: September 16, 2011 by e-mail
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please contact: Jean Mineo, Project Manager
E-mail: jeanmineo@aol.com
Tel: 508-242-9991
Following up on the celebration of the Edgar Allan Poe bicentenary in Boston in 2009, the Edgar Allan Poe Foundation of Boston, Inc. (the Foundation), in coordination with the Boston Art Commission, seeks qualifications from artists, artisans and/or designers to develop public artwork celebrating Poe and his creative work.
SITE: Edgar Allan Poe Square is located in Boston, MA at the southeast corner of Boylston St. and Charles St. South, between Park Square and Boston Common, at the foot of Piano Row, the Theater District and Emerson College. The site is two blocks from where Poe was born in what is now Bay Village. The roughly triangular brick paved plaza of 1,700 square feet abuts commercial property at 2 Park Plaza including a restaurant with outdoor seating and permanent fencing immediately north of the site. The square is city owned and managed by the Department of Public Works. (See Google Maps).
PROJECT SUMMARY: The Foundation (www.poeboston.org) seeks public artwork(s) celebrating Poe; inspired by his literary achievements and attitudes, and his life in Boston.
Poe was a master craftsman and some of his works have been in print since 1827. He was a versatile writer of short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. He is considered to be the inventor of the detective story, a pioneer of science fiction, a master of the psychological horror story, and America’s first great literary critic. He was one of the first critics to focus primarily on the effect of the style and of the structure in literary work; as such, he has been seen as a forerunner to the “art for art’s sake” movement.
The artwork(s) (which could include auditory elements) should also serve some practical purposes: increasing the animation of the site, providing visibility during the day and night and a sense of direction through a presently nondescript space, increasing the linkages between this space and other public artworks and interpretive plaques nearby.
POE’S CONNECTION TO BOSTON: Poe was born in Boston in 1809 where his parents had been pioneering thespians, returning to the city in 1827 for several months at the age of 18 after leaving the University of Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army here and began his military career at Fort Independence in Boston Harbor. Years later, as an established writer, he returned and delivered a provocative (some would say infamous) lecture at the Boston Lyceum. Called the “Tomahawk Man” in his own time, he was well known as the author of cutting but also amusing book reviews, many of which dealt with writers based in Boston whom he referred to as “Frogpondians.”
And yet it's also true that Poe had positive feelings about the city. He knew that his mother had found her best friends here. He discovered his first literary supporter, and published his first and last works here. Indeed, his decision to move here in 1827 and his determination to move back in the weeks before his unexpected death in 1849 suggest that he thought of Boston as a place of refuge and new beginnings. That he also thought of it in connection with misguided ideas about literature meant that Poe would advance his most forceful critical arguments against Bostonians such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Cornelia Wells Walter. Against their determination to convey the truth to readers, Poe defended art for art’s sake.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Applicants seeking additional inspiration and information about the Poe Public Art Project are advised to visit the Foundation's website (www.poeboston.org) to find links to related themes and criteria especially those involving:
• “The Raven in the Frog Pond: Edgar Allan Poe and the City of Boston,” the groundbreaking Poe Bicentennial Exhibition at the Boston Public Library that is now accessible online www.bc.edu/schools/cas/english/poebostonexhibit/ and which includes a map that was featured in Boston Magazine, in which this project was envisioned as encouraging cultural tourism by establishing a new trailhead for tours of “The Raven’s Trail and “Poe's Boston”
• “Environmental Profile: Poe Square Public Art Project” provides context of the site (email Project Director JeanMineo@aol.com for the download)
• “Guidelines for Permanent Public Art” of the Boston Art Commission www.publicartboston.com.
ELIGIBILITY: This public art commission is open to all professional artists, artisans, architects, or landscape architects, or a team thereof, capable of designing the piece, and also arranging for fabrication and installation. Priority will be given to artists/designers/teams who are not currently working on a public commission in the City of Boston or who have not had a public art commission over $100,000 installed in Boston within the last two years. There are no geographic limitations, however the Foundation cannot provide housing or transportation. Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
BUDGET: The Poe Foundation, a nonprofit public charity which is qualified to receive tax deductible contributions under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, proposes a budget of $100,000 for artwork or work of design at Poe Square. This budget covers all expenses associated with, but not limited to, the design, labor, materials, tools, contracted services, operations and meetings, and travel required to complete the art work plus installation, related permits, taxes and insurance, modifications to existing and/or new landscaping at the installation site, and transportation and delivery of the work to the site. Any expense that exceeds the contracted amount will be the artist’s responsibility. The artist is responsible for working with the Foundation, Boston Art Commission representatives, and other City departments to oversee all aspects of art installation. Artists’ travel expenses will not be reimbursed.
Up to three artist/designer/teams will be paid an honorarium of $1,000 to develop and present site specific proposals.
REQUIREMENTS: Each application must be submitted via the CaFE™ website and include:
a. Up to twenty (20) digital images of relevant work
b. Resume for each artist.
c. Artist's statement not to exceed 4,000 characters.
SUBMISSION: The Foundation will conduct its submission process online with all materials submitted in digital format through CaFE™ at www.callforentry.org. No slides or CDs will be accepted. Interested artists will be required to create a CaFE™ profile to apply. There is no fee to apply. CaFE™ estimates that first time users of the system should allow approximately 1.5 - 2 hours to prepare images and submit applications.
A three-step guide to using the CaFE™ system:
• Register on CaFE™ to create a user name and password that allows you to save information and return to it at any time.
• Create your portfolio by formatting and uploading images of work.
• After your portfolio has been completed, click on “Apply to Calls,” find the call Edgar Allan Poe Foundation: Poe Square, and click on “Apply to This Call.”
DEADLINE: Applicants must prepare their images to CaFE™ specifications and complete their submission prior to the midnight (U.S. Mountain Standard Time) deadline of August 15, 2011.
Instructions on how to format images to CaFE™ specifications can be found at Image Prep. For specific assistance with the CaFE™ online application process, please contact cafe@westaf.org
ARTIST NOTIFICATION: September 16, 2011 by e-mail
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please contact: Jean Mineo, Project Manager
E-mail: jeanmineo@aol.com
Tel: 508-242-9991