Sage Living - Site-Specific Artworks 

Summary

The artworks displayed in Sage Living will be thoughtfully selected to provide benefits to residents with a variety of cognitive abilities. The art will contribute to a stimulating and imaginative atmosphere that supports creative engagement between residents, staff, and visitors. Artwork will support wayfinding, contribute to the identity of each wing, and provide residents with a sense of belonging and familiarity. Artwork in reception areas will announce key entrances to create memorable first impressions, while tactile artworks will support sensory stimulation, and prints will add vibrancy to high use areas.

St. John’s Hospital Foundation seeks 5 - Custom site-specific pieces for the Sage Living neighborhood entrances and the fireplace in Heritage Hall.

The project budget for each site-specific work is approximately $14,500.

Finalists will receive a concept development stipend to design a site-specific proposal for review by the art committee: $500 

Approved finalists will then enter into a commission agreement with St. John’s Hospital Foundation.

Timeline

Request for Qualifications issued November 2019

The artist should submit their qualifications as soon as possible. The opportunity is open to the first 250 applicants. The opportunity will close on January 24, 2020, or when the call fills to capacity.

Artist Selection will take place February – March of 2020

Design and Development: March-August 2020

Fabrication: September 2020 – May 2021

Installation: summer/fall 2021

Contact: Carrie Geraci, Public Art Coordinator, 307-413-1474, carrie@jhpublicart.org

Project Description

The artworks displayed in Sage Living will be thoughtfully selected to provide benefits to residents with a variety of cognitive abilities. The art will contribute to a stimulating and imaginative atmosphere that supports creative engagement between residents, staff, and visitors. Artwork will support wayfinding, contribute to the identity of each wing, and provide residents with a sense of belonging and familiarity. Artwork in reception areas will announce key entrances to create memorable first impressions, while tactile artworks will support sensory stimulation, and prints will add vibrancy to high use areas.

St. Johns Hospital Foundation seeks approximately 5, custom, site-specific pieces for locations described in this RFQ. Invited artists will be paid to develop site-specific concepts that will be reviewed by the art committee who will select the best artwork for each location.

Overview of Sage Living

Sage Living prides itself on offering the highest levels of quality care and service. The team has been providing our community’s seniors, rehab patients, and their families high-quality care for years. After 30 years, the Sage Living’s relationship-based, resident-centered mission and vision have outgrown the current space. It is time to give some of our most respected and revered community members a full overhaul of their living space.

After a series of intensive committee meetings and public input sessions for predesign and programming, the board voted at a special public board meeting on April 5 to accept the recommendation of St. John’s strategy committee to build a 72-bed facility. The center will provide two 20-bed, long-term care neighborhoods and a memory support neighborhood.  Hospice care will be available in all three long-term care neighborhoods. In addition, the center will house a 16-bed transitional care unit for patients requiring short-term rehabilitation after surgery or another medical event such as a stroke.

Some companion suites, featuring private sleep areas and shared an in-suite bath, will also be available to accommodate interest in this type of living arrangement. Within the individual neighborhoods, there will be spaces for community meal preparation and dining and socializing. The facility will also feature a flexible common space with a small café and areas for a wide range of life-enriching programming. Highlights include wellness, educational, and cultural activities, all of which support the Living Center’s Eden philosophy of supporting seniors in respectful and dignified aging. The Living Center is the only Eden-registered facility in the state of Wyoming.  (edenalt.org)

To support a resident-centered approach, in line with current best practices, the facility will be upgraded to a household model, which will provide:

• Memory Care
• Dedicated Short-term Stay (Rehabilitation)
• Private Rooms/Bath
• Community Spaces

Sage Living will nurture a familial experience and welcome friends and family. Resident-centered, relationship-based care is already at the core of the Sage Living’s mission, and now the facility will better support the care model. As a community hospital, St. John’s Medical Center cares about reinvesting back into the community. Ultimately, building a new facility without overly burdensome debt structure will ensure that SJMC can continue to reinvest in our community.

For nearly 100 years, St. John’s Medical Center has functioned as the anchor of the community. In the 1930s, a retiring Dr. Huff—the area’s first physician—commented that many people could not think of living in “so isolated a community were it not for the fact that they feel they will be carefully cared for by the hospital.” The same sentiment is true today. Simply put St. John’s Medical Center is a community hospital. 

A community hospital is only as healthy as its community—and vice versa. In a rural community, this is particularly true because of the critical role that the hospital plays in the life and health of its citizens. St. John’s Medical Center is located in a remote corner of Wyoming and faces healthcare service delivery challenges as a result of our region’s population and geography. St. John’s strives to balance the healthcare needs of the community in the face of demographic and geographic extremes as well as significant health and wealth disparities. Since its inception, St. John’s Medical Center has risen to such challenges with innovative and proactive approaches—including a commitment to maintaining a collection of healing art.

Art Goals/Criteria: Art for Healthcare Settings

The artworks displayed in Sage Living will be thoughtfully selected to provide benefits to residents with a variety of cognitive abilities. The art will contribute to a stimulating and imaginative atmosphere that supports creative engagement between residents, staff, and visitors. Artwork will support wayfinding, contribute to the identity of each wing, and provide residents with a sense of belonging and familiarity. Artwork in reception areas will announce key entrances to create memorable first impressions.  The art committee is primarily interested in recognizable subject matter that is easy to comprehend. Additionally, the Sage Living the art committee will follow “Evidence-Based Art Selection” criteria to serve as general guidelines:

• Nature imagery that depicts healthy, fresh plants and flowers
• Landscapes with visual depth, open foreground
• Color palettes that are calming, natural, verdant colors
• Conceptual designs that reference ethereal movements of wind, water and air
• Wildlife that depicts creatures in good health, standing strong, or in anthropomorphized social groups
• Figurative art depicting smiling faces and leisurely interactions

Sage Living Neighborhoods 

Artworks will be grouped thematically to respond to neighborhood names using color, geography, seasons, history, travel, and wildlife to create a unique identity for each neighborhood.

The artworks for the Skilled Nursing neighborhoods should generate a sense of belonging and familiarity and assist with wayfinding while also reflecting the name of the neighborhood.

Wildflower Way / Memory Care Unit
Artwork for the Memory Care Unit will enrich the daily lives of the residents by providing ease of wayfinding, adding distinct character to the neighborhood, and by providing opportunities for guided exploration through making, observation, and discussion.

Transitional Care Unit
The theme for the Transitional Care Unit is to Motivate & Inspire. One custom entrance piece will display themes of rejuvenation, play, outdoor activities, scenery, and wellness to inspire a positive healing atmosphere. 

Heritage Hall / Great Room/ Welcome
Heritage Hall will welcome the general public with iconic images that highlight Jackson Hole’s unique environment, history, and culture, to attract visitors to the main gathering area. We are seeking one custom entrance piece for behind the reception desk, and another for over the fireplace where there are dramatic views of the Elk Refuge. 

Budget

St. John’s Hospital Foundation seeks 5 - Custom site-specific pieces for neighborhood entrances and the fireplace in Heritage Hall.

The project budget for each site-specific work is approximately $14,500.

Finalists will receive a concept development stipend to design a site-specific proposal for review by the art committee: $500 

Selection Process

St. John’s Hospital Foundation works with a volunteer art committee to ensure that the highest aesthetic standards are expressed in the Hospital’s art collection. The Foundation’s art committee makes recommendations that are reviewed by the Foundation Board and internal committees.

The selection process will proceed as follows:

• The art committee will review submissions based on the artist’s qualifications and the criteria defined in this document. 
• The committee will invite qualified artists and pay them $500 to create site-specific proposals.
• Artists whose final proposals are selected will enter into a commission agreement with St. John’s Hospital Foundation to fabricate the artwork.
• JH Public Art will host an information session for interested artists.

Selection Criteria

• Artistic merit, originality, and creativity as evidenced by prior artwork
• Professional artistic experience to fulfill the requirements of this project and the ability to undertake the design, creation, and installation of the artwork within the timeline
• Appropriateness of materials, style, scale, and concepts in relation to the architecture of the building
• Meets Evidence-Based Criteria 
• Creates a welcoming first impression that evokes a sense of calm, healing, wellness and excellence in service.
• Responsiveness expressed in the Letter of Interest 

Custom, site-specific artworks of various materials will be accepted.

A structural engineer will be required to review the installation details of all artwork that requires special installation techniques to secure it to the wall.

The construction team will provide a maximum not exceed weight allowed for finished artwork.

All artwork must be made of durable, permanent media that is safe, can be cleaned, and requires little to no maintenance. 

Artwork should be properly scaled to its surroundings. Artwork should visually integrate into the overall design of the space. Artworks that are representational are sought. Abstract works may cause confusion for aging populations and will not be considered for this opportunity. 

Actual construction drawings detailing the wall dimensions will be provided to selected artists. 

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY

Artists living in Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Idaho, and Colorado are invited to apply. Artists with prior experience working on public art projects of similar scale and budget may be given preference.
 

RFP Submission Requirements

Please label your attachments with your name, not the name of the project. 

For example Smith.Tom_Reference1.pdf

Letter of Interest: The letter should articulate the artist’s interest in this project in particular and how they will address the goals of this project. Please limit the letter to 500 words or less.

Resume: A two-page (maximum) current, professional resume. Artist teams should submit resumes for each team member compiled into one document.

References: Please submit up to 3 current references. Check your contact information to make sure it is up to date. Please make sure you include the reference name, phone, alternate phone, email, title and one-sentence describing your professional association.

Images of Work: Please provide 6 images of previously created art that specifically relate to this opportunity. For best results, images should be sized to 1920 pixels maximum on the longest size, 72 dpi, and with compression settings resulting in the best image quality where the file size remains under 2MB.

Please note: Only artists who submit through CAFÉ will be considered. The first 250 applicants will be accepted through the CAFE website. If you are starting an application close to the submission deadline, we suggest you contact JH Public Art before you proceed to determine if the opportunity has reached capacity.

Timeline

Request for Qualifications issued November of 2019

Artist Selection will take place February - March of 2020

Design and Development March – August 2020

Fabrication September 2020 – May 2021

Installation summer/fall 2021

Additional Information:

Provide links to construction drawings and renderings

Contact: Carrie Geraci, Public Art Coordinator, 307-413-1474, carrie@jhpublicart.org

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria