NeuroBehavioral Hospitals, a voluntary inpatient mental healthcare hospital developed by Wellpath, seeks an artist to design and paint a mural on the new Neurobehavioral Hospital of the Palm Beaches in Boynton Beach, Florida.   NB Hospitals prefers an artist with professional or personal experience with mental health services – either directly or indirectly.

Scope of Work

• Develop alternative design proposals leading to a final design accepted by NB Hospitals and approved by the Boynton Beach Art Advisory Board.
• Prepare a final design as a painting or drawing that can be displayed at NB Hospitals.
• Paint the mural on the building with appropriate paint highly resistant to ultraviolet sunlight and apply a finish coat for additional UV and wind protection. (Not anti-graffiti coating)

Physical Qualities of the Wall

• The full mural area is approximately 60 feet long by 20 feet tall for a total of 1,200 square feet.
• The building is a concrete block with painted stucco. NB Hospitals will pressure wash the surface and repair any issues.
• The mural will be painted on the 3^rd and 4^th floors of the northwest façade.

Artistic Objectives

• This design should focus on imagery/flow that represents the core attributes of NB Hospitals and speaks to mental healthcare to provide patients, staff, and stakeholders with a positive emotion/connection as they enter the hospital grounds.
• The artwork should be designed for the appreciation entrance, street, and neighborhood. The distance is 150 to 400 feet.

NeuroBehavioral Hospitals Mission, Vision, and Core Attributes

• Mission: To bring life-changing, restorative healing to those affected by psychiatric illness by improving the way mental health care is provided.
• Vision: To raise the standards of mental health care by breaking down barriers to increase accessibility of high-quality care, tailored to meet each patient wherever they are in their mental healthcare journey.
• Core Attributes: Caring, Compassionate, Hopeful, Healing, Passionate, Collaborative, Friendly, Engaging, Innovative, Transparent
• More Information at www.nbhospitals.com

Desired Qualifications

• Talented muralist with experience painting murals on a lift for distance viewing.
• Professional or personal experience with mental health services – directly or indirectly.
• A history of public projects and/or exhibitions demonstrating a positive and professional artistic reputation.

Eligibility

• Must be a US citizen or US permanent resident.
• Must be able to secure general commercial liability insurance for the term of the contract and lease a lift for the project.

Ineligibility

• Owners and employees of NB Hospitals and Wellpath.
• Members, immediate family members and business partners of the members of the Boynton Beach Art Advisory Board.

Extra Consideration

• • To expand the diversity of artists creating work in the City of Boynton Beach, artists that have not been previously commissioned for public art with the private developers or the City under its Art in Public Places program.
  • Artists with life experiences with the diverse ethnic and cultural communities of Florida including but not limited to African Americans, Caribbean Americans and Hispanic Americans.

Third-party producers or websites.  The City of Boynton Beach has not authorized that third parties can charge artists a referral fee or take a commission on the mural.  All contracts will be between the artist and the owner.  The project has no application fee. For more information see attachment.