Closed - Sports Event Center Exterior Sculpture
The Alachua County Arts Council (“the Committee”) invites artists or artist teams to respond to this Call to Artists for a sports-themed exterior sculpture at the new Alachua County Sports Event Center.
The art site is located at 4870 Celebration Pointe Drive, Gainesville, FL. The ±143,892 sf facility is currently under construction at Celebration Pointe and is scheduled to be completed in January 2023. The Sports Event Center is a sports event facility that will feature track and field events, basketball, volleyball, pickleball, and cheer, in addition to health wellness and fitness training.
This call is an open call to all artists and student artists who have prior experience with public sculptures made with durable, vandal resistant, materials with an estimated life expectancy of at least 100 years.
Budget
The budget for this project is $55,000, which includes, but is not limited to, artists fees, other consultants’ and subcontractors’ fees, insurance conforming to Alachua County Board of County Commissioners standards, engineering, materials fabrication, transportation, installation (including any site modification), and post-installation documentation.
More info is in the attachment. See other opportunities for the same location:
- Eligibility: All artists and student artists who have prior experience with public art installations made with durable, vandal resistant materials
- Deadline: Submit application before midnight Wednesday, March 9, 2022
- Resume: Submit PDF that includes artist’s name, address, contact Information, artist’s credentials, experience and awards, information of prior clients including name, address and contact information of three (3) references who are prior clients (include the name of the project)
- Images: Submit 3-6 high-quality images (at least 600x900 pixels) showing an existing sculpture made of durable, vandal-resistant, materials. The images should be of the same artwork
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Public Art Location 1 & 3
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