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The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture in partnership with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks an artist to develop site-specific artworks for the Fauntleroy Way SW Boulevard Project. The selected artist will work with SDOT and SDOT consultants from design through construction of the new boulevard.

ELIGIBILITY
This call is open to professional artists or artist teams residing in Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia. Artists with no prior public art experience are not eligible to apply. The Office of Arts & Culture encourages diversity in its collection. Artists whose work is well-represented in the city’s collection are eligible to apply, but the artist selection panel will consider artistic diversity as one factor in the selection process. Students are not eligible to apply.

BUDGET
The total artwork project budget is estimated to be $150,000. The total project budget is all inclusive of travel expenses, taxes and other project costs.

SCOPE OF WORK
The artist will work with project design consultants, SDOT, community representatives and the Office of Arts & Culture to develop permanent public artwork(s) for the Fauntleroy Way SW Boulevard Project. Working closely with the SDOT design team and consultants, the commissioned artist will develop artwork for the boulevard. Possible sites include green spaces, median strips, and/or sidewalks, to be determined through collaboration and coordination with the project team. The selected artist will take into account the history, multiple uses, and busy right of way along this corridor to design and implement site-responsive artwork(s).

DEADLINE
11p.m., Tuesday, December 13, 2016 (Pacific Daylight Time).

APPLICATION
Click here to apply on CaFÉ.