The Maine Arts Commission is making a call to Maine artists to submit proposals to design, create and install artwork at the Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC) Campus, Percent for Art site in Bangor, Maine. The project has a budget of $55,000 and a deadline for submissions has been extended to August 7, 2009 to account for slight changes to the proposal.
The campus of EMCC includes four buildings, which house classrooms, labs and shop spaces. There are also two residence halls, Johnston Gymnasium, and the Campus Center. The college offers 31 program options, with one-year certificates, two-year diplomas and associate degrees. EMCC campus. EMCC prepares technicians and skilled workers for careers in mechanical, engineering and construction industries, allied health professionals and business occupations. Approximate enrollment is 1100 full time and 856 part-time students.
To enliven the campus, for students and visitors, and be an area of visual focus for the college, the Percent for Art selection committee is interested in having a single artist or team of artists create artwork. The committee is interested in bringing a sense of unity to the new and renovated buildings.
The reconfiguration and additions on campus are a multi-element construction project. Therefore, with the exception of the quad, there are numerous options for the placement of art works. There is a corridor that includes buildings, new sidewalks, benches and lighting that extends from the parking lot along the south side of the quad to the west end of the campus and, for instance, art could be installed in spaces between the buildings. The selection committee is interested in a series of artworks or a work of art with multiple elements that could extend from the new entry on the east corner of campus to the center of campus. Their hope is to have an art work that physically and aesthetically unifies the campus as well as encourages viewers to seek out and discover different variations/characteristics in the works.
EMCC has chosen to employ significant environmentally and socially conscious building practices for the entire campus. It is requested that artists choose materials and practices that reflect those same commitments. Consideration of the harsh winter weather and significant snow is important as is overall safety and little or no maintenance.
If you have specific questions about architectural elements, the architect representative for this project is Ray Bolduc, who can be contacted at ray.bolduc@wbrcae.com. The site may be visited at any time, please contact the office of Joyce B Hedlund if you wish to schedule your visit (207-974-4691, jhedlund@emcc.edu). Other questions can be directed to Alison Ferris at the Maine Arts Commission alison.ferris@maine.gov.
Project Budget
There is approximately $55,000 in Percent for Art funds available for this project. These funds will be used to commission work(s) from a single artist or artist-team. An artist?s budget proposal must cover all design, fabrication, transportation, documentation and installation expenses, including any building or site modification associated with the artwork.
Selection Process
A Percent for Art selection committee of five members will jury submissions for the project. The committee will review the materials to determine whom to invite for a second round of evaluation. Artists selected for the second round will receive a $750.00 design fee for refining their proposals. Final proposals will include detailed models, drawings, renderings, samples of work and/or other materials depending on the nature of the proposal. All finalists will present their final proposals to the committee in person. Please do not submit detailed models, drawings, samples, or final proposals for the first round of the selection process.
Eligibility requirements
Only professional artists who work in Maine may apply for consideration to this project. Artists who are employees of the Eastern Maine Community College are ineligible for Percent for Art projects at the location where they are employed as are members of the art selection committee and their immediate families. The project is open to all artists age 18 and over, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical or mental disability. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines. Contact Alison Ferris at the Maine Arts Commission with questions at 207/287-2710, alison.ferris@maine.gov.
Deadline
August 7, 2009 at midnight is the deadline for submission of preliminary materials. Materials received after this time may be excluded from consideration. Materials are usually evaluated within a month of the deadline and all applicants are notified shortly thereafter of the committee decisions.
Materials needed in initial submission
-A current concise resume (sent as an email attachment or on a CD).
-A brief written proposal (sent as an email attachment or on a CD) describing your work and what you plan to do in addressing the potential art area(s). Write approximately one page about what your concept and approach will be in addressing the public art space(s) of the site. Please DO NOT submit detailed models, drawings, samples, or final proposals for this first round of the selection process. A simple sketch may be included to clarify your idea if necessary, but it is not encouraged. Emailed documents must be sent as attachments, NOT embedded in the email.
-A rough budget estimate (sent as an email attachment or on a CD) to give the committee an idea of your general compensation expectations. A precise budget will be requested for those invited to the second round of evaluation.
-Five digital images of your recent work (sent as an email attachment or on a CD) resolution of 96 dpi at a minimum size of 5 X 7 inches. Jpeg or pdf format no larger than 1.5mb per image. If an artist team or artist organization applies, they may only submit five images for all artists. The optional proposal sketch does not count as an image.
-A list of the submitted images (sent as an email attachment or on a CD) identifying title, artist, medium, size, location, and other pertinent information about the image submissions.
All submissions should be in digital form. Document files should be in pdf or doc formats (pdf preferred), image files in pdf or jpeg formats (pdf preferred). Name each image file with your last name first and name of the document, eg: ferris_alison_resume.pdf. If you want your images viewed in a certain order you can number them, eg: ferris_alison_1_Title of work.pdf. Use underscores to separate words in file name, not punctuation. Please make sure submissions are labeled correctly, that you identify the Percent for Art call you are applying to, and that your name, address, and other contact information is in every document. Improperly submitted or incomplete submissions may not be accepted.
Emailed materials should be sent to, alison.ferris@maine.gov
For email, please type: EMCC Percent for Art, as the email subject. Please attach all images and documents to the email, embedded images or documents written in the body of the email will not be accepted. Please send document files as Word docs or PDFs and image files as jpegs or PDFs.
Mailed materials should be addressed to:
Percent for Art Competition: EMCC
c/o Alison Ferris
Maine Arts Commission
193 State Street
25 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0025
For more information:
Contact: Alison Ferris
Phone: 207/287-2710
email: alison.ferris@maine.gov
WWW: mainearts.com
