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Call to Artists for Public Art
Chapel of the Mission of San Agustín del Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
Budget for Artwork: Estimate - up to $150,000
Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 4 PM
Timeline Project Completion: May 2010
The City of Tucson is seeking qualifications from artists to create artwork for specialized applications in the reconstructed Chapel of the Mission of San Agustín del Tucson for the Mission Complex area of Tucson Origins Heritage Park (TOHP). Located to the west of the Santa Cruz River in downtown Tucson, TOHP redevelops a site occupied over a 4,000 year period to include community gathering spaces, prominent local museums, and reconstructions of built elements from Tucson’s indigenous, Spanish Colonial, and post-Colonial periods. This Call to Artists for the Chapel is open to all professional artists, carvers, and painters.
For more info:CTA Chapel of the Mission of San Agustín del Tucson
Call to Artists for Public Art for Downtown Links
Tucson, AZ
Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
Application Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 4 PM
Budget for Artwork: $550,000 with an additional $100,000 set aside
The City of Tucson Department of Transportation is seeking artists, as individuals or teams, to create public art for a transportation project in downtown Tucson, connecting Barraza-Aviation Parkway to the I-10 Frontage Road and providing multimodal access between neighborhoods and business districts adjacent to the four lane roadway. This mile-long road includes varied opportunities for artwork with at grade and below grade segments. For more info: CTA Downtown Links
Opportunities Elsewhere
ArtCulture Partnership Apartments for Artists
The City of Tucson and the South Park Neighborhood have developed an opportunity for artists to live, work and contribute to the cultural vibrancy of the South Park area. The renovated facility includes two buildings and an outdoor courtyard for classes, workshops, lectures and exhibits, as well as the two renovated apartment units.We do not currently have a vacancy, however we accept apartment rental applications from working artists to keep on file for up to one year. The Metropolitan Housing Corporation (MHC) is the facility manager of the complex. For more information see:
ArtCulture Partnership Apartment Info
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