Carkeek Park Outdoor Exhibit: Heaven and Earth

In collaboration with the Carkeek Park Advisory Council and the Seattle Parks and Recreation, CoCA will present an exhibition of temporary, outdoor sculptural installations in Carkeek Park organized around the theme of “Heaven and Earth,” from June 26 - August 10, 2009. The sponsors are seeking interpretations of art and nature in a world of change.

Our parks are implicitly havens (“heavens”) where we go to relax, recreate, and, in Carkeek's case especially, walk through the woods. Carkeek is widely considered one of Seattle's premier urban forests...Sunset Magazine recently named it #3 among America's top 10 urban parks.

The artwork should be constructed of primarily natural materials and be designed to have minimal impact on the park -- either decomposing organically, leaving “no trace” -- or, when removed at the end of the display period, leaving the park in essentially the same condition it was prior to installation. Please consider that park visitors include families and children. We are open to two dimensional, three dimensional, and multi-media works.

Deadline is April 15, 2009.

Full details: http://www.cocaseattle.org/carkeek.html
Questions: HeavenEarth@cocaseattle.org
Download the Call: http://www.cocaseattle.org/carkeek/carkeek_call.pdf

Office seeks artist for South Park drainage project

Lydia Aldredge, Kate Wade and Peggy Gaynor; Meadowbrook Pond Reflective Refuge; 1998; permantly sited at Meadowbrook Pond.

The Office in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) seeks an artist for a public art opportunity linked to a neighborhood stormwater drainage project in South Park. The application deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 13. A link to the application is available on our Web site.

The selected artist will create an artwork at a new pump station and/or Marra-Desimone Park, where SPU is building drainage swales and other improvements. The artist will also serve as an artist-in-residence and identify art opportunities for future South Park drainage projects. The total budget for the artwork and residency is $115,000.

The opportunity is open to professional artists living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana or California.

Artist sought for Spokane Street Viaduct expansion

View of the Spokane Street Viaduct at the intersection of First Avenue and Spokane Street.

The Office, in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks an artist or artist team to develop permanent artwork in conjunction with the widening of the South Spokane Street Viaduct in Seattle's SoDo (South Downtown) neighborhood. The 60-year-old elevated roadway serves as a key transportation link between West Seattle, Port of Seattle terminal facilities and the SoDo district and provides access to State Route 99 and Interstate 5.

The selected artist will develop a creative response to the expansive viaduct and its industrial setting. Possible locations for artwork include the underside of the viaduct's elevated roadway, its forest of support columns, the spaces surrounding new traffic ramps, the lower Spokane Street roadway and its new sidewalk and/or other areas adjacent to the viaduct. Safety issues prevent placing artwork on the elevated roadway.

The call is open to established professional artists living in the United States. The project budget is $60,000 for design and travel. It is anticipated that $340,000 will be available for fabrication and installation, for a total project budget of $400,000. The application deadline is 11 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17. A link to the online application is available here.

Call for artists: City of Kirkland

The City of Kirkland is looking to integrate public art into the redevelopment plans of Juanita Beach Park. The new artistic features should be site specific and engage the historical, cultural, and/or environmental themes of the park. The City encourages a wide variety of creative ideas from artists. Examples of work include but are certainly not limited to:
• Stepping stones to cross the wetland area
• A custom railing for the new pedestrian bridge
• Features to be embedded in the concrete pavement of the promenade
• Features to be embedded in the concrete of the sitting wall
• An entry gate at any of the 3 pedestrian pathways into the park from Juanita Drive

The deadline for artist submissions is January 8, 2008. The Selection Committee will interview artists the week of January 12, 2009. The interview will be an informal conversation about your past experience as related to this project, and what process you would like to see to ensure a shared vision of the final product. You should be prepared to present and discuss photographs or concept drawings of previous work as it relates to this project.

Please confirm your interest in the project by submitting a letter of interest, sketches or pictures of previous work, and resume, including a list of relevant experience in the last five (5) years. The letter of interest should include but not be limited to how your previous work is relevant specifically to this project, including information on how you have worked with multiple stake holders in the past. Please note that materials submitted will not be returned. You must visit our website (http://www.ci.kirkland.wa.us/home.htm) to review the Request for Qualifications in its entirety.