Call to Artists
| Project Name: | Public Art for Lakefront Park |
| Budget: | $750,000 |
| Location: | Lakefront Park, Kissimmee, Florida |
| Deadline: | May 21, 2009 - Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. (EST) |
Project Description:
The City of Kissimmee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) seeks to hire an artist/artist team. The goal is to design and create an entrance / water feature for Ruby Plaza in Lakefront Park, a 25 acre park on Lake Tohopekaliga, in the City of Kissimmee. Ruby Plaza will be the focal point of a proposed $25 million park renovation project. The public art should create a compelling entrance to the park that “connects” the City’s historic waterfront to its downtown. There is opportunity within this site to weave together Kissimmee’s past, present and future.
The Public Art Goals for Ruby Plaza:
- Should be highly visible from downtown and throughout the park
- Celebrate Kissimmee’s rich history and culture
- Acknowledge the historic relationship between the City and its waterfront
- Attract visitors to the park
- Create an exciting, comfortable and enjoyable place to sit, walk, people-watch, eat, and socialize
- Durability with as minimal maintenance requirements as possible
The artist/artist team will collaborate with the park design team to finalize landscape, hardscape and amenity plans, for Ruby Plaza and the linear promenade that connects Ruby Plaza to the pier on one side and to downtown on the other. The desired effect is to have the entrance / water feature design well integrated into the overall design. Additionally there are many other opportunities within the park for design collaboration between artist/artist team and park design team. Those opportunities include porch paved areas of picnic shelters, rainwater grates along Johnston Street and E. Monument Avenue, which bring water to the various rain gardens throughout the park, as well as the many paved walkways. The desire is that these collaborative design elements will evoke feelings of spontaneity, intrigue and excitement for the users of the park.
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Project Budget:
The total art budget for this public art project as described above is $750,000. The selection process shall occur in two phases. Short list artists will receive an honorarium of $5,000 after presentation of proposals. A mandatory site visit is required. The budget includes all costs associated with the the following:
- Artist’s design fee
- Travel
- Materials
- EngineeringFabrication
- Installation
- Insurance
- Documentation
- Sales tax
- Artist’s collaboration design fee
