Contact Email: colleen@publicartstpaul.org
Call Type: Public Art
Eligibility: National
State: Minnesota
Entry Deadline: 7/29/21
The City of Saint Paul seeks qualified artists or artist teams for a public art commission for a new urban village development, called “Highland Bridge,” in Saint Paul, MN. The public art will help to embody and express values, visions, and goals of this new area, the former site of a Ford Motor Company factory.
Public Art Saint Paul (PASP), a private non-profit, is inviting submissions on behalf on the City of Saint Paul, to this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) to be considered for a commission for public art at Highland Bridge, a 135-acre mixed-use development along the Mississippi River that will include residential housing, businesses, new streets, parks, and storm water systems. Within those 135 acres, four city-owned parks comprising approximately 9 acres have been platted and designed. Two of the new parks have Dakota language names, Uŋči Makȟa Park means “Mother Earth” and Míča Park, which means “coyote,” a reflection of the wildlife that live in the area. These names were recommended by the Dakota advisors to the City of Saint Paul Park’s Department. The development, and all of Saint Paul, are on the homelands of the Dakota people. The public art project may be sited in these parks but there are also other public spaces that Artists or Artists-Led Teams could select.
PASP is looking for qualified Artists or Artist-Led Teams who have inventive public art practices—sensitive to site, environment, and community, and to the visionary goals of the Highland Bridge Development.
The intent of this RFQ is to identify qualified Artists or Artist-Led Teams who have demonstrated experience and expertise in facilitating design, fabrication, and installation of public art projects.
Public Art Saint Paul (PASP), is managing the Artist Selection Process in collaboration with the City of Saint Paul and the site’s lead developer, Ryan Companies, and with the expertise and advice of a Public Artist Selection Committee made up representatives from the City of Saint Paul; Ryan Companies (lead developer); residents of St. Paul with expertise in art, public art, and cultures that make up the City’s communities as well as their being critical stakeholders, constituencies, and/ or advisors.
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