ART BUS FLEET DESIGN CALL FOR ST. LOUIS REGIONAL ARTISTS
ARTIST ROSTER
PURPOSE
Metro Arts in Transit (AIT) is currently seeking qualifications from artists interested in upcoming Art Bus Fleet Program opportunities. AIT's community art buses are ordinary fleet vehicles transformed into art on the move. Art Buses are sponsored by community-based organizations that promote artistic, cultural, educational, or environmental awareness. Approximately six Art Bus projects are completed per year. Art Buses are designed by artists who paint them with the assistance of members of the public at community events attended by children, young adults, and their families. Art Buses operate as part of Metro’s regular fleet, enlivening the street, bringing art into the daily lives of passengers and passers-by, and delighting all who sees them.
Artists selected for Art Bus projects will be required to work with Arts in Transit and organizational sponsors to create a bus design to be rendered in a paint-by-number format, for direct transfer onto the bus. The selected artist/designer will also be responsible for applying (with an experienced Metro Arts in Transit coordinator) the outline of the design to the bus. Metro Arts in Transit will organize and oversee the bus-painting event, recruit volunteers and provide all paint and materials. The selected artist/designer must be available to assist with the facilitation of the project, oversee involvement by event participants and post event ‘touch-up’ session(s).
As a community partnership program of Metro, AIT furthers Metro’s mission of “regional economic development through excellence in transportation” by forging community partnerships and creating customer-friendly and aesthetically- appealing, community-oriented transit environments. AIT accomplishes this through a place-making approach that integrates public art and urban design with community and enhancement initiatives. Since its inception in 1986, AIT has completed more than 150 public art projects, installations, and community enhancements.
HONORARIUM
$2,000 for artists commissioned for Art Bus projects.
ARTIST ELIGIBILITY
This request for qualifications is open to artists located within 100 miles of St. Louis. Arts in Transit is not required to make recommendations or selections from the submissions if, in its opinion, qualifications are not appropriate.
APPLICATION CHECKLIST
Artists who wish to be considered should submit one copy of the following:
- Letter of interest (no more than two pages)
- Resume with contact information.
- 10 digital images on CD/DVD in 150 dpi .jpg file format (no more than 11" in length/width)
- A corresponding annotated image list with title, media, dimensions, brief description and date of the work, project budget, and project partners, if any.
- Up to 3 pieces of additional support material (visual or print)
ROSTER TIMELINE
Submissions will be on file through 2012, or when another call for artists is posted.
Creation of the roster does not preclude the use of alternative selection processes for certain selected projects.
DEADLINE
Must be received (not postmarked) by 5PM, Tuesday, June 1st, 2010.
SEND TO
Metro Arts in Transit MS136
707 N. First Street
St. Louis, MO 63102-2595
ATTN: Art Bus Fleet RFQ
Materials will not be returned.
No faxed or emailed entries will be accepted.
For confirmation of receipt of submission, enclose a Self Addressed Stamped Postcard with your submission.
Our Art Bus Fleet can be seen here!
QUESTIONS
Please contact Hoang Nguyen at (314) 982-1400 x1378 or hnguyen@metrostlouis.org