Sponsor: Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana
d/b/a Wishard Hospital

Type: Open RFQ

Language: English

Eligibility: Professional visual artists and other design professionals
living in the USA at time of application

Rgistration fee: None

Awards: Project budgets will vary by site and medium, TBA

Timeline:

July 1, 2010:  Release of RFQ.
July 15, 2010, 5pm EDT:  First questions deadline; answers
posted by noon EDT on July 16.
August 16, 2010; midnight MDT:  Deadline for submission of
qualifications via CaFE.
Late August, 2010:  Adjudication of qualification submissions
Early September, 2010:  Notification of results by email
October 2010 - May 2012:  Proposal development (dates vary
according to site)
January 2011 - December 2012:  Design development (dates vary
according to site)
May 2011 - June 2013:  Fabrication and installation (dates vary
according to site)
Late 2013:  Dedication of the New Wishard

Jury: Five to seven visual arts professionals TBA

Design Challenge: The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County,
Indiana, d/b/a Wishard Hospital, with Blackburn Architects, Inc. as the
Art Project Manager, invites artists to submit their qualifications for
artwork design and/or fabrication opportunities at the new main Wishard
Hospital complex, currently under construction.  Project opportunities
may include large-scale suspended sculpture(s), free-standing sculpture,
art terrazzo floors, large wall-based artwork(s), architectural-scale
art glass, architectural or landscape enhancements, wall-based 2D (e.g.
paintings, mosaics) or 3D (e.g. relief carvings, wall-hung sculpture)
opportunities, or the licensing of images to be used as part of an
interior finish.  Project budgets will cover a wide range.  Based on the
responses to this RFQ, artists may be offered compensation to prepare
and submit a proposal for a specific project site or may be directly
selected to develop an artwork in concert with the project team. The
intent of any project(s) commissioned from this RFQ is to complement the
site, architecture and interior design program of the new hospital
complex in creating an environment that makes Wishard's patients feel
welcome, facilitates their healing, and reinforces Wishard's mission and
community identity.

Submission Requirements: Six (6) images of past work with project
descriptions and budgets for each; resume; artist statement; 3-5
professional references.  Submit only through CaFE,
http://www.callforentry.org (free)

For More Info: http://www.callforentry.org and look for "Public Art for
The New Wishard"; download full RFQ from
http://thenewwishard.org/site/index.php/category/construction Questions
to Julia Moore, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it