2009 APP HAWAII: Commissioned Works of Art for the Department of Education

The Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and Department of Education seek professional, practicing artists in the State of Hawai'i with previous public art experience to create commissioned artwork for four public school sites. The project budget is $75,000 for elementary schools and $100,000 for middle/intermediate and high schools. Artists will work with teachers, students, and the school community to develop works of art that reflect and are appropriate to each school's environment, curriculum, cultural values, and aesthetics.

The DOE/APP-AIR Program aims to provide meaningful and authentic experiences for students and staff to learn the processes of conceptualization, design, decision-making, production and evaluation of works of art, while building capacity of teachers to incorporate or infuse art into the school curriculum. The artist is required to provide a residency in the school equivalent to 14-16 days of instruction during the term of the project, conduct a minimum of one in-service training workshop for teachers, one presentation to the school and community, and one studio visit for a select number of students and teachers. Culminating works of art might include sculpture fashioned out of metal, stone, glass, concrete, or wall murals created with ceramic and/or mosaic tiles, metal, glass, or concrete.

Selection criteria include Hawai'i resident status (or prior relationship/work history in the state), artistic merit as evidenced by digital representation of past work, appropriateness of the artist's medium and style to the project goals, experience with projects of similar scale and scope including familiarity with public agencies and community groups, and experience working with students. Application deadline: January 4, 2010. Tentative schedule includes artist interviews February-March 2010, adjudication March 2010, and project implementation August 2010-June 2012. Submit 10 images with application. Contact Trisha Lagaso Goldberg at [email protected] or Evan Tottori at Evan_Tottori/OIS/[email protected].