2012 APP Hawaii: Commissioned Works of Art for the Department of Education

Open to professional, practicing artists in the State of Hawai'i with previous public art experience. The Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts seeks to commission artwork of the highest aesthetic standards for the Hawai'i public school system that contributes to the happiness and well-being of students, staff, and community. Up to three Department of Education school projects will be initiated, each budgeted with a maximum of $100,000. 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. Culminating works might include sculpture fashioned from metal, stone, glass, or concrete, or wall murals created with ceramic and/or mosaic tiles, metal, glass, or concrete.

The APP/DOE-AIR Program is a collaborative program between the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Department of Education, established to implement an integrated visual arts in education program while providing commissioned works of art in public schools. The program includes an educational component integrated into the school's curriculum. The selected artist is required to provide a residency in the school equivalent to 14-16 days of instruction during the project term, 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 (if the studio is safe and conducive for such a visit).

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. The program commissions individual artists only; artist collaboratives will not be considered. Tentative schedule: Application deadline March 26, 2012; artist interviews April 2012; adjudication through May 16, 2012; project implementation August 2012-December 2015. Applicants must submit 10 images. Contact Trisha Lagaso Goldberg at [email protected] for questions.