City of El Paso 2015-2017 Pre-Qualified Artist List

The City of El Paso's Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) Public Art Program seeks to establish a pre-qualified list of emerging and established artists and artist teams working in a variety of visual media for its 2015-2017 Pre-Qualified Artist List. The list is used to streamline the selection process for public art projects and opens every two years. Once submitted, artists remain on the eligibility list for four years before re-applying. The list will be made publicly available for consideration by private developers, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas Department of Transportation, and other City entities.

Any professional artist or artist team age 18 or older is eligible to apply. The City of El Paso requests qualifications from professional visual artists or artist teams who live in the United States. Artists living within a 100-mile radius of El Paso are strongly encouraged to apply. Current City of El Paso employees, Public Art Committee members, and City Capital Improvement Project consultants and their employees and sub-consultants may not apply. Artist contract awards range from $20,000 to $500,000, inclusive of community collaboration, design, fabrication, installation, shipping, insurance, travel, and all other project-related costs.

Submission requirements include a letter of interest, current resume, and six images of completed past artworks with title, dimensions, medium, year of completion, a three-sentence description, and value or budget amount for insurance purposes. Images must be sized to 1920 pixels horizontal or vertical (1320 x 1920 pixels), submitted as Baseline JPEG format (not progressive JPEG), and no more than 1.8 MB in file size. Applications must be submitted through the Call for Entry (CAFÉ) online application system. The application deadline is January 30, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. MST. Artist selection panel review occurs in February 2015, with approval by the Public Art Committee and artist notification in March 2015.