City of Seattle: North Delridge Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Tank Retrofit Artwork Project

The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), seeks an artist or artist team to develop a permanent, site-integrated artwork for the North Delridge Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Retrofit Artwork Project. The artwork will be located at the North Delridge CSO facility at 2106 S.W. Orchard St. at the corner of Delridge Avenue Southwest and Southwest Orchard Street in West Seattle's Delridge neighborhood.

The selected artist or artist team will work with the North Delridge CSO Retrofit Project design team, SPU staff and community members to design, fabricate and install an artwork that focuses on stormwater infrastructure and solutions designed to protect local water quality. The artwork should address stormwater management as it relates to SPU's work, the local community and natural elements of the Longfellow Creek watershed. SPU is particularly interested in an artwork that creates a visualization directly tied to the CSO's active control technology for monitoring the sewer line's flow. The artwork can include diverse media including light, stone, steel, glass, sound, and passive water features. The artwork will occupy an exterior landscaped location in the northwest corner of the site adjacent to the CSO tank and must be able to withstand wet, seasonal weather conditions. The site is on a busy arterial street with strong visibility for vehicular traffic, pedestrians, and King County Metro transit riders.

The total budget for the artwork project is $200,000 inclusive of all costs to design, fabricate and install the artwork. The artist will design, fabricate and install the artwork on a timeline that parallels SPU's work on the CSO tank retrofit, with design through mid-2014, construction beginning in late 2014, and project completion expected in late 2015. Eligibility is open to established professional artists residing and eligible to work in the United States. Artists may apply as a team of no more than two. Students are not eligible. Application requirements include a letter of interest (not to exceed 2,000 characters), résumé, three references, up to 16 images, and an Image Identification List (not to exceed 500 characters for each image).