Colony West Hotel: Design Team Artist

The City of Tamarac, Florida is seeking to commission an artist or artist team to be part of the design team for the Colony West Clubhouse and Fairfield Inn by Marriott master planned project. The artist will work with the team to design artwork for the entry of an elaborate circular entry for both the Clubhouse and Hotel adjacent to the front entrance of the newly constructed clubhouse and hotel at 6850 and 6800 NW 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida. A water feature may be considered.

Three artists will be selected as semi-finalists to develop and present design proposals. Each semi-finalist will receive a $1,000 stipend with no travel involved, or $1,500 with travel of more than 500 miles. The winning artist will be awarded a $75,000 contract and will be responsible for the creation and installation of the final work. The project budget of $75,000 includes all costs: research, community and agency meeting costs, design, materials, permitting, fabrication, installation, photography, insurance, proposals, travel, sales taxes, lighting, concrete pads, labor, structural engineering, and transportation.

The application deadline is Tuesday, October 9, 2018 and is open to all professional visual artists or artist teams in the United States with experience implementing their ideas in the public realm with government agencies. Artists must be able to effectively work within the project timeline and collaborate with architects, general contractors, governmental agencies, community groups, city staff, and the Public Art Committee. Artists are not eligible if they are immediate family or business partners of members of the Public Art Committee, City Staff, or Program Administrators, or whose artwork already exists in the City's public art inventory.

The Tamarac Public Art Committee will review submissions and invite three semi-finalists to be interviewed. Selection criteria include artistic merit of concept, style and appropriateness to the landscape and community, technical considerations and feasibility, safety and maintenance, and diversity in style, scale, media, and artists. The Committee will make a recommendation to the City Commission, which will make the final award. The Committee and/or City Commission reserves the right to withhold the commission award if a satisfactory artwork is not found.

Selected artists must provide transportation and off-truck loading of artwork to the site, installation, design development and modifications with drawings and/or models, construction documents signed by a Florida engineer, a minimum of three meetings with the Public Art Committee and/or City Commission, and professional photos of the completed artwork. Artists must obtain General Liability Insurance naming the City as an additional insured, Worker's Compensation Insurance or a Florida Workers' Compensation Exemption, and Automobile Liability Insurance. All submissions must be done via CAFÉ at www.callforentry.org. Questions should be submitted to [email protected] and [email protected] no later than Monday, November 5, 2018.