Eagle Pointe Recreation Center Exterior Art Project

The City of Commerce City and the Commerce City Cultural Council seek to commission public art for the newly remodeled Eagle Pointe Recreation Center located at 6060 Parkway Dr, Commerce City, CO 80022. The $10 million renovation project will feature a new indoor therapy pool, expanded fitness and aerobics area, new family locker room, and expanded men's and women's locker areas. Qualifications are requested from Colorado artists and/or artist teams interested in creating site-specific public artwork(s) for the exterior of the facility.

The Art Selection Committee is recommending placement of a site-specific artwork for the exterior of the newly renovated facility. Artwork should celebrate the renaming of this 30-year-old facility as the Eagle Pointe Recreation Center. The artwork can be proposed as a free-standing sculpture at the entrance, as a work attached to an exterior wall, or incorporated into the Eagle Pointe signage at the front entrance. The eagle theme may be interpreted as literal representation or in a more abstract manner. The project budget ranges from $20,000-$25,000 and is inclusive of all costs including artist design fee, structural engineering, insurance, materials, fabrication, transportation, installation, site modifications, travel, per diem expenses, project documentation, and contingency.

Applicants must be legal residents of the United States and reside full-time in Colorado. Artists or artist teams must have skills and experience commensurate with successfully completing a public art installation. All applications must be submitted through CaFÉ (www.callforentry.org) by January 8, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. MST. Submit six digital images of previously completed artworks, a current résumé, a statement of interest (250 words or less), and responses to eligibility questions. Semi-finalists will be paid an honorarium of $1,000 for design and presentation of the proposal. Those residing outside a 100-mile radius of Commerce City will be offered up to $300 for travel reimbursement. The tentative selection schedule includes committee review in January 2018, semi-finalist proposals in February 2018, recommendations to the Commerce City Cultural Council in March 2018, and City Council approval in March/April 2018.