Public Art for Napa Riverfront Green

The Napa Community Redevelopment Agency is inviting experienced artists or artist teams to submit qualifications for the creation of public artwork for Napa Riverfront Green, a new downtown park project. The park is currently in final design and will be constructed in late spring/early summer of 2011. All artists 18 years of age or older and residing in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington or Arizona are eligible to apply.

Napa Riverfront Green is a slightly less than one acre park west of Soscol Avenue and east of the Napa River bank in downtown Napa, extending from Third Street to the northern terminus of a future river trail. The park will include landscaping, seat walls, benches, trails, public art, an information kiosk, lighting and a memorial. At least one freestanding sculpture is envisioned within a seating area (approximately 15' long x 11' wide). Depending on budget, there will also be artist-made handrails in one or more areas of the park. The target budget for the artwork is $30,000 - $45,000. The selected artist or artist team will be responsible for design, fabrication, delivery, installation, appropriate engineering by a licensed engineer, applicable permits, artist's insurance and artist's travel expenses.

Submissions will be reviewed in two phases. Phase I: The Art Selection Jury will review submissions and select a maximum of 5 artists to be interviewed. Semi-finalists will receive an honorarium of $100 for the interview, plus a travel allowance of up to $250 for those more than 120 miles from Napa. Phase II: The selected artist will enter into an agreement to develop concept designs for a fee of $3,500.00. Submissions must include a one-page letter of interest, resume (not to exceed 3 pages), 10 images of past work, annotated image list with full descriptions, and three professional references with contact information. Artist interviews are scheduled for January 31 – February 4, 2011, with concept design completion in March 2011.