Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center Public Art

The City of Mountain View is seeking artists for a public art commission at the Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center. The project will replace the existing 5,200 square foot building and two pools with new facilities intended for year-round use. The new approximately 8,000 square foot aquatics building will include restrooms, showers, changing rooms, and a multi-purpose room accessible to the pool deck. The facility will feature two new pools—a 25-yard by 25-meter lap pool with 10 lanes and 2 dive boards, and a recreational swim pool with zero beach entry, slide, and two lanes—along with pool deck seating, lawn recreation areas, concrete benches, umbrellas, picnic tables, and a restriped parking lot with up to 54 spaces.

The project budget is estimated at approximately $180,000 for up to three art installations. The selection process is two-part: the top 2-5 artists will be invited to develop proposals and receive a semi-finalist Design Honorarium of $1,000 per artist. The Visual Arts Committee will then select the final artists for City Council consideration. The project budget is all-inclusive of artist fees and expenses, taxes, materials, permit fees, travel, shipping and crating, insurance, permitting, site preparation, and fabrication/installation. Artists may apply individually or as a team.

Potential art locations include an exterior wall approximately 19 feet high and 60+ feet wide adjacent to the main entry, open grass areas for free-standing sculpture, an entry plaza (exterior and/or interior lobby), and perimeter fences approximately 8 feet high. The Visual Arts Committee emphasizes lighted pieces, water themes, pieces incorporating shade, artistic benches, and fencing. Artwork must be resistant to theft, vandalism, and weathering, free from unsafe conditions, appropriate for a wide and diverse audience, and have meaning relative to its setting and the Mountain View community. This Request for Qualifications is open to all professional and emerging artists residing in California over the age of 18. Bay Area artists are encouraged to apply. Applications must be submitted online via CaFÉ at www.callforentry.org. There is no charge to apply.