Ruff Range Dog Park Public Art RFQ

The City of Frisco Public Art Program is issuing a Request for Qualifications for a public art opportunity at Ruff Range Dog Park. This opportunity is open to all artists internationally.

Ruff Range Dog Park is located at the southeast corner of Honey Grove Drive and Panther Creek Parkway in B.F. Phillips Community Park. The expansion will include a large dog park area with water stations, a covered pavilion, lighting, parking additions, bench seating, and other dog park amenities. The public art should be interactive for large and small dogs, welcoming to visitors, visually attractive, make the park unique, and be made of low maintenance, permanent materials.

The project budget is $17,250.00 all-inclusive, encompassing artist fees, fabrication costs, transportation, insurance, engineering services, permit fees, site prep, installation, and all other related expenses. Qualifications must be submitted online by 4:00 p.m. CST, Thursday, December 29, 2016. Submissions must include a completed cover page, typed cover letter describing interest in the project and its relation to past work, typed artist resume (no longer than three pages), three references with current contact information, and no more than 15 images of past work (with the first five being most relevant to the RFQ). The Artist Selection Committee will evaluate qualifications based on demonstrated excellence of past work, quality of professional qualifications and relevant experience, stated interest and approach, and ability to create work meeting project goals. Finalists may be requested to develop proposals or be interviewed. Questions should be submitted to [email protected] by 4 p.m. CST on Friday, December 16, 2016. Finalist notification is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, January 13, 2017, with installation completion by Friday, June 30, 2017.