Salt Lake City, UT: Regent Street Public Art Commission RFQ

The Salt Lake Art Design Board announces a public art opportunity for Regent Street in downtown Salt Lake City, funded by the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City. A new state-of-the-art performing arts center, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater, will open in fall 2016, generating an opportunity to redesign and revitalize the adjacent Regent Street.

Regent Street is a small street on the east side of the Eccles Theater between Main and State Streets. Formerly named Commercial Street, it was one of the first streets cut through Salt Lake City's large city blocks and became home to immigrant groups in the early 1870s. In the early 1920s, the street's name changed to Regent and became the center for publishing Salt Lake's two daily newspapers, The Salt Lake Tribune and The Deseret News, for over 80 years. The redevelopment will merge history with the contemporary to create a welcoming, dynamic urban environment with permanent and temporary public artwork and installations, festivals, performances, and interactive opportunities. The street will function as the back stage door and load-in for the theater, a plaza for events and festivals, and daily passage for workers.

The Call for Artists is open to all Utah, national, or international professional artists or artist-led teams with demonstrated experience in innovative placemaking. Artists may propose work in all media and materials that are durable and suitable for Utah's variable climate. The commission budget is $1,400,000.00 - $2,000,000.00 USD, awarded as one commission and inclusive of all artist's fees, travel, design, engineering, insurance, permits, fabrication, labor, shipping, and installation. An additional $700,000.00 has been identified for technology infrastructure improvements that may be utilized by artists for multimedia elements such as light, digital, or sound. Submission deadline: Monday, June 22, 2015 by 11:59 p.m. MDT. Work sample requirements: 6-10 images and up to 1 video. Project completion: June 2016.