Scottsdale Public Art - One Civic Center Pocket Park

Scottsdale Public Art is accepting qualifications from artists for a public art opportunity adjacent to the city of Scottsdale's One Civic Center on the southeast corner of Drinkwater Boulevard and Indian School Road. Up to three finalists will be selected for interviews and paid a $1,200 stipend to do a site visit and interview. Artists working in the southwestern United States who have experience designing projects with a similar budget and scope are encouraged to apply.

The city of Scottsdale and Scottsdale Public Art are teaming up to create an artist-designed pocket park with the intent of transforming an existing courtyard on the northwest side of the city's One Civic Center building. This pocket park will be a demonstration project showing how a pocket park can be designed and integrated into Scottsdale's urban environment. One Civic Center houses city offices and meeting rooms and is across the street from Scottsdale City Hall and the rest of the Civic Center Mall. The location sees a high amount of vehicle and pedestrian traffic from both visitors and residents.

The selected artist will design, fabricate, and construct the pocket park. The scope focuses on designing pocket park amenities and enhancing the environment; providing artwork responsive to the site; addressing recommendations from the Downtown 2.0 study of creating pedestrian linkages between key downtown assets; addressing the idea of an "Emerald Necklace" which includes green space, shade structures, public art, and other features unique to each park; providing high visibility as a pedestrian-friendly area; and establishing a unique sense of place for One Civic Center and Civic Center Mall. Potential content could include landscaping (design-only; landscaping will be paid for outside of public art budget), pedestrian benches, tables, planters, bike rack accommodations, increased shade respites, public art including interactive elements, wayfinding/maps and educational signage, Wi-Fi connectivity, and recycle bins.

The total project budget is $105,000, inclusive of the artist's costs associated with planning, design, fabrication, installation, and completion phases. The budget includes all costs for travel for site visits and community meetings, permitting, city fees, reviews, inspections, and all taxes and insurance. An artist selection panel will evaluate submissions and select finalists for interviews. One artist and an alternate will be selected for the project. Selection criteria include professional qualifications, proven ability to complete projects of similar scope, artistic merit as evidenced by submitted materials, and demonstrated ability to work with government agencies and stakeholders. The project artist will be recommended by the selection panel for approval by the Scottsdale Public Art Advisory Board. Contract and project plan are to be negotiated with Scottsdale Public Art.

All artists residing in the southwestern United States are eligible to apply. Submission requirements include 5 digital images of previously completed artwork, a current professional resume or curriculum vitae (CV) including artist address, email, and phone number, 2 professional references, and statement(s) of intent. Application deadline: October 2, 2020.