Seattle City Light Denny Substation Site: Performance & Temporary Artworks

The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Seattle City Light (SCL), is seeking an established professional curator, curator team, or arts professional with curatorial experience to develop, manage and coordinate temporary arts programming at the future site of Seattle City Light's Denny Substation in the Cascade neighborhood of South Lake Union. The curator or curator team will work with both organizations to develop a series of free and open public artwork performances and temporary artwork installations that will run from November 2013 to April 2015 (approximately 18 months) at the future facility. The call is open to established professional curators residing in Washington or Oregon. Curators may apply as a team of no more than two. Students are not eligible.

The selected curator will develop a multi-disciplinary arts program featuring artwork presentations in various media, including temporary visual art installations, performance, video/film, dance, and music/sound. The curator will work with SCL to determine artwork locations within the substation project site, develop a programming schedule and budget, create calls for artists, facilitate artist selection, and develop public outreach and marketing plans. The curator or curator team must maintain Commercial General Liability insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 for each occurrence, with the City of Seattle listed as an additional insured.

The total project budget is $200,000. The selected curator will receive a fee of $40,000 and will have an artwork programming budget of $160,000. The project is funded by SCL 1% for Art funds and administered by the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. Application deadline: 11 p.m. Tuesday, February 19, 2013 (Pacific Standard Time). Applications must include a concept proposal (not to exceed 4,000 characters), résumé, three references, up to 16 images of past projects, one to three videos of past projects, and an image identification list (not to exceed 500 characters per image). All applications must be submitted digitally through the CaFÉ online system.