The Broward Cultural Council Public Art & Design Program is seeking to commission an artist, to create permanent, original, and innovative outdoor artwork(s) that may be free-standing or integrated in the exterior of the new Edgar P. Mills Family Success Center. 

It is intended that the artwork will help to create a sense of place and enhance the visual appeal of the Edgar P. Mills Family Success Center.  Functional and/or non-functional artwork possibilities include, but are not limited to, enhancements to the facility entry-way, covered walkway to garage, garage, and street furnishing elements.

The Edgar P. Mills Family Success Center is a social service center designed to positively impact the socioeconomic well-being of Broward County residents. This new facility will house the following ten departments: 

• Broward Addiction Recovery Center (BARC)

• Department of Health (DOH)

• Women, Infant, and Children Program (WIC/DOH)

• Family Success Administration (FSA)

• Community Action Agency (CAA)

• Homeless Services (HS)

• BARC Resources for Recovery/HART (BARCRR/HART)

• HHOPE Act Team (HH)

• Children Services (CS)

• Elderly and Veterans Services Division (EV)

The selected artist shall collaborate with a design team including:  the Design Build Firm; representatives of the Broward County Human Services Department and Construction Management; and community groups, to provide artwork(s) that serve to advance the identity, mission, and importance of health and human services, housing and community development to the citizens of Broward County.

Partner Agency:  Human Services Department
The mission of the Human Services Department is to enhance the quality of life for Broward County residents, through innovative and integrated health and human services, housing and community development.

The Department addresses critical issues that affect many County residents’ ability to achieve and maintain their well-being. These issues are summarized in three broad categories — economic stability, health care (primary, mental health and substance abuse), homelessness and housing.  The Department also operates social service/ family success centers where clients are assessed in a number of functional areas that include shelter, nutrition, primary health care, substance abuse, mental health, employment, income, transportation, energy, adult education, children’s education, parenting, and family relations.

Sunrise Blvd
	NW 31st Avenue

Artwork Scope:
The site of the new Edgar P. Mills Family Success Center is a highly visible location, on a densely trafficked main corridor, in a developing urban area. It is approximately a 3.2 acre lot, just south east of Sunrise Boulevard, at 900 N.W. 31^st Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 

The Edgar P. Mills Family Success Center will be a three story (four levels of parking), 50,000 square-foot, LEED certified facility. The parking structure will be a three story structure with a minimum of 240 parking spaces.  The parking garage will be connected to the building via a covered walkway.  The total parking for this facility, including all on grade site parking, will be a minimum of 290 parking spaces.

Artist Services
The following activities are required:

§          Development of a concept and a minimum of two designs

§          Design modification as needed, to seamlessly integrate the artist designed elements in the base building Construction Documents

§          Fabrication, installation, and coordination with the project’s General Contractor, and Construction Management Program Managers during construction phase

§          Community interaction

§          Educational Outreach

Anticipated Art Project Schedule
Artist Selection Process:
Deadline for Submittals:       Friday, September 7^th, 2007
Shortlisting:                      Thursday, September 20^th, 2007
Interviews*:                      Thursday, October 4^th, 2007
Notice of Award:                Thursday, November 8^th, 2007

Phase I Artistic Services:  Conceptual Design, Design Development              Conceptual Design:             January/February – May, 2008
Design Review / Revisions:   May – June, 2008
Design Development: TBD

Phase II Artistic Services:  Fabrication, Construction                     Fabrication:                       2008 - 2009
Construction:                    2009 - 2010

Art Project Budget:
The total budget established for Phase I (design) and Phase II (implementation) of the new Edgar P. Mills Family Success Center is $200,000.  The budget includes all costs:  i.e. research, community and agency meeting costs, design, materials, fabrication, installation, photography, insurance, proposals, travel, sales tax, and transportation.

The Phase I Design budget has been established at up to $35,000.  This budget includes all costs associated with developing designs for integrated artistic enhancements which are to be implemented as part of the overall construction project:  i.e.  research, community and agency meeting costs, design fees, insurance, proposals, travel, and transportation 

At the discretion of the Broward Cultural Division, a separate Phase II budget of approximately $165,000 is established for construction over-site, agency and education outreach meeting costs, materials, fabrication, installation, photography, insurance, proposals, travel, sales tax, and transportation.

Artist Eligibility:
The Edgar P. Mills Family Success Center Call to Artists is open to all professional artists who reside in the United States with experience in implementing and working in the public arena with government agencies. Artist must be able to effectively work within the project timeline and collaborate with the architects of records, general contractor, and multiple governmental and community groups. 

Application Process:
The Cultural Division manages the application process.  The Artist Selection Panel for Human Services will review applications.  The committee includes a member of the Public Art and Design Committee, arts professionals and agency and community representatives. The selection panel will review the submissions and invite a short list of artists to be interviewed by the selection panel. 

Application Requirements:
The information and documentation below must arrive (not postmarked) at the Cultural Division before the date specified.

Twelve (12) Collated Copies:
Letter of interest - The one-page maximum letter should state interest in the project, outline artist’s approach to public art and highlight relevant past experience on projects of similar budget and scope. 

Professional resumé - Include public art experience with budget size of past projects.  Teams should submit one resumé for each team member.

One (1) Copy:
Visuals – Artist must submit one (1) CD with a set of 10-digital images (JPG or TIFF formats ONLY) of most recent work.  All images must have a resolution within the range of 150 to 300 dpi.  All images must be saved using a file name and number that corresponds to the Annotated Image List. 

Annotated Image List - Name of Artist, title of work, media, location of artwork, project budget, slide number and any other relevant information.  

Deadline:
5 p.m. Friday, September 7, 2007

Send to:
Public Art and Design Program
Attn: Edgar P. Mills Family Success Center Project
Broward Cultural Division
100 S. Andrews Ave, Sixth Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Questions:
Contact:       Mary Ann Caldron
Phone:          (954) 357- 8093
FAX:             (954) 357-5769
Website:       ww.broward.org/arts
Email:           mcaldron@broward.org

For additional information, please contact Grace Kewl-Durfey, Public Art and Design Project Manager at 954-357-7869 or e-mail gkewl@broward.org 

Public Art and Design Committee Members:  Pamela Wilson (Chair), Teen Woon, AIA (Vice Chair), George Bolge, Lou Anne Colodny, Rebecca Conable, Irvin Lippman, Dr. Jaap Vos

Broward Cultural Division:  Mary A. Becht, Director 

Public Art and Design Staff:  Earl Bosworth, Interim-Public Art and Design Program Administrator Mary Ann Caldron, Claire Garrett, Grace Kewl-Durfey, Lisa Lopez, Tin Ly, Christina Roldan, Monique Shaw.

Public Art and Design Program:
Founded in 1976, the public art program took a dramatic shift in 1995 when the allocation from county construction projects was raised to two percent (2%).  The program was renamed “Public Art and Design” to reflect a renewed dedication to enhancing architecture and urban spaces through the ideas and creations of visual artists.   The money is distributed as follows: art (70 percent), project support (15 percent) and conservation (15 percent).  Major projects occur at the airport, port, roadways, libraries, parks and other county facilities. The Public Art and Design Committee is composed of seven Broward County citizens appointed by the Broward Cultural Council. Composed of artists, curators, designers and urban planners, the Council recommends the purchase of all artwork and artists services for the Broward County Board of County Commissioners. Appointed professional and citizen artist selection panels recommend purchases to the Committee.

A selected artist list includes: Alice Adams, Tobey Archer, Alice Aycock, Carolyn Braaksma, Clyde Butcher, James Carpenter, Carl Cheng, Miles Coolidge, Dan Corson, Brad Goldberg, Jim Green, Jim Hirshfield / Sonya Ishii, Harries / Heder Collaborative, Ralph Helmick, Duane Hanson, Christopher Janney, Lorna Jordan, Kim Krupnick, Tin Ly, Gary Moore, Will Nettleship, Barbara Neijna, Jody Pinto, Ray Olivero, Joe Sam, Thomas Sayre,  Martha Schwartz, Ned Smyth, and Ritsuko Taho.

Broward County, Florida:
For 50 years after the arrival of the railroad in 1892, one-third of Broward County was drained to support agriculture.  Today farming has nearly disappeared and 410 square miles have become a typical post-1945 urban/suburban development of roads and one and two-story buildings.  Increasing high and mid-rise development exists at various locations throughout the county particularly downtown, mid-town (Cypress Creek/I-95 area) and along the Atlantic Ocean.  Over 1.8 million people live in 31 municipalities, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and unincorporated county areas.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2005, the adult population is:  49% White, non-Hispanic; 24% Black, non-Hispanic; 22% Hispanic; and 5% other races.  Among the unusual characteristics are the 246 miles of canals, highest point is 25 feet above mean sea level, numerous seasonal residents, 10 million annual tourists and major cruise ship terminals.

More people reside in than work in Broward County, causing a great burden on the north-south highways to Miami and West Palm Beach. The school district, local government and major supermarket chains are the largest employers. The limited manufacturing is focused mainly in the electronics industry. Environmentally, 810 square miles or 66 percent of the county is protected Everglades. The climate is sub-tropical (75.4F aver. temp.), with wet summers and falls, and dry spring and winters.