Due: May 8, 2020
In partnership with the Office of the Medical Examiner & Trauma Services and Broward Sheriff's Office, the Broward Cultural Division's Public Art & Design Program is seeking to commission one or more artists to transform multiple locations within the Forensic Science Center located in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Broward Medical Examiner and Broward Sheriff's Office
The Medical Examiner's Office proudly provides forensic services to the citizens in Broward County, government agencies, and health care providers. Additionally, the Medical Examiner's Office provides quality and comprehensive trauma medical care and medical transportation for Broward County citizens and visitors. The team includes forensic pathologists, toxicologists, investigators, trauma care specialists, and administrators. More information about the Office of the Medical Examiner and Trauma Services can be found on the webpage https://www.broward.org/MedicalExaminer/Pages/Default.aspx.
Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) is one of the largest and most progressive organizations in the State of Florida. BSO's Crime Laboratory is a nationally recognized leader in the forensic science community and is one of the first crime laboratories to be internationally accredited. The crime laboratory serves the criminal justice needs of Broward County by applying sound scientific principles to the examination of physical evidence.
Forensic Science Center
The new Forensic Science Center will be a state-of-the-art, secure, combined facility to replace the existing Broward Office of the Medical Examiner and Trauma Services and the Broward Sheriff's Office Crime Lab facilities. The building will be highly attractive and enhance the neighborhood's overall appearance. The building will be LEED Certified.
Artwork Scope
The primary location for art is the interior reception room utilized by families gathering at the facility in response to a major event. Additional opportunities may include a perimeter wall abutting a residential neighborhood, a courtyard entryway to the building, or locations identified by the selected artist(s) in collaboration with the design team.
Artistic Services
Interaction and collaboration with the Office of the Medical Examiner and Trauma Services and the Broward Sheriff's Office, the design team, general contractor, and the community will be required. Other activities include:
• Design development of approved conceptual design
• Permitting
• Fabrication, delivery and installation of the artwork
• Community engagement and outreac
Project Budget
The total budget established for this project shall not exceed $168,000.00. The budget must include Artist's design fee, presentation expenses, artwork fabrication, delivery, and installation, the cost of proposed lighting, insurance, travel, Artist's contingency, and all applicable taxes. The budget shall also include the cost to hire a Florida licensed general contractor, Florida licensed structural and electrical engineers, and engineer(s) or others required to prepare the permit drawings. Permit fees, and all construction costs required to complete the artwork will also be the responsibility of the artist.
Applicants Eligibility
This Call to Artists is open to professional artists, eighteen years of age or older; residing in the United States. Applicants should demonstrate through their submission materials that they have the skills and experience to successfully complete the project. The application process requires artists to review and accept the terms of the Broward County Standard Agreement before applying to the Call to Artists. Please refer to the Agreement:
http://broward.org/Arts/Documents/2019-02-26_CommissionedArtworkorArtisticServicesAgreement.pdf
Application Process and Selection Criteria
The Broward Cultural Division manages the application process. An Artist Selection Panel (Panel) reviews the applications to this Call to Artists. This Panel includes a member of the Public Art & Design Committee, arts professionals, and agency and community representatives. The Panel shortlists applicants on the basis of the excellence of past work of similar scope, as demonstrated by the visuals and other submission materials. The Panel also considers the versatility and appropriateness of the media in which the applicants have demonstrated proficiency, as it relates to the scope of the project. The panel may recommend one artist based on qualifications or invite shortlisted artists to submit proposals.
Proposals will include a written narrative, visual materials (optional models) necessary to convey the initial concept or approach to the project, estimated project budget, schematic project schedule, and future maintenance schedule. Proposals, including models/maquettes, become property of Broward County and will not be returned. Shortlisted artists who are invited to submit proposals must submit digital files of their full presentation five (5) business days prior to the scheduled date of the presentation. The County reserves the right to re-issue this Call to Artists, to reject any and all responses to this Call to Artists, and to negotiate with any qualified Artist selected for this project.
Anticipated Art Project Schedule
Shortlisting of applicants: May/June 2020
Interviews and/or Conceptual Design Proposal Selection: Summer 2020
Artwork Completion and Installation: TBD, in accordance with the construction schedule.
Application Requirements
Applications must be submitted via the Submittable website: https://browardcountyculturaldivision.submittable.com/submit and must include:
- Electronic Images – Submit 10 digital images of relevant work. Artists are encouraged to submit work samples that best illustrate their qualifications for this opportunity. All images must be saved using a file name and number that corresponds to the Annotated Image List (see below). Each digital image must feature a single work.
- Annotated Image List – Include name of Artist, title of work, year, media, size, and location of artwork and/or project, project budget, image number and any other relevant information.
NOTE: Hard copy materials will not be accepted for this Call to Artists.
Application Deadline
Friday, May 8, 2020 at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Questions
Contact: Leslie Fordham, Public Art & Design Administrator
Email: lfordham@broward.org
Fraser Poorman, Public Art & Design Art Assistant
Phone: (954) 357-4795
Website: www.broward.org/arts
Email: fpoorman@broward.org
Public Art & Design Committee Members
Bonnie Barnett, Co-Chair, Diane Weinbrum, Co-Chair, Mario M. Cartaya, Lori Pratico, Cathy Donnelly, Linda Flynn, Kristen Hoover, John Sandell.
Broward Cultural Division
Phillip Dunlap, Director
Leslie Fordham, Public Art & Design Administrator
Public Art & Design Program
The Broward County Public Art & Design Program was established in 1976. The purpose of the program is to contribute to the enhancement of the built environment through the commission of works of art that create a sense of place, that improve the visual environment for the citizens of Broward County, and that advance the missions of the County departments where the projects are situated. Commissioned artworks are the result of a dynamic interaction between selected artists and local community and constituent groups during the design phase of each project.
The Broward County Public Art & Design Program is recognized with distinction in national and international circles. In 2017, two public artworks received Community Appearance awards from the City of Fort Lauderdale. In 2002, four of Broward County's public artworks were selected among an international ensemble of some of the world's finest public artworks and listed in the Australian publication, "Designing the World's Best Public Art". Broward County Public Art & Design program is a national leader in developing model public art policies and best practices, producing exemplary public artworks synthesizing design excellence. Broward County has received seven Americans for the Arts Year in Review awards for public art, "an indicator of the program's outstanding commitment in advancing art and design", said Liesel Fenner ASLA, former manager of Public Art Network for Americans for the Arts. Broward County public art installations include works by: Clyde Butcher, James Carpenter, Carl Cheng, George Gadson, Duane Hanson, Chris Janney, Lorna Jordan, Patricia Leighton, Gary Moore, Barbara Neijna, Jody Pinto, Ray Olivero, Beth Ravitz, Martha Schwartz, Ned Smyth, Ritsuko Taho, Liam Gillick, Miles Coolidge, Robert Behar and Rosario Marquart, Sara Morris, Sam Gilliam, Vanessa Till Hooper, and Alice Aycock.
Broward County, Florida
Broward County was established in 1915. By the 1960s, Broward County was considered a leader in agriculture products and services within the State of Florida. The region, which stretches across 409.8 square miles of developable area, was transformed in the 1970s when mid-rise and high-rise development replaced farmland. Today, over 1.8 million people live in the County's 31 municipalities and municipal service districts, as well as the Seminole Tribe of Florida reservation. Broward is one of six counties in Florida where minorities constitute the majority. The undeveloped, protected western two-thirds of the county consists of wetlands and the Everglades. Among Broward County's unusual characteristics are 246 miles of canals; highest point is 25 feet above mean sea level; numerous seasonal residents; 7.5 million annual tourists and a major cruise ship terminal. The climate is sub-tropical (75.4F average annual temperature) with wet summer and fall, and dry spring and winter seasons. For more information, visit www.sunny.org.
