Hastings-on-Hudson Village Arts Commission presents:
A Call for SCULPTORS AND CURATORS OF SCULPTURE!
Event: Hastings-on-Hudson Public Art Program
Rotating Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
April Installation
Installation Dates: week of April 17 – week of July 24, 2011
Proposal Deadline: March 31, 2011
Artists and Curators are invited to submit a proposal for 'Hastings-on-Hudson's Public Art Program / Rotating Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit”, a juried installation at four exhibition venues throughout the village. Information here- (http://www.RivertownsGuide.com/fnl). Still have questions? Please send your questions by email to hastings.villageartscommission@gmail.com with subject line: “Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit April Application”, or call Nancy DeNatale at (914) 231-5214.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
from
SCULPTORS AND CURATORS OF SCULPTURE!
We are currently seeking proposals for April, 20011 installations. Proposals are due March 31.
Going forward these installations will be rotated every April, August and November.
Hastings-on-Hudson has a long history of artists living and working here and the Hastings-on-Hudson Village Arts Commission (HVAC) wants to bring this aesthetic presence into the everyday experience of residents.
Hastings-on-Hudson's Public Art Program / Rotating Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit is designed to stimulate community-wide interest and participation in the arts through a rotating series of juried installations at four venues throughout the village:
• Fulton Park in front of the Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library
• the front yard of James V. Harmon Community Center
• VFW Park at the top of Spring Street
• the mailbox island in Maple Avenue near the train station.
The four sites can be filled with work from one artist, or a different artist for each site.
To reinforce Hastings residents' interaction and participation, the three-to-five-month installations are often accompanied by events with the artists open to the general public. These could be workshops with village or school groups, walking tours, discussion forums on relevant topics, compilations in book form of the public's interaction with the installation, performances, multimedia events, etc.
Artists and Curators interested in proposing an installation for April 2011 are asked to complete this form by March 31, 2011.
If your documents are electronic, email to: hastings.villageartscommission@gmail.com with subject line: “Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Application”. HVAC will recognize emailed applications as “complete” soon as the Application Fee is received in the mail - see address below.
If you are sending a hardcopy application, please mail with your Application Fee to:
Hastings-on-Hudson Village Arts Commission
Public Art Program Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Application
Municipal Building / 7 Maple Avenue
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
* The Village Arts Commission, was established by the Village Board of Trustees in 2006 to ensure that village life in Hastings-on-Hudson is enriched through the arts. Selected by the Trustees, seven members work to promote the use of the Village’s public spaces for art, develop new art programs and events where the need is evident, and participate in the marketing and economic development of the Village. The Commission works with existing arts organizations and other community groups, government agencies and representatives, the schools, private corporations and individuals.
HVAC DELIVERABLES
Hastings-on-Hudson Village Arts Commission (HVAC) will provide the following for each installation:
Reception
• HVAC will provide to the Artist a public reception with refreshments; invitations sent electronically.
Publicity
• HVAC will endeavor to have articles placed in The Enterprise, and other media outlets.
• HVAC will provide public notices through the following media:
• Email blasts will be sent to HoH village list, RiverArts, Rivertowns Guide, The Journal News, and others as appropriate.
• Electronic newsletters including Rivertowns Guide, Rivertowns Patch, etc.
• Published hard copy including The Enterprise, etc.
• HVAC will provide its official byline and logo, plus the list of HVAC's sponsors that make this show possible, to be used on all notices that HVAC or the Artist produces and distributes for the show.
Equipment
• The village's Parks & Recreation (P&R) staff can supply hand tools, e.g., shovels, picks, axes, screwdrivers, hammers; other tools if requested beforehand and if available.
• (The Artist is responsible for supplying special equipment needed to place, install and remove their art.)
Manpower
• The HVAC Curator of the show, or their designated representative, and/or one of the members of the HVAC will meet the Artist on-site for installation and dismantling the show, at the predetermined date, time and site.
• The village's P&R staff will direct installation and dismantling with the artist and HVAC representatives present on the designated days.
Art Transportation
• The Artist is responsible for transporting artwork to and from exhibit venue, and taking their piece/s away from the exhibit site on the designated day.
• Presently there are no permanent platforms to which sculptures can be secured; the venues are in lawn or plant-bed areas; please deliver sculpture ready to secure in this type of setting.
Insurance
• Insurance covering the artwork is the responsibility of the Artist.
ARTIST/CURATOR DELIVERABLES
The Artist/Curator is responsible for the following installation details:
Reception
• Preparing your own invitation lists – traditional addresses and electronic – to accompany the HVAC invitation lists.
Publicity
• Providing a bio/resume, Artist's Statement about the artwork on display, inventory list with purchase prices (or designation of NFS – not for sale)
• Producing and distributing printed publicity materials. HVAC will provide its official byline and list of HVAC's sponsors that have made their show possible which are to be used on all notices for the show.
Equipment
• Supplying special tools needed to place/install/dismantle/remove your art. Presently there are no permanent platforms to which sculpture can be secured; the venues are in lawn or plant-bed areas – not always level.
Manpower
• Coordinating installation and dismantling of the show with HVAC's Curator.
• Working with the village's Parks & Recreation (P&R) staff on the designated days to install art work and dismantling the work at end of the exhibit.
• Be on-site to install and dismantle the show with the HVAC Curator of the show, or their designated representative, and/or one of the members of the HVAC.
• Taking your art away from the exhibit site on the designated day.
Art Transportation
• Delivering and removing the artwork.
• Please deliver artwork ready to secure in grassy/plant-bed setting – not always level.
• Please dismantle and remove artwork from site on designated day. Any work left without prior agreement will be charged $200/day/piece for removal and storage. Any artwork left more than one week after closing of show without prior agreement, will be considered abandoned and the property of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY to keep or dispose of at its discretion.
Insurance
• Insuring your work while on public display out of doors.
Show Evaluation
• To help improve the Arts Commission's services to artists and residents of Hastings-on-Hudson, each Artist is asked to complete the Show Evaluation within two weeks of dismantling the show.
PROPOSAL COVER SHEET
Due: March 31, 2011
Artist /Curator (applicant):_______________________________________________________________________
Mailing address: __________________________________________________________________
Email: ____________________________________ Phone/s:_______________________________
Please answer the questions in the order below.
Limit your responses to 150 words, except for the resume.
Include name, email and phone number on all materials and each page submitted.
Describe the installation you are proposing:
• One-person or group.
• Title and/or conceptual theme.
• Provide eight (8) JPGs images, or one CD, or hard copy images of the work.
• Include a list of the pieces with title, medium / materials, size, and date created for each and the total number you wish to exhibit on the four spaces identified in the RFP.
• Include installation and dismantling procedures with an estimated time schedule required.
• It would be helpful to know why you would like to exhibit your work or curate a show specifically in Hastings-on-Hudson.
• Please provide your resume(s), including exhibit experience, and any other pertinent information relevant to your application.
• Provide one professional reference – name, email and telephone number.
• Include Application Fee of $25 paid by check or money order only to “Village of Hasting-on-Hudson” with a notation “Village Arts Commission / Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit / April”.
Send all application materials together with this cover sheet.
Send a self addressed stamped envelope if you would like materials returned.
If your documents are electronic, email to: hastings.villageartscommission@gmail.com with subject line: “Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Application/Apr 2011”. HVAC will accept emailed applications as complete soon as Application Fee is received in the mail - see address below.
If you are sending a hardcopy application, please mail with your Application Fee to: Hastings-on-Hudson Village Arts Commission / Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit April 2011 / 7 Maple Ave / Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706.
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