The St. Pete Arts Alliance presents a Zoom panel discussion with successful professional public art creators and those in the public arts sector – to discuss how an artist can develop the credentials needed to qualify to compete for a public art commission.
Topics covered
- Requirements for public arts qualifying artists
- How to build a public arts resume
- How to find calls to artists
- Public commissions
- Private commissions
- How to build a winning proposal
- Understand the site and its requirements and limitations
- Budgeting to the award amount
- Writing the story of the proposed art
- Steps to expect with a call to artist
- Making the first cut
- Fabricating the maquette
- Presenting to the commission
- Contracting the art
- Collaborating with a fabricator
- Insurance
- Engineering
- Installation
- Civic requirements – approvals needed before installation
- Managing the schedule
Panelists:
Greg Belew – Architect, designer, consumer of Public Art in his museum installations
Leslie Tharp – Blacksmith, creator, installer of Public Art Pieces
Mark Aeling – Public Art artist with a national reputation
Cecelia Lueza – Public Art artist and Muralist, international artist, converting 2D art into 3D installations
David Ramsey – of the St. Petersburg Public Arts Commission, arts supporter
Moderator: Wayne Atherholt
SPAA Workshops are a program of our Virtual Arts Resource Center, supported by the Bank of America Foundation, Pinellas Community Foundation, TD Bank Foundation and the City of St. Petersburg’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
