Avenue of the Arts 2010/11

Download > Avenue invite 2010-11 (530 kb .PDF)
Download > Avenue Artist agreement (70 kb .PDF)

This year the City of Boynton Beach Arts Commission encourages artists to submit iconic artwork that features the tactile quality and celebrates sensory sensations. Artwork that has textural finishes, surfaces, grains, qualities and consistencies. The artwork can utilize sound, color or movement to communicate the texture theme. Is the artwork smooth, rough, pitted, soft, hard or squishy? Does it have grooves or gouges, smooth or polished or is it rustic or worn? Visual texture is the illusion of having physical texture. The artwork should hold up to the outdoor Florida environment for the year long display. The artists may consider more than one artwork site or create a site-specific installation that addresses this theme. This is a perfect program for professional artists to gain public art experience. Avenue sites can accommodate artwork up to 15’ x 6’ x 10’ (large pad) and 10’ x 4’ x 6’ (small pad.)

The City of Boynton Beach Arts Commission invites you to display your artwork along the “Avenue of the Arts”, which stretches for more than seven blocks in the City’s downtown core. Your work, if selected, will be publicly displayed on lighted pedestals and included in the promotion, advertising and marketing of the year long event. Each selected artist will receive $1,000.00 per artwork selected to cover delivery and installation of the artwork. You, the artist, will be responsible for the delivery, installation and loan of the artwork. The City provides property insurance for the artwork on display.

Selection and Installation Schedule:

Submission deadline: July 19, 2010
Selection date: July 27, 2010
Artists' notification: August 3, 2010
Artists' agreement deadline: August 19, 2010
City artwork preparation process: August 23 to September 9, 2010
Artwork installation: September 13 - 30, 2010, Monday - Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The submissions must be delivered by 5 p.m., Thursday, July 19, 2010, to:
Debby Coles-Dobay, Public Art Administrator
100 East Boynton Beach Boulevard, Boynton Beach, FL 33425
(561) 742-6026
The submissions will not be returned. The artwork that you submit must be ready for installation by Monday, September 13, 2010. A schedule for installation will be provided.  

 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS: Dick's Sporting Goods Public Art Project
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ARTWORK LOCATION: Right and left side of main entrance Boynton Festive Center (Former Circuit City) 515 North Congress Avenue Boynton Beach, Florida 33435
THEME: The public artwork feature should compliment the sporting goods business but be generic enough so that if another business vacates the space in the future the artwork will still be relevant. The area of the City that this business will be located is known as the “Business District” and neighbors the Boynton Beach Mall.
PROJECT BUDGET: $19,600.00 PROPOSAL DEADLINE: May 13, 2010 5pm
SELECTION: May 24, 2010 NOTIFICATION: May 27, 2010
ARTIST AGREEMENT: June 3, 2010
ARTWORK INSTALL: September 2010 (or sooner)
GRAND OPENING: Date TBD

PROJECT: Boat Club Park Public Art Project
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HOST:  City of Boynton Beach Recreation and Parks
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Art in Public Places is requesting artists to submit their qualifications for a public art project that is located on a retaining wall at Boat Club Park in Boynton Beach. The public art project is part of the renovation plans for the park’s public space south of the boat launching area by the Intracoastal Waterway. The artwork should express the park’s character and proximity to the Boynton Beach Inlet, City’s tag line, “Gateway to the Gulfstream,” historical connection to Boynton’s fishing community and nautical lifestyle. The public art project is identified for placement on a newly built retaining wall. This wall is on the south side of the boat ramp facing west of the newly built restroom structure. It is 47’ wide semi circle with a wall height at 32” on the south side graduating to 40” high. Boat Club Park is one of the few locations sport and pleasure boaters can access the Intracoastal Waterway and ocean in Palm Beach County, making it a frequently used park and boat ramp.
ART LOCATION: Boat Club Park, 2010 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach, Florida 
DATES/MILESTONES:
RFQ RELEASE:  May 12, 2010
RFQ DEADLINE: May 25, 2010
ARTIST SELECTION:  June  1, 2010
NOTIFICATION: June  3, 2010
ARTIST CONTRACT:   June  8, 2010
CONCEPTUAL PROPOSAL DUE:  June 24, 2010
ARTS COMMISSION:  June 29, 2010
ARTWORK COMPLETION: July  29, 2010
PARK RIBBON CUTTING:  TBD

PROJECT: Boynton Beach City Library Hispanic Heritage On Loan Exhibit
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HOST: City of Boynton Beach Art In Public Places and Boynton Beach City Library
PURPOSE:
The City of Boynton Beach Art in Public Places Program with Boynton Beach City Library will host a four
month on loan exhibit featuring original Hispanic Heritage artwork. This exhibit will provide the public with an opportunity to gain knowledge and appreciation of Hispanic artists and their Heritage. The Boynton Beach City Library exhibit is FREE to the public and experiences approximately 30,000 visitors monthly.
TIMEFRAME: June - September 2010
LOCATION: Boynton Beach Boynton Beach City Library 2nd Floor, 208 South Seacrest Boulevard
Library hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM and Friday - Saturday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
www.boyntonlibrary.org 
THEME:  Artwork from artists of Hispanic Heritage that live in Palm Beach County.
DATES/MILESTONES:
DEADLINE: May 24, 2010, 5pm
SELECTION: May 26, 2010
NOTIFICATION: May 27, 2010
ARTWORK DELIVERY: June 3, 2010 between 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

PROJECT: Boynton Beach Schoolhouse Children’s Amphitheater Public Art Design Element(s)
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HOST: Community Redevelopment Agency
PROJECT DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency with the City’s Art in Public Places Program is requesting qualifications from professional artists to work with the project development team to create a comprehensive design identifying public art element(s) for the Schoolhouse Children’s Amphitheater structure. The selected artist will design and fabricate public art element(s) that enhance the Amphitheater structural design and tie it into the Community Redevelopment Agency’s plans for the City’s downtown master plan. This public space is being redeveloped into a more efficient useable space for the community and is located in the downtown core on the campus of the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum at 129 East Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach. The public artwork element(s) should enhance the Amphitheater’s intended use as an outdoor venue to host events such as concerts, performances and movie showings. It should also link the site with the Boynton Harbor Marina and the Ocean Avenue Intracoastal Bridge. The public art element(s) should be mindful of the historical 1913 Children’s Schoolhouse Museum that shares the  Amphitheater campus.
LOCATION: Schoolhouse Children’s Amphitheater on the east side of the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum, 129 East Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach, FL 33435
PROJECT GOALS:
The public art element(s) should enhance the Schoolhouse Children’s Amphitheater structural design and tie it into the Boynton Harbor Marina and the Ocean Avenue Intracoastal Bridge serving the CRA’s downtown master plan goals.
DATES/MILESTONES:
QUALIFICATION DEADLINE: May 20, 2010, 5:00 p.m.
SELECTION: May 24, 2010
ARTS COMMISSION APPROVAL: May 25, 2010
NOTIFICATION: May 26, 2010
ARTIST AGREEMENT: June 1, 2010
ARTWORK DESIGN CONCEPT: June 17, 2010
CONCEPT APPROVALS:
Arts Commission - June 29, 2010
CRA Board - July 13, 2010
ARTWORK INSTALLATION: November 2010

City Library Exhibit

The City of Boynton Beach Arts Commission invites you to display your artwork in the City Library from February to April 2010. The theme for this exhibit is artwork that speaks to environmental issues, art that is made from recycled materials or calls attention to environmental issues or solutions.

Deadline for applications is January 11, 2010 5pm

City Library Call to Artists