[TheForge] Re:Big Job- Public Art Gates Commission

[Ries Niemi]

The San Francisco Arts Commission is looking for an someone to build a 
set of gates for the Pulgas Water Temple- a Roman style Temple built in 
the 1930's on the Peninsula.
the budget is $155,000, all inclusive, no wiggle room. These public 
arts commissions are fixed budget- no change orders or increases.
You will need to compete with other artists, initially on the basis of 
past work, and if you make the short list they will pay $1500 for a 
proposal.
This would be a good opportunity for someone who has a good portfolio 
of metal work to break into public art.
You design the gates, but they wont pick you unless the gates work with 
the site.

check out the RFQ (request for qualifications)
at: http:   //www.sfgov.org/sfac/pubart/

Entering one of these things is really good practice, even if you dont 
get it- it forces you to update your slides and resume, to write a one 
page letter about yourself and your work, and to think in terms of the 
application process. Doing this once puts you way ahead the next time 
you want to apply to a similar project. These jobs are not for 
everyone, but for some people they are just the thing. If you have the 
ability, the experience, and the tools to feel comfortable making 
something that big, or even if you dont, but feel you could, these 
enable people to make a big step forward in your own development.
How often does somebody come to you and say "heres $155,000, tell us 
what YOU want to do".
Of course, its not quite that simple, first you gotta convince them you 
can do the job, and that you have good ideas, but still, its quite an 
opportunity.

ries