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

[The Millers]

Reis,
Thanks for listing this opportunity. I put my material in the mail 
today!!

As you said, even if I don't get it, I update my materials, and really 
got to the point where I am convinced I can do the job, and do it well.

Ray Miller
Cincinnati

On Monday, December 1, 2003, at 01:15 PM, Ries Niemi wrote:

> 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
>
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