Cultural Affairs Call to Artists

Art in Public Places
In 1999, the Cultural Affairs Council spearheaded the effort to have Art in Public Places Ordinance 99-07 passed by St. Lucie County's Board of County Commissioners. This program, modeled on earlier State and Federal public arts programs, is funded by taking a small percentage of the dollars that are invested by the County for capital improvement projects and placing them in a fund designated to be utilized for the purchase of public art. An advisory Art in Public Places Committee, chaired by a member of the Cultural Affairs Council, makes suggestions to the Board of County Commissioners as to appropriate locations for public art and nominates artists that are qualified to execute these art commissions.

The City of Fort Pierce also passed a similar Art in Public Places ordinance in 1999. The program is administered by City staff. In instances where the County and City jointly decide on an appropriate project that's within City limits, the selection process is done by a committee representing both jurisdictions and the cost of the project is split, making it possible for our Art in Public Places funds to go farther.

The Council is currently encouraging the City of Port St. Lucie to enact a similar ordinance.

 

Call To Artists 2008

All information from artist will be due July 1st 08 on a CD-ROM 15 image limit in JPEG Format 150 dpi along with a resume, list of your commissions, with contact phone numbers, and a brief statement, describing your sculpture, and an annotated slide list. Please include a self addressed stamped envelope so we may return your CD to you.

Please mail all of this to: 

Art in Public Places Committee
Cultural Affairs Department
2300 Virginia Avenue
Fort Pierce, Florida  34982

NOTE: St. Lucie County is located on the east coast of Florida so all sculptures must withstand hurricane winds and be corrosion resistant.

The budget includes all cost associated with the project including but not limited to travel, materials, fabrication cost, transportation, and insurance and construction costs for the installation of work. Three artist will be chosen by the AIPP committee and asked to submit a three dimensional site specific model. All three finalist will receive $800 for the model.

A single winner will be selected from this group by the AIPP committee. The AiPP committee will make a recommendation to the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners for final approval and funding.

	Clerk of the Courts Building $100,000 budget This is a new building located in downtown Fort Pierce .This is an important location for a large vertical sculpture. It will be placed in an open foyer at the corner of Indian River Drive and Atlantic Avenue, the sculpture should not exceed 17 feet in height.
	Downtown Ft. Pierce City Hall Parking Garage $85,000 budget This sculpture will be located outside, between city hall entrance and the new parking  garage in a space 50 feet wide. By 90 feet.There are buildings on three sides.and it is located at Orange Ave and US 1 The site has a two step base (see photo) and is open to pedestrian traffic.
	Avenue D Roundabout $90,000 budget The site is a traffic roundabout  located on Ave D and 15th Street with a brick walk around its base.  The roundabout  structure is  octagonal and is 28 inches high and 24 feet wide.  The site is a located west of US1 surrounded by small neighborhood stores within a predominantly African-American community.
	Lawnwood Regional project $100,000 budget A sports and community regional park that includes a gymnasium located on Virginia Avenue near 25 Street.  It is one of the largest county parks in St. Lucie County and has baseball, soccer and tennis courts. A new special needs shelter/gymnasium and skate board park is under construction. The site for the sculpture is the area between the retention pond and Virginia Ave. Download and view Lawnwood Regional Project Plot Plan in PDF format.

Contact  Bill Ward at (772) 462-1767 for additional information or email: Suzannea@stlucieco.gov                   

If you have questions about Cultural Affairs please contact:

Jody Bonet, Director of Cultural Affairs
St. Lucie County Cultural Affairs Department
600 North Indian River Drive
Fort Pierce, FL 34950

For more information, contact Jody Bonet at (772) 462-1767 or BonetJ@stlucieco.gov .