DEPARTMENT: Department of Arts & Culture
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Debbie Racca-Sittre
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: All
SUBJECT: Pre-Qualified List of Public Art Professionals
SUMMARY:
Briefing and possible action to approve a pre-qualified list of public art professionals to be available for selection by the San Antonio Arts Commission and/or contracting and payment through the Department of Arts & Culture.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Department of Arts & Culture has issued an open call for artists since 2012 to create a pre-qualified list of public art professionals to be available for selection by the San Antonio Arts Commission and/or contracting and payment through the Department of Arts & Culture.
In January 2019, the department issued an open call as part of competitive and curated process to update the City's pre-qualified list of public art professionals comprised of public artists and art support services. Extensive outreach included: weekly emails to all art professionals on previous prequalified lists requesting they re-apply, inclusion in the department's newsletter which has a distribution of 4,500+ recipients, notices to all City Council Offices to share with constituents, advertisements through various local and national trade publications/organizations, advertisements in local newspapers and on TVSA.
The Department of Arts & Culture evaluated the submitted qualifications of artists and art support service providers and recommended a list of 353 art professionals. In April, the San Antonio Arts Commission and its Public Art subcommittee approved the recommended list of public art professionals.
ISSUE:
City Council is being asked to approve the pre-qualified list of public art professionals whose services may be used to implement art projects established by the department in an amount not-to-exceed the eligible budget allocation. The City may contract with the artists for design services, selection, acquisition, fabrication, insta...
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