margaret river main street public art eoi project 2

Margaret River Main Street Redevelopment

PUBLIC ART PROJECT 2: Artwork Panels

June 2018

Supported by Royalties for Regions.

1 Natural Connected Prosperous

Shire of Augusta Margaret River 41 Wallcliffe Road, Margaret River 6285 | T (08) 9780 5255 | F (08) 9757 2512 | amrshire.wa.gov.au

Margaret River Main Street Redevelopment Project

Expressions of Interest: Project 2 ‐ ARTWORK PANELS FOR

SEATING AND PLANTER BOXES

Commission value $2000 plus the cost of fabrication and installation.



PROJECT BRIEF: ARTWORK PANELS: Design artwork panels suitable for application to public seating

and planter boxes for the Margaret River Main Street.

Art work themes:

The heritage, stories, history, innovators and unique natural features of Margaret River ;

Promote local Indigenous identity, culture and heritage;

Recognise and celebrate our natural, and agricultural environments; and

Reflect a family friendly place for all of us to live and others to visit.

Examples of seating and planter boxes

Location plan for initial placement of public artworks

Bench seating Source: https://historicheart.com/art-walk-1/ Low square planter and bench

seating. Source: https://historicheart.com/art-walk-1/

Low square planter and cube seat Source: https://historicheart.com/art-walk-1/



EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are called from artists interested in being considered for the design of

artworks panels to be applied to public seating and planter boxes for the Main Street

Expressions of Interest are to include the following:

1. A letter expressing interest in the particular project brief, confirming availability for the

timeframe of the project, and explaining collaboration with others – if appropriate;

2. Information about Applicant(s) including ABN and contact details;

3. Resume/Curriculum Vitae including Digital images, slides or printed images of previous

relevant public art commissions or projects plus information about the images; and.

4. Concept sketches or written responses for artwork panels for application to public seating

and planter boxes for the Margaret River Main Street

5. Art work panels for public seating and planter boxes must comply with the following

dimensions. Please note that art work will be applied to aluminium composite panels which

will be fixed to the sides of the seating and planter boxes.

Seat style 1: 450mm high x 600mm wide x 600mm long

Seat style 2: 450mm high x 600mm wide x 1.5 mm long

Planter style 1:500mm high x 600mm wide x 600mm long

Planter style 2: 500mm high x 600mm wide x 1500 mm long

Planter Style 3: 1180 mm high x 1380mm wide x 1380mm wide

Indigenous artists are encouraged to apply

Preliminary concept proposals for seating and planter box designs are required to be submitted

electronically to [email protected] by COB Tuesday July 17, 2018 and no fees will

be paid to artists for submissions.

A panel comprising Margret River Shire Officers and Art and Cultural Advisory Committee

members will shortlist up to ten artists for seating and planter box art works.

Shortlisted artists will be informed by Friday August 10, 2018.

SHORTLISTED ARTISTS

Short listed artists are required to submit artwork/ concepts for panels to be applied to the seating

and planter box range, electronically to [email protected] by Friday September 21,

2018. All artwork concepts will be uploaded onto the AMRS Main Street Website

https://yoursay.amrshire.wa.gov.au/margaret‐river‐main‐street‐development to allow the

community to vote on the concepts that best represent the themes of Margaret River’s cultural

identity, community values and sense of place.

All shortlisted artists will be required to present their concept/s in a submission to the selection

panel. (Date to be confirmed)



A concept proposal honorary of $500 will be paid to shortlisted artists to assist with the

development of concepts. No additional payments will be made for travel or accommodation

expenses. There will be three artist prizes of $500 for the art work panels: two the People's Choice

Awards (selected via online voting) and one Judge's Choice Award (selected by the selection panel).

ARTISTS COMMISSION

Five artists or artist teams will be selected to create artwork panels for seating and planter boxes by

Friday October 5, 2018.

SELECTION PROCESS

Selection Criteria Weighting Overall concept, creative approach and understanding of the brief 15 Ability to deliver the project – understanding of the budget and staging, materials and process, timelines, compliance, applicable standards and risk management issues for public art.

15

Evidence of site research and understanding of the community 5 Evidence of experience or similar experience 5 Inclusion of practical element and appropriate site selection 5

Experience in working with the community and other artists 5 Total 50

Artwork commissioning contracts will be entered into with the successful submitter/s for the design,

and installation of each artwork. Art works will be completed by Friday January 11, 2019 with final

installation to be co‐ordinated shortly after this date.

Concept Copyright

The Artist will retain the intellectual property and copyright of the concepts they have proposed

and finished artwork.

Project Acceptance, Ownership and Copyright

Council will accept and take ownership of the public art work once it has been installed.

The legal title and copyright of the work will be spelled out in the agreement between the artist

and Council.

The contract will provide licence for Council to use images of the artwork in any promotional

or educational material or other non‐commercial purposes, provided that the name of the artist,

title of the work and date is acknowledged.

Additionally, Council will require the artist not to reproduce the exact artwork for any other party.



Summary of Project 2 Schedule

Item Date

Call for Expressions of Interest (Local Advertisement)

Wednesday June 20, 2018

Submit expression of preliminary concept proposal Tuesday July 17,2018

Shortlisted applicants advised Friday August 10,2018

Detailed submission due Friday September 21,2018

Final applicant(s) selected and works commissioned Friday October 5,2018

Public Art works completed by Friday January 11, 2019

Your contact person for this project is Helen Whitbread, Project Manager Main Street Project

Officer. Helen can be contacted by email [email protected] or by telephone 08

97805284.

margaret river main street public art eoi project 2

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