CALL FOR ARTISTS: PHILADELPH​IA PERCENT FOR ART OPPORTUNIT​Y. Deadline Mar 30 2012

CALL FOR ARTISTS: PHILADELPH​IA PERCENT FOR ART OPPORTUNIT​Y
The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority

The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s Percent for Art Program seeks images of recent work from artist who wish to be considered to create an original permanent work of public art at Dranoff Properties’ new development at Broad & South Streets in Philadelphia.

Submission are due no later than 4:30pm on March 30, 2012. Please see our website for more information.

http://www.phila.gov/pra/index.html


DEADLINES
March 30, 2012 at 4:30pm

LOCATION:
Philadelphia, PA

About the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s Percent for Art Program

The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority pioneered the Percent for Art Program in 1959, becoming the first program in the United States to make the commissioning of fine arts an integral part of the urban renewal process. The

Percent for Art Program requires that redevelopers who build on land acquired from and assembled by the Redevelopment Authority must budget at least one percent of the total building construction costs toward the commissioning of original, site-specific works of art. The Percent for Art program encourages Redevelopers to conceive of innovative applications for public art, and to create work that engages the public and challenges them to think about their surroundings in new and exciting ways. Each art project is more than a single or isolated work – the public space in its entirety is considered, in order to make the greatest contribution to the urban fabric, the streetscape, and the places that citizens populate. Each project is completely site-specific.

CONTACT INFO

The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority

ATTN: Percent for Art Program
1234 Market Street, 16th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Or

BroadandSouthStreets@gmail.com
Questions related to submission requirements may be directed to Julia Guerrero at julia.guerrero@rda.phila.gov