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BECOME ONE OF OUR ARTISTS . . .
Matching the right artist, the right medium and the right place is an important challenge. Vision is the key. Fort Worth is a culturally complex city rewarded with many diverse voices. Artists collaborate with project designers to give tenor to the voice, resulting in works that speak to community values. Local, Texas-based and national artists are encouraged to join the FWPA Artist Registry, from which many artist selections are made. The Artist Registry is also shared with other public agencies and private developers who wish to contribute public art to our urban landscape.
Artist / Consultant Request For Qualifications
East Lancaster Avenue extends from Interstate 35 W, just east of downtown Fort Worth, out to Loop 820 and beyond to the Historic Handley Village. Known locally as the “Old Dallas Highway”, the corridor features Mid-20th Century commercial architecture and some wide, grassy medians with large oak trees. The Fort Worth Art Commission has approved an approach that considers the whole of the East Lancaster Corridor, seeking to stitch various sites together so public art projects - both current and future - relate to one another conceptually or visually while reflecting the unique qualities of the neighborhoods in which they reside. In addition, conceptual design work for the two locations for which funding is currently available is desired. Some nodes that the East Lancaster Corridor Master Plan shall address include but are not limited to:
2. City of Fort Worth Crime Lab (renovation of a former department store underway; future)
3. Sargent Street at East Lancaster (near a bus transfer station; funded now)
4. Oakland Corners Village (future)
5. Dallas Avenue at East Lancaster (funded now)
6. Historic Handley Village (future)
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Artist/Planner or Public Art Consultant Team (consisting of at least one public art consultant and one artist) with extensive urban corridor public art planning experience, outstanding community facilitation skills, and experience working with other artists. Click here to download the full RFQ.