RFP: Artist Opportunity on Front Street
November 12th, 2007
The Dumbo Improvement District seeks proposals from local artists to paint an imaginative public mural that will be mounted on the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) fence on the south side of Front Street between Adams and Pearl Streets. The mural should brighten the streetscape running underneath the Manhattan Bridge and encourage pedestrian foot traffic between the two sides of the neighborhood. The selected artist will have a $9,000 budget to create and fabricate the approved designs. For more information, please email: tucker@dumbonyc.org.
PLEASE NOTE: Preference will be given to artists living or working in Dumbo.
DEADLINE: November 28
The criteria:
- The mural must be painted on boards or other material that can be attached to the fence, not painted directly on the fence.
- Designer (or their team) must be able to organize and implement their project from design through fabrication without assistance from the Dumbo Improvement District.
- Installations must not disrupt pedestrian traffic or obstruct walkways.
- Proposals should take into consideration safety of pedestrians and cars and trucks moving in and out of the DOT storage areas.
- The selected artist will sign an agreement with the Dumbo Improvement District that will include a release form agreeing that the installation will be constructed to meet the highest safety standards.
- Once the artwork is installed, the artist must maintain the installation while it is up on the fence which will be for a little less than one year.
New temporary installation will be up around mid-January.
November 12th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
talk about slave labor. 9K and be personally libel for a year.
November 12th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
not a great idea.
November 13th, 2007 at 12:53 am
and not even painted on the fence? this seems pretty cheap and transparent.
November 13th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Also, the BID made it abundantly clear that they aren’t there to help. How nice of them. What a useless organization.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:35 am
The Bid is just coordinating efforts to include Dumbo artists. They are probably under-staffed and over worked, but at least it’s good to see them involved. I’m not part of the BID or realtor, so pls don’t flame.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Does anyone do anything but complain here? How about looking at it as an opportunity to have your work on display in a very public location? I’m not an artist, but as long as the supplies were funded, I’d consider doing this for free if it meant getting my name/work out there. Some of you are sitting on some pretty high horses…
November 13th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Dear DOT,
Every artist in the world can endlessly show his work in coffeehoues, boutiques, headshops, bars, resturants even outhouses. All for the so called “exposure”. All it is, is free interior decoration, that allows the owner to be “hip” and “down” with the neighborhood. There is not one artist in Dumbo who wouldn’t give his (or her’s) left nut to be repped by a midtown gallery. Thats the only way they will make it. Now that’s Exposure!
November 13th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Have to say that I agree with DOT and know from personal experience that, best case scenario, a little bit of free exposure can go a long way when it comes to getting one’s work out there.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:50 am
I take back what I said; didn’t realize that the fence is corrugated.
November 14th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Considering how you care so much about dumbo and its parking, one would assume that you would know that a fence you BIKE past everyday is corrugated. Try to enjoy the neighborhood instead of insulting all of those that disagree with your idealistic viewpoints.
November 14th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
I rarely ride past the fence. Are you saying I should have noticed and enjoyed the corrugated fence? Odd. Who did I insult?
Do you live at 133 Water?
November 14th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
As a longtime reader of this blog, I think that Adam is the most consistently condescending of all the contributors. I even enjoy the frivolous Smokey-related comments more than the hyper-critical, knowing drivel that he spews out.
November 14th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
ouch. maybe I should eschew thoughtful criticism for insults and name-calling.
and I thought I was being even-handed.
November 14th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
I didn’t call you any names. Maybe now I will. Moron.
November 14th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
I wasn’t speaking to your comment, rather the type of comments left by the typical contributor to this site, particularly among the panhandler threads. Sorry for not making that clear.
Smooth one though.
November 14th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
would be great if adam and t-bone lived next to each other or were really the same person
November 14th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Thank you, Tommy and Res133. I am sick of this whole thing, but I feel the need to defend myself when someone is condescending like Adam. Otherwise, I would have stopped posting on the parking issue a LONG time ago.
November 14th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
According to NYC law, if Adam comes out with an obnoxious comment within 10ft of an ATM, we can eject him from the blog.
November 14th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
bum humor! hilarious! we could never get sick of that whole thing, eh?
November 14th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
I will defend to the death, Adam’s right to ride his bike pass me in any traffic jam. The rest of you can just blow me.
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 pm
and not even painted on the fence? this seems pretty cheap and transparent.