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Art On Market Street

Art on Market Street Application Guidelines

COVERS BOTH KIOSK POSTER SERIES and TEMPORARY PROJECTS

The Art on Market Street Program has changed. Please read the new guidelines and application procedures below.

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The Art on Market Street Program is discontinuing its annual competition. However, artists are invited to submit documentation of past artwork for consideration for future Art on Market Street projects, both for the Kiosk Poster Series and The Temporary Projects, on an ongoing basis. The Arts Commission welcomes artist’s application materials as one of many sources for future consideration. See new application requirements below.

Artist’s materials will be reviewed by the Arts Commission as they are received. Artists’ materials will be returned following review. Please allow sufficient time for review and return of your materials. The Arts Commission requests that applicants do not call for the status of the review of their materials.

Artist should not submit specific proposals with their application materials.

Project Overview

The Art on Market Street Program is currently developing a new curatorial scope and artist selection process. The Program will expand its focus beyond references to the history, ecology and cultures of Market Street, to address broader themes such as travel and urban systems, among other possibilities. The Poster Series will continue to be exhibited in the triangular kiosks on Market Street between Van Ness and the Embarcadero, and the Temporary Projects will also continue to take place on or near Market Street.

The Art on Market Street Program intends to develop projects that may foster a relationship between a poster series and a temporary project, or may include related printed material, among other interdisciplinary approaches. Projects may also involve collaborations with other Bay Area organizations.

The Art on Market Street Program is discontinuing its annual project selection competition. Instead, the Arts Commission will develop new projects for both the Poster Series and the Temporary Projects on an ongoing basis, drawing upon many resources in the Bay Area.

The Arts Commission welcomes artists’ application materials as one of many sources for future consideration.

Eligibility

  1. Artists must reside in the Bay Area.
  2. Artists, either individually are as part of a team project, who have completed Art on Market Street projects, either posters or temporary projects, in 2001 or later, are not eligible for either 2007 poster or temporary projects.
  3. Projects previously designed and /or exhibited are not eligible.   The Art on Market Street Program commissions only new work created specifically for the Art on Market Street Program.
  4. The Art on Market Street Program does not sponsor posters or projects that promote an organization, business, individual or event. The Program is for fine arts projects only.
  5. Artists in all media may submit materials, including visual artists (all media), performers, dancer, musicians, and photographers.

 

Application Materials

  1. Documentation materials
    Artists may submit either slides or digital imagery.
    1. Slides:
      1. Maximum of 10 slides of artwork completed in the past five years.
      2.  Each slide must have a number (1 – 10) that corresponds to an annotated slide list, and the name of the artist.
      3. Slides must be submitted in a plastic slide sheet.
    2. Digital imagery
      1. PC compatible CD with no more than 10 images, clearly labeled with artist’s name on the CD ROM.
      2. Each image must be no larger than 1500 x 1500 pixels, 300 dpi and 2 MB
      3. JPEG ONLY
      4. Each JPEG must be titled with the artist’s name and a number (1-10) that corresponds to an annotated image list. For example: Jen Jones 001, JenJones 002.
    3. DVD (The Arts Commission can no longer accept videotapes.)
      1. DVDs will be viewed on a DVD player, not on a computer.
      2. Total material on the DVD should not exceed 20 minutes, and each segment must be clearly titled.
      3. DVDs must be clearly labeled with artist’s name.
  2. Written Material
    1. Brief letter of interest, to include artist’s name, address, telephone number, and email address.
    2. Resume, not to exceed three pages
    3. Documentation information sheet
      All visual materials described above, including slides, CDs and DVDs, must be accompanied by an annotated sheet, coordinated with the numbering on the slides, CDs or DVDs. The information sheet must provide specific information, in order, for each image or film clip, including title of the artwork, a brief description (not to exceed two sentences), materials, location, date of work, and budget.
  3. Additional Materials
    1. Stamped, self-address envelope, large enough and with adequate postage for return of materials.
    2. Self-addressed postcard to confirm receipt of your materials.
  4. Other considerations
    1. Although the Arts Commission will do its best to return artists’ materials, we cannot be responsible for loss or damage of art application materials, including slides, CDs, DVDs, or books.
    2. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed, and materials will be returned to the artist.
    3. Please do not submit original artworks or original slides.

Deliver applications to:
Art on Market Street Program
San Francisco Arts Commission
25 Van Ness, Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94102

The final selection of artists, and implementation of all Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series and Temporary Projects, is entirely within the discretion of the San Francisco Arts Commission. The Arts Commission reserves the right to decline to proceed with any and all applications received.

All information contained herein does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract, and these provisions are subject to change.

Questions may be addressed to the Public Art Program Associate at (415) 252-2594.

August 6, 2006