Percent for Art Opportunity
St. Columba’s BNS Douglas, Cork • Percent for Art Opportunity • Call for expressions of Interest
St. Columba’s Boys National School, Douglas, Cork, intend to commission a public art work/s under the Percent for Art Scheme funded by the Department of Education and Science on the occasion of its significant redesign and redevelopment by Ed Rafferty of Reddy Architecture.
St. Columba’s BNS has been serving the needs of the local community in Douglas for over a century and has been in its present location since 1956. The new school building is on the same site of the previous school, which was demolished in 2017.
It has a vibrant school community with it being a melting pot of cultures all learning under one roof. The school has approximately 400 boys in the school ranging in age from 4 to 12 with 4 Autism Spectrum Disorder classes with a total of 24 pupils. They refer to these classes as their CAIRDEAS classes, cairdeas being the Irish word for friendship. They hope to be installed in the new building by March 2018.
It is intended that the commissioned art work/s will be site specific and will be integrated into the redevelopment and or sited in and or around the building or grounds.
The brief asks the artist to:
- Reflect the ethos and ambition of the School; its commitment to education and knowledge sharing
- Respond to the redeveloped site and its redevelopment
- Reflect the meaningful interaction between staff and students
Key Considerations
The context – the site and its renewed space and environment and its core constituency, its staff and students (ranging in age from 4 – 12) are considered of key significance in developing a vision for the commission. Bear in mind it’s a busy environment with circa 400 students.
The external grounds surrounding the School are also an option for the work(s).
Budget
€44,400 inclusive of all artists’ fees and costs including installation, VAT, insurance etc.
Commissioning Process
This is a two-stage open commission and will be managed by the National Sculpture Factory, Cork
Contact Elma O’Donovan elma@nationalsculpturefactory.com
Mark all correspondence St. Columba’s BNS Commission.
The opportunity is open to all professional artists.
Registration of Interest
To register your interest in the project you must email elma@nationalsculpturefactory.com
Expressing your interest in the project by Thursday, 22 November 2018
Please mark all correspondence St. Columba’s BNS Commission.
Site Meeting(s)
Please register your name, address, and email and phone number and indicate if you can attend the proposed site visit(s) Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 December at 11 am on both days.
All correspondence will be by via email.
No access will be permitted to the site unless registered and it is encouraged that you attend the briefing where possible.
STAGE 1
Artists will then be required to submit the following (please do not submit anything other than what’s listed below)
- Brief description of your concept and how you would work in the context of the brief (i.e., how you would approach the commission), outline proposed materials, scale and high-level budget breakdown
- Relevant curriculum vitae
- Images of past works that may be relevant in this context (N.B max 10 with image credits
- PLEASE NOTE MAQUETTE/MODELS ARE NOT REQUIRED AT THIS STAGE!
STAGE 2
A maximum of up to 3 artists will be short listed and invited to develop their proposal to Stage 2.
Short listed artists will receive a fee of €500 to further develop their proposals for stage 2.
Competition Jury
There will be a five member Jury Panel that will include two representatives of the School, the project architect, and two nominees of the National Sculptural Factory.
The selected Artist will be invited to meet with staff representatives to explain and aid the understanding of the work at the projects initiation.
Standard of Entries
The panel reserve the right not to make any award, if in their opinion, there are no suitable entries.
Post Competition
The role of the National Sculpture Factory is limited to the administration of the Competition and will have no further role once the selected artist has been selected and the contract signed.
Summary of deadlines:
Registration by 12 noon on Thursday, 22 November 2018
Site visits – Wednesday, 5 & Thursday 6th December at 11am (sharp).
Closing date for receipt of submissions for stage 1 entries is 12 noon Thursday, 31 January 2019 (late submissions will not be accepted!).
Short listing will take place in February 2019.
Application(s) to be sent by to:
(Clearly marked St. Columba’s BNS Commission)
Elma O’Donovan
Administrator
The National Sculpture Factory
Albert Road
Cork. T12 KX00
All applications will be acknowledged!
E-mail: elma@nationalsculpturefactory.com
More information on http://www.stcolumbasbns.ie/
Please note all correspondence is through the National Sculpture Factory!
c/o National Sculpture Factory