Art Prospectus #14

ART PROSPECTUS #14 TriMet Public Art Wall mural for Tigard Transit Center TriMet is the transit agency for Portland, Oregon and TriMet invites artists from Oregon and Washington to submit the surrounding region. qualifications to develop a wall mural for the Tigard Transit Center. The In 1992, TriMet voluntarily budget for the 700 square-foot mural, including design fee and fabrication, initiated an art program is $12,500. for Westside MAX, the 18-mile extension of its Background existing light rail system. With over 20 artists Washington County commuter rail participating, the Westside The Washington County Commuter Rail, TriMet’s future Westside Express MAX public art program Service (WES), will offer a new transportation route within the heavily became one of the traveled Interstate 5 and country’s most ambitious Highway 217 corridor. The efforts to integrate the 14.7-mile project will share vision of artists into public freight train tracks with transit. In 1997, TriMet the Portland & Western formalized its commitment Railroad in eastern to art by passing a Washington County. WES resolution to establish an Commuter Rail will serve agency-wide public art four cities: Beaverton, program. Since then, the Tigard, Tualatin and art program has added Wilsonville along the I-5/ works by over 100 artists Hwy 217 corridor. It also will connect to TriMet MAX light rail in Beaverton. to the expanding bus and light rail system. Tigard The city of Tigard is located south of Beaverton and north of Tualatin The goal of TriMet’s Public Art in Washington County, Oregon. Originally known as “East Butte,” the Program is to promote transit city was named “Tigardville” in the 1850s after one of the first families use and community pride to settle there. The small farming community grew with an influx of by integrating temporary German settlers and in 1907 began to experience a period of commercial and permanent art works growth. In 1910 the Oregon Electric Railway was constructed through the into TriMet’s public transit Fanno Creek Valley, on its way from Portland to Salem. Its arrival caused system, thereby celebrating the town’s center to shift to what is now Main Street and its name to be the contributions of changed to “Tigard” so as to better distinguish it from nearby Wilsonville. public transportation and Two years later, the Oregon Electric was joined by another interurban, recognizing the cultural the Southern Pacific’s Red Electric. Over the next twenty years, the two richness in the region. companies helped to transform Tigard from a rural farming community to ART PROSPECTUS #14 a suburb. In 1961 Tigard was incorporated as a city; it is currently estimated to have about 46,000 residents. Commuter rail station artwork Artists Frank Boyden and Brad Rude are creating a series of interactive sculptures for the five commuter rail stations. Each sculpture will feature moveable, cast-bronze heads and a vehicle mounted to a stainless steel table. The heads, which will appear in different guises at each of the five rail stations, symbolize a wide range of emotions, traits and conditions. Like the cross section of humanity that may be found on any train car, these sculpted archetypes will serve as a metaphor for the human experience. The vehicles will be colorful inventions, featuring small tableaux of animals native to the station areas. The Tigard vehicle will feature the Western Pond Turtle, which has its home in Fanno Creek. Windscreens on the platform will be etched with a pattern of curly willow. Project description and goals The Tigard Transit Center is located in downtown Tigard near the Main Street commercial district. The Transit Center will provide about 100 Park & Ride spaces and connect with five TriMet bus lines. The mural is situated on the wall of a building that was the original Greyhound Bus Depot and is currently the Commuter Rail construction field office. The wall is adjacent to the pathway from the Transit Center to the train platform. The wall will be painted by TriMet in preparation for the mural. Application of an approved graffiti guard sealer will be required. The goals of the mural are to celebrate the unique character of Tigard and to visually enhance the transit system, while meeting TriMet’s safety and maintenance goals. The mural design should also take into account artwork on the station platform. Artist fees The design and fabrication fee is $12,500 for the mural. All artists’ expenses, including travel, are included in this fee. Application procedures Applications must include: 1. A one page letter describing: a. Your interest in the project b. Your previous experience c. Your conceptual approach to the project 2. Resume (not to exceed 2 pages). 3. Up to ten images of recent work preferably submitted in JPEG format (.jpg) on a properly labeled CD. 4. A one-page documentation list that includes the title, media, dimensions and date of completion of each of the works, numbered to correspond to the JPEG image on the CD. 5. Three references with phone numbers. Applications must be received in our office by 5 p.m. Monday May 5, 2008. This is not a postmark date. Applicants can email, hand deliver, or send materials via US Postal Service. ART PROSPECTUS #14 Email guidelines Only materials formatted as JPEG, PDF or Word document (.doc) will be accepted. Email materials to: [email protected] Mailing/hand delivery address TriMet Public Art Program 710 NE Holladay Street Portland, Oregon 97232 Selection process and criteria The Commuter Rail Art Advisory Committee will review artists’ submissions and select a finalist. The criteria used by the committee are: quality of past work, ability to undertake comparable projects, and suggested conceptual approach as described in the letter of interest. The committee reserves the option to make no selections from the applications received. Project timeline Application ..............................................................due May 5, 2008 Selection ...................................................................week of May 12 For alternative formats Concept proposals ...............................................due June 9 Contact us at: Presentation to committee ..............................June 13 503-238-RIDE (7433) Final design .............................................................due July 14 Presentation to committee ..............................July 18 [email protected] Mural fabrication .................................................August/September TTY 503-238-5811 Commuter Rail opening ....................................October Schedule is subject to change. Questions? Contact Mary Priester, Public Art Manager, at 503-962-2291 or [email protected], or Michelle Traver, Public Art Coordinator, at 503-962-2159 or [email protected]. Commuter Rail Art Advisory Committee Anne Avery, Tualatin, Coordinator Westside Cultural Alliance Joan Chapin, Beaverton, Board Member Contemporary Art Council, Portland Art Museum Soo Kim Gordon, Beaverton, Artist, Board Member Beaverton Arts Commission Chris Lewis, Tigard, Chair Art Resources of Tigard Paul Missal, Wilsonville, Artist, Retired PNCA Instructor Loren Nelson, Beaverton, Photographer, Member TriMet Public Art Advisory Committee Steve Witter, Commuter Rail Project Manager TriMet.

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