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San Jose Public Art Program Commissions

Friday, January 8th, 2010

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City of San Jose – Multiple Projects – REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

DEADLINE: Thursday, January 28, 2010 – 10:59 p.m. Pacific Time

The City of San Jose Public Art Program seeks to commission site-specific artworks in several different locations throughout San Jose. Some of the projects are community-focused and others will be integrated into Capital Improvement Projects. Artists can be considered for more than one project, but will not be commissioned for simultaneous projects with the City of San Jose.

For information on the individual projects go to the complete RFQ.

BUDGETS: Range from $25,000 to $100,000

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY:
The calls are open to artists who live and/or work in the following California counties Alameda, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Napa, Sonoma, Marin and Solano, and Monterey. Proof of residency or work relationship will be required if short listed for a project.

Artists must be eligible to work in the United States and have a valid U.S. Social Security or Tax Identification Number by the application deadline.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
All materials will be submitted online, via CaFÉ™ website. There is no application fee to apply or to use the CaFÉ™ online application system. To view the application, go to www.callforentry.org, register a username and password, navigate to “Apply to Calls”, and search the list for “City of San Jose – Multiple Projects”.

Request for Proposals, The Tech Museum, San Jose

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

An opportunity for exhibit designers to pitch in some interesting ideas around exhibits about microchips being built at The Tech Museum in San Jose. Through their “open source” program, individuals can contribute designs for exhibits, obtain feedback and work towards an award of $600.USD for approaches used.

There are two exhibits being created – one about transistors and another about microchip processor speeds.
The deadline for entry is *Wed. Nov. 25 *(yes it’s soon!) to obtain full feedback and Wed. Dec. 23 for all entries.

Guidance and feedback is a crucial part of the process so it’s important to start now (even if it’s only a sketch idea).
Exhibits can be moved to fabrication at any time, so start as soon as possible.

*Steps to participate:*

1. Read the design brief for this project at:
http://thetechvirtual.org/projects/integrated-circuits
2. Start a project using the “Create Project” button at http://thetechvirtual.org/projects/integrated-circuits/integrated-circuits-projects
3. Upload sketches, screenshots of models, flowcharts or any other collateral to document your approach. Use tools and methods you have available. The Tech Museum offers free building space in Second Life virtual world for making models. Participants have also used Google Sketchup, hand sketches, or other drawing tools.

$600. USD for approaches used. You can work in teams of up to 3 persons and earn up to $1800. USD for exhibits put into production!

Bob Ketner
Virtual Community Manager, The Tech Virtual
The Tech Museum of Innovation
San Jose, CA, USA
http://thetechvirtual.org

1 408-795-6267 desk
rketner@thetech.org
http://www.twitter.com/techvirtual
http://thetechvirtual.org/portal_memberdata/Agent

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