GLENDALE – Salary Position – Urban Art Program Administrator

Under the general supervision of the Director of Library, Arts & Culture (LAC), with general assignment allocation from other library administrators, this position facilitates city-wide cultural arts programs within Glendale. Based out of the LAC Department, the Urban Arts Program Administrator facilitates arts and cultural programming involving the Arts & Culture Commission. Realizes the vision of the City of Glendale Urban Arts Program Plan to make Glendale an arts destination and executes the current 2019-2020 Urban Arts Work Plan.

A key component of this position is the development, management and adherence to a programmatic budget that involves sourcing, identifying, applying and facilitating public & private funds, grant application/coordination, fundraising, as well as foundation and nonprofit facilitation, to support LAC and Commission objectives to expand the cultural arts within the City of Glendale.

The Urban Arts Program Administrator also works with developers, venue managers, artists/artistic directors, local businesses, City departments, the general public, and performers or exhibitors, to ensure programs and initiatives are successful and build community engagement.

ELIGIBILITY: Seven years of progressively responsible management/administration experience in the arts administration field including working familiarity with municipal arts programs and production-related technical requirements. Four years of experience developing and implementing grants and the funding management process. Background in management with strong fiscal planning, project management, budgeting, and grants management experience and working knowledge of a variety of cultural activities including performance, exhibitions, and not-for-profit management business practices.

SALARY: $42.54 Hourly. This is a part-time position

DEADLINE: April 5, 2019, 11:59 PM Pacific

QUESTIONS: City of Glendale, 818-548-2110

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GLENDALE – RFP – Beyond the Box

The City of Glendale Arts and Culture Commission has designed a program to support public art programs and to enhance the community and neighborhoods through the use of murals. The project, Beyond the Box, is intended to enhance the aesthetics of the city, promote civic pride, increase pedestrian traffic and extend public art to new areas and unexpected places while creating an attractive environment and allowing art to be introduced to the public in a creative and inventive way. The program goal is to bring beauty to unexpected places such as public infrastructure and utility boxes. Beyond The Box is a utility box mural project supported by the City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, with funding from the Urban Art Program. There are currently over 100 painted utility box murals in Glendale.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all local and regional artists. The Commission encourages applications from both new and established artists.

BUDGET: $750.00 per utility box, inclusive of all artist’s fees, paints and materials. The Commission anticipates selecting artwork for up to thirteen utility boxes.

DEADLINE: Complete the application and return by 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 13, 2018.

QUESTIONS: Ivonne Martinez, Library, Arts & Culture Department, ivmartinez@glendaleca.gov.

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GLENDALE – RFP – Beyond the Box

Beyond The Box is a utility box mural project supported by the City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, with funding from the Urban Art Program. Now in its fourth year, Beyond The Box beautifies the city’s streetscape with colorful and interesting murals installed by selected artists on city-owned utility boxes. To date murals on over 90 boxes have been completed by the program, which has been very well received by residents and visitors to Glendale.

ELIGIBILITY: Eligible to artists living and/or working in Southern California

BUDGET: Artists selected will receive a $750.00 stipend.

DEADLINE: July 25, 20174 4:00 pm

QUESTIONS: Ivonne Martinez, ivmartinez@glendaleca.gov

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GLENDALE – RFP – AHA! (Art Happens Anywhere)

The Arts and Culture Commission is accepting proposals from artists who would like to participate in its new AHA! Program. Artists of all artistic genres, art organizations, or schools may submit proposals. The specific purpose of AHA! is to stimulate the public with non-traditional artwork, art experiences and performances in unexpected places. AHA! not only will delight the public with pop-up art, hopefully  engage people in social conversation. Through new art currency such as innovative use of technology, audience interactivity, and unconventional delivery methods, AHA! seeks to foster progressive attitudes toward art, artmaking and performance, and  to elevate the role of art in enhancing a community. True to the AHA! theme, proposals are being sought for art in any City-owned public place. The artwork may be visual, musical, performance-based, social, experiential, environmental, sensory—all delivery methods will be considered.

ELIGIBILITY: Artists of all artistic genres, art organizations, or schools may submit proposals.

BUDGET: A total allocation of $30,000 has been budgeted for AHA!  Project budgets from $3,000 to $15,000 will be considered, with the expectation that higher cost projects would have longer lasting and further reaching impact.

DEADLINE: Projects can be proposed for any time between the due date of this Call for Artists and March 2017.

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CITY OF GLENDALE – RFQ – Public Art Master Plan Consultant

The Glendale Arts & Culture Commission (ACC), an advisory board to the City Council of the City of Glendale (City), is seeking proposals from consultants or consultant teams with specific experience in public art master planning for the purpose of developing a Public Art Master Plan (Master Plan) for the City. The selected consultant will work with the ACC and the City to gather and use broad public and City involvement in the creation of the Plan. Proposals should include information demonstrating recent experience in public arts planning, community stakeholder outreach, and municipal coordination.

BUDGET: The applicant’s fee proposal/budget should cover all expenses of the consultant to conduct a needs analysis, elicit community input, synthesize this research within the framework of best practices, and publish the final Master Plan that is endorsable by ACC and the City Council.

 

DEADLINE: March 30, 2016 at 5:00 P.M.

QUESTIONS: Sharon Mann Garrett, sgarrett@glendaleca.gov

 

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CITY OF GLENDALE – RFP – Public Art Master Plan Consultant

The Glendale Arts & Culture Commission (ACC), an advisory board to the City Council of the City of Glendale (City), is seeking proposals from consultants or consultant teams with specific experience in public art master planning for the purpose of developing a Public Art Master Plan (Master Plan) for the City. The selected consultant will work with the ACC and the City to gather and use broad public and City involvement in the creation of the Plan. Proposals should include information demonstrating recent experience in public arts planning, community stakeholder outreach, and municipal coordination.

ELIGIBILITY: Review the RFP for details

BUDGET: The applicant’s fee proposal/budget should cover all expenses of the consultant to conduct a needs analysis, elicit community input, synthesize this research within the framework of best practices, and publish the final Master Plan that is endorsable by ACC and the City Council.

 

DEADLINE: 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

QUESTIONS: Sharon Mann Garrett, sgarrett@glendaleca.gov, , 818-937-7815

 

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CITY OF GLENDALE – RFP – BEYOND THE BOX: A Utility Box Mural Program

The City of Glendale Arts and Culture Commission has designed a program to support public art programs and to enhance the community and neighborhoods through the use of murals. The project, Beyond the Box, would enhance the aesthetics of the city, promote civic pride, increase pedestrian traffic and extend public art to new areas and unexpected places while creating an attractive environment and allowing art to be introduced to the public in a creative and inventive way. The program goal is to bring beauty to unexpected places such as public infrastructure and utility boxes.

ELIGIBILITY: This project is open to all local and regional artists. The Commission encourages applications from both new and established artists, but Glendale applicants may be given preference. Artists may apply as an individual artist or as a group.

DEADLINE: April 18, 2014

BUDGET: The Arts and Culture Commission will fund up to $750.00 per utility box, inclusive of all artist’s fees, paints and materials. The Commission anticipates selecting artwork for up to 26 utility boxes.

QUESTIONS: Annette Vartanian, Arts & Culture Program Supervisor, (818) 548-2030, avartanian@ci.glendale.ca.us

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