art and design in the public realm how to become commission ready
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Art and Design in the Public Realm
How to become Commission Ready
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Public art and designCrown Fountains Chigaco. Artist Jaume Plensa
Listening Stones Cheltenham.Artist Gordon Young
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temporaryKnit hit commissioned by Milton Keynes Council onElizabeth Frink scultpture
Promenade at Kedleston Hall, Derby.Artist Susie MacmurrayPhotograph Matthew Andrews
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temporary
Plymouth college photography students temporary shop window project commissioned by Lisa Harty for regeneration project Plymouth City Council.
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Lighting
Artist Jason Bruges StudioChristmas Lights.Artist David Batchelor
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pavingTypeset paving Fakenham.Artist Simon Watkinson
Butterfly Paving detail.Artist Linda Schwab
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Small interventionsAnimal Kingdom Treehouses.Artist London Fieldworks
Pocket Park Gloucestershire.Artist Bews Gorvin
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Small interventionsCarved waymarker.Artist Peter Randall Paige
Pavement bosses Cambridge.Artist Michael Fairfax
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Street furnitureGranite, resin and lighting benches.Artist Simon Hitchens
Bollards.New Zealand
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Artist LedNowhere Island Southwest England.Cultural Olympiad Situations run projectArtist Alex Hartley
King Bladud’s pigs Bath.Artist led over 100 artists pig prototype designed by Artist Alan Dun
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Preparing for Opportunities
– Sources of information• Who knows What• Understanding how
opportunities arise• Developments and trends
Image: Dick Weiss window.
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Are you set up to..
• Record ideas and possibilities
• Develop opportunities• Reflect on past projects• Build relationships• Keep records of useful
contacts
Image: One of postcard series to accompany weather sensitive light works in paving at Canal Walk Swindon. Artist Natalie Woolf
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Analysing potential opportunities
What are the benefits?• Money?• Profile?• Collaboration?• Other?
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Feasibility
• Is the commission consistent with your aims?
• Does it fit your work schedule?
• Does it suit your way of working?
• Any disadvantages?
Image. Whale bone seats at Scotland Natural History Museum. Artist Walter Jack
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You and Your Work
Images Bone Memory triptych and still from War Women Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Artist Lou Hamilton
Analyse and rebalance.Look at how your work balances out:
Making – Teaching –Studio group – Research – Recording – Management and co-ordination
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Types of commission
• Lead Artist• Working with
design team• Mentored artist• Engagement or
community artist
• Working to a developer
• Working to a project manager
• Community led• Working to a local
authority
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Unpacking a Brief
Secret Classroom Dunnalley School Cheltenham. Artist Tracy Hager
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Your response to a brief
• What do you instinctively respond to or reject and why?
• Fee• Status and expectations of
commissioning body• Selection process• Timescale realistic• Who is managing?• What experience do • you need/have?
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What you should show• You are confident and capable• A good communicator• Good at planning and time management• Aware of any issues• Have clarity of vision• Have undertaken research
Image: weather responsive paving Canal walk Swindon.Artist Natalie Woolf
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The Practicalities
InsuranceProcurement issues – equal opps, sustainable policiesEvidence and track recordApproach to the commissionInitial sketch ideasMaintenance info. Technical back upContract confidence
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So you’ve got the commission
• Clarity on your and others roles and status• Management and reporting/documenting
mechanisms• Consultation and community engagement• Presentations and launch• Fitting in to the contract demands• Relationships and collaborations
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SWOT
• Short term aims• Medium term aims• Long term aims
• Rebalance strengths and weaknesses
Image. Cycle path Cambridge.Artist Katy Hallet
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“Presentation is of the utmost importance. Many artists subscribe to the view that the quality of the concept is paramount and therefore it will shine through a sketchy presentation. However a panel will be prejudiced against an artist who makes a shoddy presentation as an indication of lack of care and organisational skills.”
Deanna Petherbridge Art for Architecture