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Artists Brief for Percent for Art Competition for Lucan East Educate Together National School
Brief
Lucan East Educate Together National School (LEETNS) wishes to commission a permanent artwork that reflects in part or total the ethos of our school. The commissioners wish to provide as broad a scope as possible to artists, in terms of artistic approach, proposed sites for the artwork (e.g. internal, external, or incorporated into some aspect of the building) and how the project might be executed. In keeping with our ‘child-centred’ ethos however, we require a certain level of artistic engagement with the children in respect of the project. As an Educate Together school, our ethos is central to our modus operandi and we would like to see this in some way reflected in the selected artwork (see context below). The estimated budget for this project is €23,000.
Background
Lucan East Educate Together National School (LEETNS) is based in the Lucan area of west county Dublin in a new purpose built building built in 2008. Lucan East ETNS is a state funded national school that operates under the patronage of Educate Together. For more information check the website: www.educatetogether.ie, www.lucaneastet.com,
Context
LEETNS is one of 56 ‘Educate Together’ schools that are now situated around the country. These schools began to emerge in the early 1980’s as part of a movement to establish multi-denominational primary schools in Ireland. The distinctive ethos or governing spirit of these schools is reflected in four core principles – Child centred, co-educational, multi-denominational and democratically run. Whilst the concepts of child-centeredness and co-educational are now widely accepted in Irish primary education, what distinguishes the Educate Together schools is their hard work in developing a culturally inclusive and democratic ethos. The schools have developed education programmes which open the eyes of children to the naturally positive contribution that social, religious and cultural diversity and difference of viewpoint and opinion make to society. The other characteristic feature of these schools is that they are democratically organised and governed. This maximises the potential for building a genuine partnership between the professional, objective role of the teacher and the necessarily personal involvement of the parent in contributing to their children’s education.
Stages of Competition
Stage 1 Artists are invited to submit an expression of interest accompanied by samples of previous work. (see details at end of this document)
Stage 2 A maximum of 4 artists will be short listed on the basis of samples of previous work. These artists will be invited to research and develop proposals for context specific artworks. Each will be awarded €500 towards developing proposals.
Stage 3 Following submission of proposals, one project proposal will be selected and awarded the commission.
Stage 4 Execution and installation of commission.
Timeframe for Commission
Advertise and specific invites sent out to artists 28/01/2010
Closing date for receipt of expression of interest 01/03/2010
Short listing of max 4 artists and invite to develop proposal for Context specific artwork 11/03/2010
On site visit to school Week beginning 22/03/2010
Artist Research Phase Mid March – Mid May
Closing date for proposals 25/05/2010
Selection Panel meet (artists present) First week in June 2010
Creation/installation of selected artwork Sept 2010 – April 2011
Criteria
For stage 1 of this competition (expression of interest with samples of previous work) the following criteria will apply in the short listing process
· Ambition and quality of previous work Relevance or connection of some work samples to child-centred ethos of our school
Once short-listed artists have been selected the following criteria will apply to the selection process (stage 3) for the final artwork:
· Artistic ambition and quality of proposal · Relevance to school community (in context of ET ethos) · Quality of ideas for critically engaging pupils of the school with artistic process and/or completed artwork Economic viability of proposal within the given budget for project. The budget must include all aspects of project from conception to installation.
Schedule of Payments The commissioned artist will be paid one third of the fee upon signing of the contract, a further one third when the work is at the half way stage and the final third when the work is completed and in place on site. The successful artist will be required to enter into a written agreement with the board of management of Lucan East ETNS which will agree responsibilities, timescale and copyright issues.
The successful artist will be required to submit a copy of his/her insurance cover which will indemnify the board of management.
Application details Stage 1
Artists interested in being considered for this commission are now invited to submit an expression of interest to include:
· Curriculum Vitae · Minimum 10 images of previous relevant work produced (these can be supplied in slide format or on CD) A short statement (e.g. 200 words) indicating why you would be interested in this project.
A panel of judges established by Lucan East ETNS board of management will assess all applications, in line with public art commissioning procedures. The selection committee will be made up of:
· Professional practising artist · Public arts officer · Teacher representative · BOM chairperson · School principal · School caretaker One or two parents representatives
Applications will be assessed using the following criteria: 1. The quality of the idea 2. Artistic merit 3. Relevance to the school and the environment 4. Impact and benefits to the school community and the wider community Value for money
The estimated amount of this award is €23,000
Submissions to be posted to:
Per Cent for Art Committee Lucan East Educate Together National School Kishogue Cross Griffeen Ave Lucan Co Dublin
Closing date for receipt of expression of interest: 01/03/2010
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