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43 <br />TYPES OF ARTIST SOLICITATION <br />There are several standard methods of artist selection that may be used for either <br />public or private percent for art projects. Typically, public projects, as reflective of <br />standard government bid processes, require an openly advertised bid. Privately- <br />funded projects tend to use more direct methods of selection. <br />REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) <br />Request for Qualifications (RFQ) can be an effective and efficient method to <br />issue a Call for Artists. RFQs require minimal expenditures of time and money <br />from artists. RFQs primarily rely upon examples of an artist’s previous work and <br />typically include an artist’s vita, selected references, and a statement of interest <br />about the project. When RFQs are written thoughtfully and applicants’ materials <br />are subsequently reviewed, considered, and evaluated by arts professionals and <br />the commissioning organization, a short-list of qualified artists to interview for a <br />proposed project may be easily accomplished. <br />The outcome of this process creates opportunities for in-person interviews <br />or offering a reasonable fee to compensate development of conceptual ideas <br />for the project. The RFQ process does not anticipate that artists prepare or <br />present specific ideas based on limited information provided in the Call. Instead, <br />conceptual artwork proposals for the project are developed only after learning <br />more about the project through site visits and interactions with project personnel <br />and constituent interests. It is expected that short-listed artists be compensated <br />for travel expenses when invited to interview. <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) <br />If the design process is sufficiently advanced and a context has been established <br />to which the artists can respond, each of the finalists may be asked to develop <br />a preliminary artwork proposal. Request for Proposals (RFP) can be an effective <br />way to consider and evaluate the appropriateness of an artist when a limited <br />number of artists are invited to participate in a selection process, the criteria <br />for selection is explicit and uniform, and there is an honorarium paid to the <br />artist for each submission. Commissioning bodies recognize that artists will not <br />have sufficient time and information to develop site specific proposals that are <br />informed by substantial client interaction unless the proposals and competition <br />affords at least four to six weeks of preparation time. <br />Proposals are requested only when the commissioning agency is prepared to <br />consider the proposal as a conceptual approach to the project and not the <br />final design. The commissioning body must pay for the proposals, all proposal <br />materials are returned to those artists not selected for the project, and the <br />commissioning agency recognizes that all ideas presented for the project, <br />including copyright, belong to each artist. <br />54