Public art opportunity / Oportunidad de arte público—Hennepin County Hosmer Library
Request for qualifications due June 22, 2023
Fecha límite 22 de junio de 2023
Apply through the Hennepin County application portal
Project / Proyecto: Hennepin County Hosmer Library
Call Open: May 19 – June 22 2023 at 11:59 PM CDT
Fecha de publicación: 19 de mayo – 22 de junio de 2023, 11:59 PM CDT
Commission / Honorarios del artista: $27,000
Commissions available / Comisiones disponibles: 1 (open to artist teams / abierta para equipos de artistas)
About the art
The design of “Seeding the Stars” was created based on ideas, priorities, and feedback from Central residents and library patrons.
The east pillar features a child reading. The child is seated on the earth. The Dakota words Mni Sota Makoce are woven through the indigenous soil. Each book and newspaper stacked beside the child honor important community institutions and movements core to the Central Neighborhood. As the child learns about their history, waves of energy radiate into the cosmos. The stars become neurons, representing learning, and the vast beauty of neurodiversity.
The west pillar features an elder gardening, surrounded by an ecosystem of native plants. She is planting seeds for future harvest and pollination. This pillar honors the long history of foraging, cultivating, community gardening, and diversity in the Central Neighborhood.
Juliette Perine Myers assisted with this project.
About the selected artist
Olivia Levins Holden (she/they) is a queer, mixed Boricua muralist, organizer, artist, and educator living in Mni Sota Makoce, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Olivia’s work centers around art as transformation, connection, and narrative. She emphasizes community involvement and collective design, drawing on themes of ecology, personal story, and people’s history. Since 2009, she has created and led murals in Minneapolis, California, and Puerto Rico, including Waves of Change/Oleadas de Cambio (2015), Defend, Nurture, Grown Phillips (2019), and Ritmos y Raíces de Resistencia (2021). Olivia leads the Power of Vision Mural Project and Transformational Creative Strategies Training (TRCSTR) at Hope Community. She is a founding member of Studio Thalo Collective. Olivia received a 2022 McKnight Fellowship for Community Engaged Artists.
In 2023, our team announced this open call for artists. Selected artist Olivia Levins Holden began artistic work on this mural with artist Juliette Perine Myers in April, 2024. The library held a celebratory event with the artists on February 8, 2025.
Hennepin County Library and Forecast are collaborating on a public art opportunity.
Artists practicing in all artistic media were invited to submit qualifications to be considered for this public art opportunity.
In 2022, Hennepin County Library contracted Forecast Public Art to facilitate a creative community engagement activity and a call for an artist/artist team to design and create public artwork that represents the community.
ELIGIBILITY
This Public Art commission is open to all artists, or artist-led teams that live in the Central neighborhood (zip codes 55407, 55408, or 55409) or have a demonstrated connection to the Hosmer Library and/or Central community. Applicants must be 18 years or older and have proven experience with public art.
Hennepin County, Forecast Public Art, and the selection committee does not discriminate on the grounds of any protected status or class, including but not limited to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or public assistance status. No person who is protected by applicable law against discrimination shall be subjected to discrimination.
Hennepin County Library e Forecast están colaborando en una oportunidad de arte público.
Se invita a los artistas de todos los medios artísticos a presentar sus cualificaciones para aspirar a esta oportunidad de arte público.
En 2022, Hennepin County Library contrató a Forecast Public Art para facilitar una actividad creativa de compromiso con la comunidad y una convocatoria para que un artista o un equipo de artistas diseñaran y crearan una obra de arte pública que representara a la comunidad.
ELEGIBILIDAD
Esta Comisión de Arte Público está abierta a todos los artistas o equipos dirigidos por artistas que vivan en el barrio Central (códigos de área 55407, 55408 o 55409) o tengan una vinculación demostrada con Hosmer Library y/o la comunidad del Central. Los candidatos deben ser mayores de 18 años y tener experiencia demostrada en arte público.
Hennepin County, Forecast Public Art y el comité de selección no discriminan por razón de ninguna condición o clase protegida, incluyendo, pero no limitado a raza, color, credo, religión, origen nacional, sexo, expresión de género, identidad de género, edad, discapacidad, estado civil, orientación sexual o estado de asistencia pública. Ninguna persona protegida contra la discriminación por la legislación aplicable será objeto de discriminación.
To learn more and apply
Make a profile via the supplier portal for Hennepin County.
You will need to create an account and log in before posting your response.
Contact Stacy Salo if you need assistance navigating the suppliers site.
612-348-4509 | stacy.salo@hennepin.us
You will use the site for all submission materials, except Q&A submissions.*
*Addendum No. 1 (June 14, 2023):
After registering an account in the portal, submissions may be emailed to Melvin.nye@hennepin.us, in lieu of submitting a final application through the portal. The county requires registration in the portal to access the full RFQ. Applicants submitting their final application via the portal MUST acknowledge receipt of Addendum No.1 in the provided field. Those submitting via email do not need to acknowledge an addendum. Note: the addendum also includes responses to questions that applicants submitted in writing to Forecast and the County.
Aprender más y aplicar
Crea un perfil a través del portal de proveedores de Hennepin County.
Deberá crear una cuenta e iniciar sesión antes de enviar su respuesta.
Por favor, póngase en contacto con Stacy Salo al 612-348-4509 o stacy.salo@hennepin.us si necesita ayuda para navegar por el sitio de los proveedores.
Utilizará el sitio para todos los materiales de envío, excepto los envíos de preguntas y respuestas.*
*Adenda Nº 1 (14 de junio 2023):
Después de registrar una cuenta en el portal de proveedores, los envíos pueden enviarse por correo electrónico a Melvin.nye@hennepin.us, en lugar de utilizar el Portal de proveedores. El condado requiere registrarse en el portal para acceder a la solicitud de calificaciones. Solicitantes que envían su solicitud final a través del portal: Acuse recibo de esta adenda en el campo previsto al introducir su presentación en el Portal del Proveedor. Aquellos que envían por correo electrónico no necesitan reconocer esta adenda. Nota: esta adenda también incluye respuestas a las preguntas que los solicitantes enviaron por escrito a Forecast y al Condado.
All materials must be received by
June 22, 2023 at 11:59pm CDT
Late applications will not be reviewed.
Todos los materiales deben recibirse antes del
22 de junio de 2023 a las 11:59pm CDT
No se revisarán las solicitudes presentadas fuera de plazo.
Questions?
If you need clarification or further info, contact both
Yarlyn Rosario, Forecast Project Manager
yarlyn@forecastpublicart.org
and
Lisa Bartels, Hennepin County Facility Services
lisa.bartels@hennepin.us
¿Preguntas?
Si necesita aclaraciones o más información, póngase en contacto con estas dos personas
Yarlyn Rosario Administradora de proyectos de Forecast yarlyn@forecastpublicart.org
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Lisa Bartels Hennepin County Facility Services lisa.bartels@hennepin.us
(651) 641-1128
INFO@FORECAST
