CityFleet Mural or Low Relief Artwork
Design and execute a mural or low relief artwork for CityFleet's Swan Island facility training room. Budget up to $45,000.
The City of Portland and its partners, including the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), CityFleet, and the Office of Arts & Culture, are seeking artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for a public art opportunity at the CityFleet facilities on Swan Island. This opportunity is made possible by the City of Portland's Percent for Art Program, which dedicates up to 2% of qualifying infrastructure project budgets to public art.
Artists are invited to design and execute either a mural directly painted onto walls or a low relief artwork to be installed in the designated frieze area of the CityFleet training room. The available space spans approximately 178 linear feet with a 3½' height. Wall lengths range from 35½' to 62', and artwork may occupy a portion of different walls or wrap around all four walls. The maximum depth for three-dimensional artwork is 3 inches.
The project site features walls made of paint over drywall with steel studs, and electricity access is available on two walls. Artists working in various materials are welcome to apply.
Artists will be responsible for design, materials, fabrication, structural engineering of art components, delivery to the site, and installation. The total budget for this opportunity does not exceed $45,000.
The artwork should meet one or more of these goals: create an inviting space evoking well-being for staff and visitors, evoke a sense of place incorporating natural, historical, industrial, or cultural themes, honor the legacy of industry and trade workers, recognize CityFleet's essential role in Portland's functions, or take inspiration from a technologically advanced future.
CityFleet is relocating from the historic Kerby Garage in North Portland to an existing warehouse on Swan Island, which will be renovated into a vehicle maintenance facility. Swan Island holds significance as a historical industrial site and was important to Indigenous peoples including the Multnomah, Clackamas, and Cowlitz peoples.