As we reported in the March HANC Voice  (https://www.hanc-sf.org/24-home/676-call-for-artists-public-art-at-730-stanyan ), the affordable housing planned for 730 Stanyan is required to use part of the construction budget to fund art that is visible from the street.

An updated Public Art Request for Qualifications was released on April 18, and forty artists responded by the May 26 deadline.  Out of these forty, five semi-finalists have been chosen:  Kim Anno (https://www.kimanno.com/ ), Jenifer Wofford (https://wofflehouse.com/ ), Miguel Arzabe (https://www.miguelarzabe.net/ ), Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan (https://haddad-drugan.com/) and Andre Jones and Sorrell Tsui of the ABG Art Group and Bay Area Mural Project (https://thebamp.org/ ).

The artists were selected based on their responses to the Request for Qualifications.  The next step is for the artists to submit their proposals for the artwork at the site.  The proposals are due by August 8, with a community input session to be scheduled the week of September 12 and a community survey to be conducted during the following two weeks.  The final selection of the artists is scheduled for the week of October 17.

Initial design and collaboration with the architect team is scheduled to start at the end of October, with a further community input session planned for February or March of 2023.  The schedule for design, fabrication, and installation of the artwork  is still to be determined, but should align with the construction scheduled to take place from 2023 to 2025.