The housing planned for 730 Stanyan will use public funds and is required to use part of the construction budget to fund art that will be visible from the street.
Artists who are interested should submit their qualifications by April 28 (this is not a deadline to submit proposals for the artwork).
There is a related series of five free online workshops Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:30 pm from March 17 through April 14, which cover "site analysis, stakeholder considerations, community engagement, RFPs vs RFQs, funding opportunities, contracting, and insurance." Registration for the workshops ends on March 10.
Here is the announcement from the project developers:
PUBLIC ART RFQ + FREE WORKSHOP
730 Stanyan 100% Affordable Housing Development team, a partnership of Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) and Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC), is releasing the Public Art Request for Qualifications (RFQ) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/5o7ikik73w58zcc/730%20Stanyan%20PUBLIC%20ART%20RFQ_2022.02.17.pdf?dl=0) on February 17, 2022 for responses from artist applicants by April 28, 2022.
The team is offering “Making it Public”, a FREE 5-week Workshop for Artists of any discipline to cover practical and tactical matters such as contracting, insurance, community engagement, etc. The Workshop will consist of five 90-minute virtual sessions (one per week).
WORKSHOP DATES: Thursdays 6:00pm – 7:30pm PST starting March 17 and ending April 14.
An additional pre-recorded video session will be emailed prior to each meeting.
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION: Opens February 17, 2022 and will close March 10, 2022.
Registration is on a first come, first served basis and is limited to 50 individuals. Register HERE: (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-OMicxVCLZ3j_SQaJOJ-8X61jVfOLkoZ8S-bc4sDojY/viewform?edit_requested=true )