City of Renton
Request for Qualifications

The City of Renton, Washington in partnership with the Renton Municipal Arts Commission is soliciting statements of qualifications from professional artists to be considered for a vibrant mural. The mural will cover the entire length of a 200-foot concrete wall with a total area of 2500 to 3000 square feet at the intersection of SE Petrovitsky Road and 116^th Avenue SE. The artist will play an instrumental role in community engagement activities to determine the artistic elements, content, and theme of the mural design as there is no specific theme for this mural. The engagement activities should build and strengthen community relationships and unify neighborhood groups under a shared identity within the Benson Hill community. The artist is encouraged to incorporate the identity, as well as the surrounding environment and neighborhood into their mural design.

This opportunity is open to all artist with the understanding that the project will require the skills and experience necessary to create large-scale outdoor public artwork through community involvement. The artist will work alongside staff within the City of Renton’s Recreation and Neighborhoods Division and AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer Program to organize community engagement activities capable of facilitation discussion among residents and community stakeholders centered on identifying how the mural would best represent the Benson Hill community including surrounding neighborhoods.

The selected artist shall develop and provide two conceptual designs of the mural for review the City of Renton and Renton Municipal Arts Commission.  The conceptual design should only be submitted after the completion of at least two community engagement activities.

The final description of services under this RFQ is subject to negotiations between the selected artist and the city. The city reserves the right to enter into a future contract with the selected artist to paint the mural on the wall (see RFQ for contract template).

Project Timeline

RFQ Issued:
Proposals Due: April 10, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Staff review of proposals: April 13, 2020 to April 27, 2020
Final Artist Selected: May 5, 2020

Information about the instructions and deadline for submitting a statement of qualifications are available on the City’s website at www.rentonwa.gov/bids. Responses are due by Friday, April 10, 2020 at 4:00 pm. The RFQ contact is Elena Rodriguez at errodriguez@rentonwa.gov

Jason A. Seth, MMC
City Clerk

Published:
Daily Journal of Commerce: 3/3/2020