Informal Solicitation No. 5153 (abbreviated version)

For full solicitation go to:  https://www.seattlehousing.org/solicitations/yesler-terrace-one-year-artist-in-residence-air

Yesler Terrace One Year Artist in Residence (AIR)

Important Information:

• Solicitation Issued:  Day / Date:  Thursday, December 20, 2018
• Deadline for Questions:  Day / Date: Thursday, January 11, 2019        Time: 2:00 P.M.

Important:  Please email questions or concerns about any contract requirements as soon as possible so SHA can answer and respond by addendum.

• Submittals/Proposals Due:  Date:  _Friday, January 25, 2019    Time:  2:00 P.M.
• SHA’s Contact:  Name:  Marilyn Westman, Senior Contracts Administrator      
• E-Mail Address for Submittals/Proposals:  Marilyn.Westman@seattlehousing.org      

Project Description:

SHA is seeking 1-2 qualified artist(s) to participate in a One Year Artist Residency associated with the redevelopment of Yesler Terrace (YT) as an Artist in Residence, hereafter referred to as “AIR”.

This program is part of a multi-year initiative that brings arts and culture programs to the Yesler community. Artists are defined as dynamic thinkers interested in engaging with the world through creative forms. Artists and teaching artists working in all disciplines, such as visual arts, performance, dance, and literary arts, are encouraged to apply.

AIR duties include:

• Creating experiences, enabling collaboration, and building relationships through direct involvement with Yesler neighborhood residents. AIR programs may include but are not limited to community conversations, performances, social actions, events, temporary art installations, and workshops; and serve a range of Yesler community members;
• Working with neighborhood service providers and surrounding area institutions to foster new relationships and strengthen community; and
• Helping to consider and respond to the challenges and needs of the Yesler community at large as it navigates a period of major development and transformation.

The residency prioritizes engagement with process and ideas over the AIR’s individual production of art work. Residency activities will be developed by the AIR in consultation with SHA staff and Yesler stakeholders over the period of the residency and should rise to the needs of this particular community. For example, artists might work towards developing greater social cohesion, helping to recapture a sense belonging and ownership in a neighborhood of culturally- and economically-diverse occupants, or helping position cultural pride and heritage as positive drivers of community development as the neighborhood evolves.