Carson City seeks proposals for roundabout sculpture

Carson City is seeking an artist or artist team to design, fabricate and install a freestanding, outdoor, original sculpture at the South Carson Street/South Stewart Street Roundabout.

The deadline to submit to phase 1 of the request for qualifications period is June 30. Interested artists or teams can apply online: https://www.carson.org/government/departments-g-z/parks-recreation-open-space/arts-culture/grants-opportunities.

According to Sierra Scott, the city’s arts and culture supervisor, the project will fit with the South Carson Complete Streets project.

“Carson City recently completed the South Carson Complete Streets project, the largest corridor revitalization project in the city’s history,” Scott said in a news release. “One of the focal points of the corridor revitalization is the roundabout at South Carson Street and South Stewart Street. This roundabout is intended to serve as an inviting gateway connecting the busy commercial corridor of South Carson Street and historic downtown Carson City which includes many shops and restaurants as well as the Nevada State Capitol.”

The city is seeking artwork that will “celebrate our community and provide welcoming aesthetics to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists entering from all directions of the roundabout,” according to Scott.

Artists must be at least 18 and have public art project experience that matches the scope of the project. Artists must have successfully managed and completed at least one large-scale commission on schedule and on budget. The budget for the roundabout project is $190,000 for all costs and expenses required to “fully realize, deliver and install the original artwork selected.”

A public art panel will select a project to recommend to the Carson City Cultural Commission and Board of Supervisors through a two-phase process. Phase 1 will seek to establish a pool of up to three well-qualified artists or artist teams from the request for qualifications. Phase 2 will focus on evaluating detailed proposals for the roundabout from the pool of artists or artist teams selected in phase 1. All artists selected for phase 2 must visit the project site and attend community engagement meetings.

For information, contact Scott at siscott@carson.org or 775-283-7867.