The state of Colorado is requesting qualifications from artists and/or artist teams interested in creating a site-specific exterior public artwork or series of artworks for Front Range Community College’s Health Care Careers Center in Fort Collins, Colorado.The total budget for this opportunity is $158,400 and the deadline for submission is May 20, 2019. Online applications can be submitted here and full RFQ is attached. 

The Art Selection Committee is interested in an artwork that can activate the exterior of the building in an engaging fashion. One possible site that the committee has pinpointed is in the plaza area, just southeast of the main building entrance. This entrance will be the main connection to the rest of campus and the parking lot, and will be the main approach to the building. Another possible exterior site is located on the north side of the building, along Harmony Road. This site would create a visual experience largely for car traffic, with the goal to create interest in the otherwise closed-in side of the building that faces that street. There is also an opportunity for an artwork to be located in or near the pollinator garden, which will be just east of the HCCC building.

 The committee is highly interested in seeing proposals in which multiple artworks in a series utilize the various exterior selected sites. The artwork(s) should be freestanding, as they cannot attach to the building. The campus in general has a focus on the outdoors. All of the other buildings on campus are named after classic 14,000-foot high Colorado mountains –“14ers” – and the building will focus on health and wellness. The committee would like an artwork(s) that considers the campus’ and the building’s priorities holistically.

 Artists from Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region are encouraged to apply.


If you require more information or clarification, please contact Ruth Bruno, Public Art Program Manager, at 303-892-3813 or ruth.bruno@state.co.us.  


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Ruth Bruno

Program Manager, Art in Public Places



P 303-892-3813 | C 303-880-6671

1600 Broadway, Suite 2500, Denver, CO 80202

ruth.bruno@state.co.us | www.coloradocreativeindustries.org