Thank you, Lee. 

I hear back about 60 - 70% of the time. It’s also helpful if the committee can let artists know if a decision has been delayed beyond the intended notification date. All of this will cut down on the emails or calls arts administrators receive from their RFP/RFQ artists. I’d rather not bug busy people.

It’s also very educational when you share the finalists’ names. Sometimes, I'm shocked by the discrepancy between the RFP wording and finalists chosen — but that might be my misinterpretation of the RFP! 

Kindly,
Stacia Goodman



On Jun 5, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Lee Modica <lee@leemodica.com> wrote:

I am surprised to know that sometimes submitting artists never hear the results of a committee's/panel's decisions. I have always sent such notifications and thought it was standard practice. Who would want to be left in the dark wondering?

LEE MODICA
Public Art Administration ~ www.leemodica.com
lee@leemodica.com ~ 850-766-7117



On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 11:50 AM Flanagan, Marjorie <Marjorie.Flanagan@austintexas.gov> wrote:

Thank you Stacia! 

We will make reporting back our goal. 

 

Marjorie

 

 

Marjorie Flanagan | Art in Public Places Sr. Project Manager

marjorie.flanagan@austintexas.gov

Cultural Arts Division | Economic Development Department

 P.O. Box 1088, Austin, TX 78767

Direct: (512) 974-8706 | Main: (512) 974-7700

austincreates.com | facebook.com/AustinAIPP | publicartist.org/AustinAIPP

We moved to our new offices!  We are now located at 5202 East Ben White Boulevard, Suite 400, 78741.

 

 

 

Marjorie,

 

I agree with Nina, and my stats are even lower. It took me almost 10 years of applying to public art calls (probably 12-15 a year) before receiving my first award. I’m only now beginning to receive “finalist” notifications. In fact, that is my goal, not the award (or I would have given up by now). I’ve also applied to probably 15 or so pre-qualified lists and have not been accepted, despite my fairly deep portfolio of commercial work.

 

I recently lectured on being a public artist to college students. My theme: resiliency and diversified revenue streams!

 

NOTE: Arts administrators, PLEASE let artists know when we’ve not been selected as a finalist. It’s nice to be thanked for our thoughtful response to your RFQ or RFP.

 

Kindly — and hope to see you at my Five in Five presentation during the Preconference next week,

Stacia

 

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Stacia Goodman, Lead Artist

Phone: 612.718.7946



On Jun 5, 2019, at 10:25 AM, Nina Moore <nina@theoxidestudio.com> wrote:

 

Marjorie,

From my perspective, as the spouse of the artist and the one who submits to calls, it is truly a numbers game. It is also so very subjective depending on the panel who views the images.

An artist may think they are the right fit for an award, but once again there are many great artists and so many subjective viewers. An artist may or may not ever get an award, but we have submitted to 151 calls and we have been awarded seven commissions, we are on six pre-qualified lists and have several Art in Public Places commissions. We started seriously pursuing public art opportunities in October 2016 and our success rate is .09%.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Best,

Nina

 

 

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 5:52 PM Public Art Network <nobody@simplelists.com> wrote:

Application to Commission statistics - Flanagan, Marjorie (04 Jun 2019 16:21 UTC)

RE: Application to Commission statistics - Pontious, Susan (ART) (04 Jun 2019 16:29 UTC)

Application to Commission statistics by Flanagan, Marjorie (04 Jun 2019 16:21 UTC)
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Hi All,

I would like to give some of our less seasoned artists statistics on how many applications it might take them until they receive a commission. 

Does anyone have numbers on this?

 

THANK YOU!

 

Marjorie Flanagan | Art in Public Places Sr. Project Manager

marjorie.flanagan@austintexas.gov

Cultural Arts Division | Economic Development Department

 P.O. Box 1088, Austin, TX 78767

Direct: (512) 974-8706 | Main: (512) 974-7700

austincreates.com | facebook.com/AustinAIPP | publicartist.org/AustinAIPP

We moved to our new offices!  We are now located at 5202 East Ben White Boulevard, Suite 400, 78741.

 

 

RE: Application to Commission statistics by Pontious, Susan (ART) (04 Jun 2019 16:29 UTC)
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Sorry, Marjorie, but we don’t have any statistics like that and I would be surprised if anyone did.  The answer to that question is highly dependent on the quality of the artist’s work, and how appropriate it is perceived to be for public art projects.  Certainly, as an artist becomes more seasoned professionally in a variety arenas they are more likely to be selected, but that said we have artists who get commissions on their first application and others that, quite frankly, are unlikely to ever be selected. 

 

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Hi All,

I would like to give some of our less seasoned artists statistics on how many applications it might take them until they receive a commission. 

Does anyone have numbers on this?

 

THANK YOU!

 

Marjorie Flanagan | Art in Public Places Sr. Project Manager

marjorie.flanagan@austintexas.gov

Cultural Arts Division | Economic Development Department

 P.O. Box 1088, Austin, TX 78767

Direct: (512) 974-8706 | Main: (512) 974-7700

austincreates.com | facebook.com/AustinAIPP | publicartist.org/AustinAIPP

We moved to our new offices!  We are now located at 5202 East Ben White Boulevard, Suite 400, 78741.

 

 

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