In Knoxville, Tennessee the City’s Purchasing Department is obliged to follow state law, which prohibits any kind of preference in RFQ, RFP, or proposal scoring for commissions over $25,000. This has caused much consternation on the part of local artists as well as Knoxville residents. It is frustrating for us, but we must abide by state law.
From: public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com [mailto:public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Ogilvie, Michael
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 11:19 AM
To: public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com
Subject: Local and Non-local preferences
Dear PAN Members,
I am looking for data regarding local preference policies for public art programs. Specifically, does your program restrict calls to artists to locals only, or place a 50% local/50% non-local type of filter on artist selections for RFQ’s?
If you have any information regarding this, please let me know.
Thank you,
Michael Ogilvie
City of San José
Director of Public Art
(408) 793-4338 phone
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