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Artist Honorarium for Proposal Development (Semi-Finalists)

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Submission Closed05/12/2024, 08:00:00 PM EDT

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Solicitation # 26-23

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The City of Asheville in North Carolina is offering a subcontract opportunity for semi-finalist artists to develop and submit full design proposals for a public art project. This initiative provides a 500 dollar honorarium to each participating artist to support the proposal development process, and this payment is guaranteed regardless of whether the artist is ultimately selected for the final project. The solicitation was posted on April 16, 2024, with a response deadline of May 13, 2024. Classified under NAICS code 711510, this opportunity is designed to compensate artists for the professional labor involved in creating detailed design submissions for the city's public art initiative.

General Info

Agency

North Carolina → City of Asheville

NAICS

711510 - Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers

Place of Performance

NC, USA

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NONE

Documents

This scope was carved out of 298-CFA-ArtDecoRedesign-24.

The full solicitation package (1 document), including the RFP, is on the prime solicitation, not on this scope.

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Call for Artists: Art Deco Masterpiece Redesign

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Timeline

PhaseClosed

PostedApr 16

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Response DeadlineMay 12

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Submission Closed

05/12/2024, 08:00:00 PM EDT

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AgencyNorth Carolina → City of Asheville

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Organization / AgencyNorth Carolina → City of Asheville

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Full Description

Stipend for semi-finalist artists to develop and submit full design proposals for the public art project, with $500 honorarium per participant regardless of final selection.