[Press Release] : Public Art Opportunity: Fire Station No. 9

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2008

CONTACT: Marie Nau Hunter
Manager, Office of Cultural Affairs
(573) 874-7512

Public Art Opportunity: Fire Station No. 9
									
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - The city of Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs
(OCA) invites artists residing in Missouri to apply for a public art
project for the city’s Fire Station No. 9. The art budget for the fire
station project is $14,500.
	Fire Station No. 9 will be located on the northwest corner of
North Providence Road and Blue Ridge Road in Columbia. Once completed,
Fire Station No. 9 will be designated as the city’s HAZMAT station and
will include a Columbia Police Department sub-station. The station will
feature drive-thru bays for safer movement of trucks and more room for
reserve and specialty equipment, as well as living quarters for the fire
department employees who will staff the station 24 hours a day.
	Artists should submit qualifications only, not design proposals,
a hallmark of the city’s Percent for Art program since it allows the
artist, once selected, to propose a work or works after he/she is under
contract and has learned the specifics of the overall construction site
and project.
	A prospectus, including guidelines for applying, is available at
www.GoColumbiaMo.com/Arts (select the “artist opportunity” link at
the top of the page) or by 
contacting the OCA for a printed copy. To be considered, complete
applications must be postmarked by Dec. 12, 2008.
	The Fire Station No. 9 project is a component of Columbia’s
Percent for Art program, established in 1997, which requires that one
percent of total construction costs for eligible new and renovation
projects be set aside for site-specific public art. 
	For more information, contact the OCA at 573-874-7512,
oca at GoColumbiaMo.com.

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