10 Jan Graphic Design Mural Call for GMA Headquarters | Atlanta, GA | Due Jan 26, 2024
Title of Request for Proposal (RFP): GMA Headquarters Courtyard Mural
Owner: Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.
Site Location: 201 Pryor St, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
Date of Issue: 11/17/2023
Last Day/Time to Submit
Questions: 1/5/2023 by 5:00 PM EST via email to [email protected]
RFP Submission Due Date: January 26, 2024, by 5PM- electronic submission via
email to [email protected]
OVERVIEW
The Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) seeks proposals from Georgia based visual artists to submit proposals for an innovative and colorful two-dimensional mural for the Courtyard area of the Georgia Municipal Association’s headquarters.
ABOUT GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION
The mission of the Georgia Municipal Association is to anticipate and influence the forces shaping Georgia’s cities and to provide leadership, tools and services that assist municipal governments in becoming more innovative, effective, and responsive.
Created in 1933, the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) is the only state organization that represents municipal governments in Georgia. Based in Atlanta, GMA is a voluntary, non-profit organization that provides legislative advocacy, educational, employee benefit and technical consulting services to its members which include all 537 cities in Georgia. GMA currently represents all cities in Georgia. A 66-member Board of Directors, composed of city officials, governs GMA. Program implementation is charged to the Executive Director and staff of 115 full-time employees.
DESIGN BRIEF
Visual artists who reside in Georgia are invited to submit proposals for an innovative and colorful two-dimensional mural for the Courtyard area of the Georgia Municipal Association’s headquarters. Artists are encouraged to create a contemporary work that addresses both the mission, interests, and scope of the Association, as well as the character, diversity and role of cities, their leaders, the work of their employees, and the citizens they serve in the context and history of Georgia’s cities.
The goals of this mural are to:
• Share the intrinsic value of Georgia’s cities on the state. Highlighting vibrance, energy, and diversity of cities in Georgia. Key characteristics of the artwork could include downtowns, small business, architecture, streetscapes, and parks. The artwork may represent these characteristics through the depiction of historic buildings, housing, businesses and shops, churches, greenspace, and murals or historic signage. This mural should broaden viewers’ perspectives and awareness of the role of cities by celebrating the impact of cities as centers of commerce, incubators of ideas and cradles of democracy, all of which foster the dynamism of the state.
• Connect the GMA mission and the associations three pillars: Advocacy. Service. Innovation. The mural should serve as a welcoming, positive, upbeat, energetic, non-controversial space for
visitors, GMA staff members, city officials, area residents and area workers.
• Build community and a sense of pride amongst member cities across the state who visit the GMA headquarters and strive to improve working relationships with state leaders and legislators.
• Highlightthe dedication that GMA has for all its member cities and articulate the association’s core values. This mural will also highlight the work and passion of a Georgia-based artist around the themes and concepts in this document and GMA guidance.
SCOPE OF SERVICES GMA’s headquarters facility is in Downtown Atlanta at the intersection of Trinity Ave and Pryor St. The headquarters consists of two office buildings, courtyard area, and a 5-story parking structure.
The site for the design work installation will be located within the Courtyard area which is located within the interior between GMA’s two office buildings. Once the design has been developed, GMA will have design sized, printed, and added onto an existing framing system located within the courtyard. Please see the below details regarding the size of the frame. The site is available immediately upon selection and site visits can be coordinated with the building services team. The design work must be completed by April 30, 2024
Read more and apply through: GMA Courtyard Request for Proposal FINAL