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The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture () is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking an individual artist or artist team to serve as an Artist-in-Residence with the Vision Zero Los Angeles County initiative in the unincorporated County community of Florence-Firestone.

During this two-year residency, artist/artist team will provide a) arts-based, healing-informed community engagement around strategies for safer streets, and b) community-engaged temporary and/or permanent artworks as site interventions to enhance pedestrian safety, visibility, cultural equity, beautification, and spatial justice as part of the Safe Streets and Roads for All FY22 – Florence-Firestone Project to support implementation of the Vision Zero Action Plan.

Programmatic activities to meet the following goals may include artistic interventions; artist-led and community-informed projects, workshops, and events; community engagement and participation; the identification or mapping of cultural and community assets; and design development, fabrication, and installation of temporary or permanent artworks:

• ? ? ? ? Build awareness of and support for Vision Zero and traffic safety generally, either in coordination with or in complement to infrastructure improvements; and
• ? ? ? ? Complement and enhance Public Health’s Vision Zero traffic safety education and programmatic activities.

Adopted in 2020 by the Board of Supervisors, the guides the County’s efforts on reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries on unincorporated County roadways. It sets goals and actions to enhance traffic safety in collaboration with agencies and community partners.

Candidates interested in applying must reside or work within Los Angeles County. Applicants of diverse backgrounds encouraged to apply!

Deadline for Submissions: October 8, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. PST

Optional Information Session: September 11, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. PST via Zoom

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TIMELINE

September 4 - Call for Artists Release Date

September 9 at 4:00 P.M. PT - Solicitation Requirements Review (SRR) Request Due

September 11 at 5:00 P.M. PT - Optional Virtual Information Session

September 13 at 5:00 P.M. PT - Written Questions about this Call for Artists due to Arts and Culture

September 24- Arts and Culture publishes Answers to Questions

October 8 at 5:00 P.M. - Deadline for Submissions

October 9 – December 13 - Artist Selection and Contracting

December 16 - Creative Strategist Residency Begins

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Interested and qualified Proposers that can demonstrate their ability and qualifications to successfully provide the required services outlined in Exhibit B (Scope of Work) of Appendix A (Contract) are invited to submit a proposal, provided they meet the following minimum mandatory requirements at the time of proposal submission:

• Be a professional artist or artist team residing or working within Los Angeles County with a minimum of three (3) years of experience within the past seven (7) years creating artwork; arts-based, healing-informed community engagement; and/or arts programming that incorporates public engagement and participation;
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• ? ? ?Be a professional artist or artist team with a minimum of three (3) years of experience within the past seven (7) years creating community-engaged temporary or permanent public artworks for diverse communities, particularly those communities identified as “Precarious LA” in , based on the American Human Development Index, areas with the greatest need as measured by health, education, and earnings outcomes.
  

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To learn more about the Request for Proposals, including how to apply, go here:

QUESTIONS AND TO REGISTER FOR THE OPTIONAL INFORMATION SESSION:

Email Jacqueline Pimentel, Cross Sector Associate at?cross-sector@...