I can second Jonathan's assertion. Architects often directly pay a fee to respond to "open" calls, or they make a policy only to apply for public jobs where...
Jonathon posits that architects and engineers pay fees to submit for jobs. Incurring marketing costs, which they most certainly do, is different than paying...
Sollodstudo draws an important distinction between paying for the privilege to submit qualifications and the cost to submit a bid. I don't support charging a...
If you guys think charging a fee is outrageous, the Arizona Historical Advisory Commission is seeking proposals and applicants must be able to secure their own...
An architect I'm working with needs a drawing for a mural I designed transferred to Autocad so they can have a scalable drawing in order to know exactly how...
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Jul 6, 2011 12:35 pm
Tell the committee you are the artist their job is to administer not design or redesign. Go on craigslist and find cad operator. Mattison Fitzgerald "Real"...
I'm not quite sure what the problem is. It's easy to import JPEG or TIFF images into AutoCAD and if you give them one dimension the rest can be easily scaled....
Lynn, Good news...It's easy! If you have a scanned JPEG of your drawing, the architect can use that file format via CAD's "insert raster image" command. Give...
Hi Lynn, Â What program is your drawing in? What the architect may be asking for is vector graphics, so it scales without the same loss of resolution. Think...
Great advice so far! I don't know exactly what the circumstances are, but here is a tidbit I discovered. I was like you, Lynn, avoiding cad altogether, but I...
Lynn, You can export your design from Photoshop or Illustrator for use in AutoCAD. If your design is vector, as in scalable points in Illustrator, go to...
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Jul 6, 2011 8:27 pm
HI - Hopefully you can help me? I'm trying to found a public art program and sculpture in the poorest county in NM. My project was selected after two rounds by...
You people are amazing! Thank you thank you thank you for this outpouring of truly useful advice. Emily Taylor, an artist on the listserv, is communicating...
Hello group, Right now there's an online poll at the Sun-Sentinel asking whether public art is a good use of taxpayer money. If you have two seconds please go...
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Jul 13, 2011 8:17 pm
HI They are trying to cut the City of Lincolns Arts Public Arts Program. Please send their form letter. MF Artist...
Wow. The poll shows that twice as many people think that public art shouldn't be supported over basic services. Of course they're going to say that when the...
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Jul 13, 2011 8:39 pm
HI - I tried to post this but I think it is rigged it wont go. I tried 3 times. Hope this helps, for those of you with an opinion and no education in art or ...
art=jobs The arts mean jobs! The nonprofit arts industry generates $166.2 billion annually in economic activity, supports 5.7 million full-time equivalent jobs...
Unlike the falsehood that wealthy republicants create jobs, public art actually does. I hire welders, glass fabricators, foundry workers, and painters to...
Received a request from an artist in Norfolk looking for a shop to laminate a Dupont inner-layer product for windscreens in a light rail shelter. The artist...
He could try Skyline Design here in Chicago: http://www.skydesign.com/ Lynn...
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Jul 14, 2011 4:24 am
Hi, I use the same. You forgot the grocery store, restaurants, craft stores, supply stores, hardware stores, framing stores, paint stores, shippers, packers, ...
There was an article in the Denver Post over the weekend talking about public art. The best part is they show a "sample" budget at the end of the article,...
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Jul 14, 2011 7:13 pm
Hi - This letter went to the Sun Sentinel in FLA. It is nearly the same but some changes at the beginning and end of the letter you might want to read. If...
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Jul 14, 2011 7:13 pm
HI - I read the article it was pretty good and followed it up with this letter. You guys might find some program ideas and statistics here to help what you are...
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Jul 14, 2011 11:14 pm
Info on my tax program year one. Mattison Fitzgerald Voluntary Tax Check Off Arts Fund Surpasses *$150,000* Mark *Individual contributions average almost $10* ...
