My Art Registry

I recently enter a Call of Entry by the Alameda County Arts Commission and got accepted. The second round of selection process will be later. Above are some of the pieces that I entered.

June 10-2010

Nga Trinh:

Thank you for submitting an application to the Alameda County Arts Commission’s Small-Scale Commission Projects Artist Registry. We received 199 applications from artists throughout Alameda County. 143 artists have been accepted into the Registry. We are very pleased to tell you that you have been accepted!

Following the selection process approved by the Alameda County Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC) and members of the Alameda County Arts Commission, the applications were reviewed by a selection committee of arts professionals. The following individuals served on the selection committee:
• Angee Helstrup-Alvarez, Executive Director, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (San Jose)
• David Huff, Exhibitions and Programs Coordinator, Pro Arts Gallery (Oakland)
• Anuradha Vikram, Curator, Worth Ryder Gallery, and Coordinator, Graduate Lecture Series at Department of Art Practice, UC Berkeley; independent curator

The selection committee’s recommendation was approved by the PAAC on June 1 and by the members of the Arts Commission on June 9. The Registry will be active for two years.

During the next two years we will be working on a number of public art projects including: Phase 1 of the Highland Hospital Acute Care Tower Replacement Project; Ashland Youth Center; the San Lorenzo Library; and other projects to be announced.

Here’s a reminder of how the Registry will be used:
For each new project, a group of artists will be selected from the Registry to advance to a Project Pool. The Project Pools will be reviewed by Selection Panels that are typically comprised of artists, arts professionals, community members, and County staff. When compiling a Project Pool, the following factors will be considered: goals, budget, site and artistic material requirements, artist’s past experience, expected scope of work, artist’s artistic approach in relationship to the project goals and opportunities, and other relevant information. If you are placed into a Project Pool we will contact you to confirm that you are interested in the project and available during the specified schedule. Due to the number of artists in the Registry and the volume of upcoming projects, the Arts Commission will only contact artists if they are placed in a Project Pool. (Artists who are not being considered will not be contacted). The Public Art Advisory Committee and the members o! f the Arts Commission must review and approve each Project Pool before it is presented to the Selection Panel. Depending on the project, the Selection Panel may meet twice to review the artists’ application materials and select semi-finalists, who will be paid a small honorarium to either develop a written project proposal and/or attend an interview. Semi-finalists will be given the opportunity to learn about the project and site prior to creating a specific proposal. Upon completion of all interviews, the Selection Panel will recommend one or more artists to be awarded the commission for each project. (Multiple artists may receive separate contracts for the same facility through this program.) For other projects, the Selection Panel may only meet once to interview artists and then recommend one artist to be awarded the commission. For all projects, the Selection Panels’ recommendations must be approved by the Public Art Advisory Committee, the Alameda County Arts Commission, and (depending on the contract amount) the Alameda County Board of Supervisors before contracts for the projects can be issued.

Thank you again for applying for this opportunity. We look forward to being in touch with you!

Sincerely,

Rachel Osajima, Executive Director
Amy Stimmel, Public Art Program Coordinator
Rosa Valdez, 100 Families Program Coordinator and Public Art Program Coordinator