Pioneer Ways Arts

The City of Oak Harbor issued an RFP calling for artists to submit proposals for art to be placed on Pioneer Way since the street is being redeveloped. The deadline for the RFP was January 14, 2011. The City received 16 proposals. The City of Oak Harbor Arts Commission will review the proposals and make a recommendation to the City Council. This blog has been created to share information with the public on the proposals.

Project parameters

The RFP requested proposals for four possible locations along Pioneer Way. The general locations that are currently under consideration are:
1) City Beach Street and Pioneer Way - SE corner or general vicinity
2) Dock Street and Pioneer Way - NW corner or general vicinity
3) Ireland St and Pioneer Way
4) Midway Blvd and Pioneer way - NE corner or general vicinity.

Total budget = $80,000

The Art Commission considered the City Beach Street and the Midway Blvd location to be the entryways and therefore assigned prominence to these locations by allocating $30,000 to each of those locations.

The Art Commission may choose to change some of these location or allocate $$ based on the choice of artwork.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Survey Results and Arts Commission Recommendations

The Arts Commission met on April 25, 2011 at the City Council Chambers to hear the survey results and make a recommendation to the City Council on the art pieces for Pioneer Way.

The survey results are available in graphs and charts.
The survey results are also available in counts and percentages.

After deliberation the Arts Commission made the following recommendations to the City Council:

City Beach St - In his Element (Seal)
Dock Street - Option 1 is Clouds II and option 2 is Water Sculpture
Ireland Street - Option 1 is Water Sculpture and option 2 is Fish out of Water (if Water Sculpture is selected at Dock Street)
Midway Blvd - Moon Waves

The recommendation is scheduled to be heard by the City Council on May 17, 2011.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

VOTE NOW - April 18th Deadline

The deadline for the Pioneer Way Arts survey is April 18, 2011.  The survey can be taken online here.  Surveys can also be printed and mailed in.  To print the survey click here.

Survey results will be presented to the Arts Commission on April 25, 2011 at 6pm at the City Council chambers.
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