Wyo. Code R. 024-0011-2
Arts Council - Art in Public Buildings
Chapter 2: Procedures for Selection
Effective Date: 06/10/1996 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 024.0011.2.06101996
Section 1. Selection procedures. The Committee must select one of the following procedures as the selection process for the project.
(a) Open Competition: Open competitions are open to all artists. This can be on a regional or national basis. A prospectus detailing the “call for entry” will be done in cooperation with and through local and national art agencies.
(b) Registry Competition: The competition entries are limited to artists registered with the Wyoming Arts Council artists slide Bank. All updated members of the slide bank will receive notification of the competition.
(c) Invitational Competition: The Department of Commerce, acting through the Wyoming Arts Council, invites not more than fifteen (15) art professionals appropriate for the type of purchase or commission under consideration. The arts professionals receive a detailed description of the project and its needs. The Selection Committee selects from those submissions.
(d) Direct Competition: The Committee has the prerogative to directly invite artists to submit materials in consideration for a commission or purchase of art work or they may visit galleries, museums, or studios to select art work.
Section 2. Accessibility. Any art work commissioned or purchased with funds provided by Art In Public Places legislation must be located in an accessible area.
Section 3. Submission deadline for projects. After the first meeting, the Wyoming Arts Council shall create a prospectus describing the project in detail, which will be used as a “call for entries”.
(a) The prospectus shall include a description of the building site, architectural renderings, discussion of the building’s use and functions, method of purchase (commission and or purchase), and the type of competition.
(b) The prospectus shall include wording that encourages Wyoming artists to apply for eligible projects.
(c) Wyoming artists registered in the Artist Slide Bank Registry shall automatically receive a prospectus on all percent-for-art projects.
(d) Artists are requested to submit slides of their current work, a percent-for-art application form, professional resume and any other material specified by the Committee.
(e) If the prospectus calls for a state, regional, national or international competition the selection committee will review all applications, slides and other materials submitted at a second meeting.
(f) If the prospectus calls for a state competition and after reviewing submissions, the majority of the Selection Committee is unsatisfied with the quality of the work submitted, the competition may be reopened to the regional or national level.
Section 4. Payment and contracts. The artist selected for a Percent-for-Art project will enter into a contractual agreement with the State of Wyoming. Included in the contract will be an arrangement with the artist which will provide for his or her participation in education and informing the community about the art work.
(a) The artist will perform all work under the Percent for Art program as an independent contractor, and not as an agent or employee of the State of Wyoming.
(b) The fee for the commission or purchase and the payment schedule will be determined on a per-project basis.
(c) Failure by the artist to perform in accordance with the terms of his/her contract will result in the immediate termination of his/her contract.
(a) Identification may include plaques or labels identifying the work, securely affixed, unobtrusive and well designed. The artists name, the art work title and year completed should be included. Funding for the plaque will be part of the artist proposal.
(b) The Wyoming Arts Council and the Commerce Department Public Relations office will photograph the work for documentation upon completion. Photographs will be both in slide form and print.
(c) The Wyoming Arts Council shall make a public report on each percent for art project upon its completion for the print and TV media. Periodic evaluations of the program will also be made.
Section 6. Reallocation and deaccession. A work of art may be considered for relocation or deaccession by the Wyoming State Museum with consultation of the Wyoming Arts Council if one or more of the following conditions apply:
(a) The condition or security of the art work cannot be reasonably guaranteed.
(b) The art work requires excessive maintenance or has faults of design or workmanship beyond practical repair or remedy.
(c) The art work has been damaged and repair is impractical or unfeasible.
(d) The art work endangers public safety.
(e) Significant adverse public reaction has continued unabated over a period of at least five (5) years.
(f) The art work is determined to be of a clearly inferior quality or is shown to be unauthentic.
(g) The sponsoring agency wishes to replace the work with another work.