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National Endowment for the Arts Invites Entries to Design
Rosa Parks Statue for U.S. Capitol

Deadline: May 30, 2008.

The National Endowment for the Arts ( http://www.nea.gov/ ) has
announced a design competition, in partnership with the Joint
Committee on the Library and the Office of the Architect of the
Capitol ( http://aoc.gov/ ), for a statue of civil rights pio-
neer Rosa Parks. Commissioned by the U.S. Congress, the sculp-
ture will be permanently installed in National Statuary Hall
in the U.S. Capitol Building. The Chrysler Foundation has pro-
vided $100,00 to support the administration of the competition.

The design competition, to be administered by the endowment,
is open to U.S. citizens. Interested artists should submit an
application, including a proposal for the sculpture and work
samples that demonstrate their ability to cast large-scale
bronze sculptures and to work in the portrait mode.

Proposals will be reviewed by a peer panel of experts and judged
on artistic excellence and artistic merit. Up to ten semifinal-
ists selected by the panel will be contracted by the Architect
of the Capitol to produce a maquette, or small-scale model, of
the proposed sculpture as well as a portrait drawing of Ms. Parks.
Up to three finalists will be recommended to the Joint Committee
on the Library, which will award the commission. The selected
artist will receive up to $250,000 to create the bronze statue
and pedestal.

Competition guidelines are available on the NEA Web site.

RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10012005/rosaparks