Shelly L. Willis LLC provides professional services to a broad arrange of individuals and organizations interested in incorporating public art into their project or community. Services range from public art master planning, curating, artist selection, to fabrication, installation, and celebration of completed artworks to education and public art programming. Willis also provides technical services to individual artists.
Public Art Program and Project Planning
Identify and engage stakeholders in creating a plan specific to the needs of the community, program, or project.
Develop materials for, and facilitate public meetings.
Develop and conduct necessary feasibility studies, assessments, and surveys.
Research and compile relevant documents and materials specific to the development of the project/program.
Create a clear vision, mission, and guiding principles.
Develop short and long term goals, priorities, themes, and what the artwork should accomplish in particular situations.
Create policies and procedures.
Research and recommend staffing and funding options, public/private partnerships, collaborations, and other opportunities to implement project or program.
Temporary and Permanent Public Art Program and Project Management
Develop and recommend artwork budgets.
Work with project designers to determine priority sites and opportunities for artists.
Recommend selection process type (curatorial, open call, limited call).
Coordinate necessary approval processes.
Develop and present reports.
Research, recommend and invite artists to submit qualifications.
Application intake, sorting, reading, organizing for artist selection meetings.
Convene and facilitate artist selection, design review and approval meetings and discussions.
Draft and negotiate contracts.
Review and make recommendations on artwork design concepts, scale, appropriateness for site, etc.
Review proposed designs for ADA, safety, maintenance, and conservation.
Review proposed artwork fabrication and installation budgets and construction estimates.
Provide technical assistance to artists as they develop and finalize their design proposals.
Manage and monitor artwork fabrication including artist studio visits and project timeline.
Coordinate permitting.
Attend and/or facilitate construction meetings.
Coordinate installation.
Coordinate the design, fabrication and installation of artwork signage/plaque
Develop artwork maintenance and conservation plan.
Advise and assist on the development of artwork public relations, events, and education programing.
Individual Artist Services
Advise, critique, edit, and make recommendations on artist RFQ and RFP submissions.
Project management: Artwork design development, fabrication and installation including reviewing project budgets, recommending and managing fabricators, coordinating engineering and permitting processes, attending meetings with client and other stakeholders, reviewing and critiquing design proposals, and other details related to the project development, fabrication, and installation.
Public Speaking and Education
Available to conduct workshops, speak or serve on panels related to a wide range of topics within the discipline of public art as well as public art history, program development, policy, and procedures. PUBLIC ART PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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