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Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Holocaust Memorial Sculpture Commissions (RFQ)
- Who Can Apply: Professional artists or teams with a demonstrated body of work and outdoor public art experience (or team members with that experience), familiar with materials suited to the Florida climate, able to deliver within fifteen months of contract (twelve preferred). No geographic restriction is stated.
- The Focus: Three outdoor Holocaust-themed commissions for the Federation's Sarasota campus: Resistance During the Holocaust, Resilience of Survivors Post War, and a photography-based Multi-Generations of Survivors.
- Compensation: Budgets range from approximately $100,000 to $200,000 (the RFQ does not say whether per commission or all-inclusive); design honorariums for concept creation, amount not stated.
- Key Requirements: One online form by November 15, 2026: artist resume (required), work samples in viewing order with a numbered image list (title, date, dimensions, materials, location, commissioning agency), optional bio, optional one-page artist statement, optional video files.
DeadlineSunday, November 15, 2026
PayThree outdoor commissions; the RFQ says "Budgets range from approximately $100,000 to $200,000". It does not state whether that figure is per commission or whether it is all-inclusive (design, fabrication, installation, travel). Design honorariums are available for site-specific concept creation (amount and number of finalists not stated), followed by a design contract for commissioned concepts.
DurationDesign and execution must be delivered within fifteen months (maximum, preferably up to twelve) of receiving a contract.
LocationSarasota, FL
ParticipationOn-site
Career stagesMid-Career, Established
DisciplinesSculpture, Photography, Outdoor public art, Site-specific installation
Application notesApply through the online RFQ Submission Form (Jotform) by November 15, 2026; one form covers all three sites. Required: name, email, phone, address, and an uploaded artist resume; you must also answer whether you are the child of Holocaust survivors. The form also asks for: work samples uploaded in the order to be viewed, with files labelled file number, last name, title (no number of samples is specified); a numbered image list giving title, date of creation, dimensions, materials, location and commissioning agency (optionally the criteria or goals of each project); optional bio; optional artist statement of one page maximum; any available video files; optional website; and an optional note on which theme or site you prefer to design for. This stage is a pre-qualification review by a small panel of art experts; no design proposal is requested at this stage. Artists who want to submit animation or video instead of image samples should complete the form without work samples and image list and contact Ann Wykell. Questions: Ann Wykell, ann@jfedsrq.org. Site briefs: (1) Resistance, a moderate-size sculpture or relief panel(s) for a wide, paved, shaded plaza; (2) Resilience of Survivors, a free-standing frontal sculpture tall enough to be seen across the pond, in a landscaped space about 18' wide by 8' deep (a seven-branch menorah may be used; do not use the six-pointed star); (3) Multi-Generations of Survivors, a free-standing frontal photo-based piece in a 7' deep bump-out up to 26' wide, with photos supplied by staff and digitally transferred to a permanent, non-fading material. Upload limits set on the form itself (not stated in the RFQ text): each uploaded file is capped at about 10.6 MB; accepted types include PDF, DOC/DOCX, JPG/JPEG, PNG and GIF, and the video field also takes MP4, MOV and MKV.
Contactann@jfedsrq.org
The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee
Organization based in Sarasota