The City of Indianola (City) seeks qualified light-based artists and designers to submit written Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) for the commission of Illuminate Indianola, a project in “Buxton Alley”, located on the Square between 111 and 115 N Buxton Street. Project Details: The City of Indianola, through its Public Arts Commission (IPAC), is sending out a Request for Qualifications to select an artist, or create a shortlist of artists, for a lighting-based public art project that includes a mural. The project site is in the Indianola Square, an area that continues to undergo revitalization and has experienced tremendous progress since the onset of this movement. The Indianola Public Arts Commission desires public art to encourage tourism to the downtown district and welcome those who call Indianola home. The project will be located on the walls of a future retail site and a business that offers financial services. The alley is narrow and currently has no lighting. One wall is clad in heavy steel panels (to which things can be attached) and the other wall is unpainted brick. The alleyway is awaiting creative, artistic lighting/sculpture/mural that stands out as a work of art, but also as a pathway lighting for safety between the Square and the parking lot behind the stores. The art project should enhance the connection of parking areas to businesses and become a cultural corridor. The lighting may be overhead, side, ground or freestanding and may be sculptural and/or attached to the wall or in combination with painted mural walls. Just two blocks away, “Wonder on Buxton” is being installed to showcase the history of Indianola. The lighting project should also complement other murals in and around the Square. Overall, it is important the project design reflects the heart of Indianola, encourages visitors to experience all the city has to offer, and welcomes everyone who gazes upon it.

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