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The Board of Directors of the Friends of Hermon Dog Park requests proposals
from local area artists to design and produce innovative, low maintenance
artwork with a dog/community theme for permanent installation at Hermon Dog
Park; all ideas and all media are encouraged. ("Because it's all about the
dogs.") Issues of safety and maintenance are very important to the Friends
of Hermon Dog Park and the Department of Recreation and Parks.

Proposed Location: In and around the Hermon Dog Park site, and surrounding
hillside, at Hermon Park in the Arroyo Seco, 5568 Via Marisol (Hermon) Los
Angeles, 90042. (Not to include the walls of the Ave. 60 overpass.) The
dog park location is at the end of the park driveway - walk under the Ave.
60 overpass and you're there. The site can also be seen from the Arroyo
Seco Parkway (110 Fwy) and the northbound Ave. 60 on and off ramps.

Budget: $8,000. To include to the artist's time, project design, supplies,
and production.

Selection Process: A panel composed of the Friends of Hermon Dog Park Board
of Directors, artists, and community members will select the project based
on qualifications as demonstrated through the application materials
requested below. There will be an interview process for artists selected
for Phase Two.

Phase One: Please submit a one page OVERVIEW of your project idea to
contact@HermonDogPark.com with your contact information. A representative
of the Selection Panel will contact you to let you know if you have been
selected to move on to Phase Two.

Phase Two: Proposal Applications Please send a CD which includes the
following:

-Your name, mailing address, email address, phone number (and website- if
applicable)

-A one-page art background/resume

-Sketches of your proposed artwork in context to the site

-Your all-inclusive bid/budget (including design, supplies, and production -
not to exceed $8,000)

-A one-page description of your proposed artwork and how it represents the
dog community theme.

Submissions will be returned after the project artist is announced.

LOCATION: Hermon Dog Park, Hermon Park in the Arroyo Seco, 5568 Via
Marisol, L.A. 90042

BUDGET: $8,000 to include artist's time, project design, supplies and
production.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TIMELINE:

ISSUE DATE: Saturday, September 26, 2009

HERMON DOG PARK WALK-THROUGH FOR INTERESTED PARTIES: Sat., Oct. 3, 2009
3:00-5:00pm

Directions to Hermon Dog Park: www.HermonDogPark.org

ARTISTS' PHASE ONE SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, October 30, 2009, 5:00 p.m.

Email: contact@HermonDogPark.com

CONTACT WITH ARTISTS CHOSEN TO MOVE TO PHASE TWO: Saturday, November 14,
2009

ARTIST INTERVIEWS- (TBD)

PANEL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS- (TBD)

ARTISTS PHASE TWO SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 5:00pm

ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROJECT ARTIST: Saturday, January 9, 2010

Announced by phone and available at www.HermonDogPark.org

TENTATIVE COMPLETION DATE: Early Summer 2010-- pending approvals of the
Department of Recreation and Parks, and the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Their requests for information and approvals must be met first, (which could
be a long process) before we can get a "Right of Entry"-- at which time the
money can be released for the artist and fabrication.

Please mail your materials to: Wendi Riser, President

Friends of Hermon Dog Park

6276 Pine
Crest Dr.

Los Angeles,
CA 90042

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