Watershed Artist in Residence Request for Qualifications

Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD) is seeking a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) from Twin Cities-based artists for its Watershed Artist in Residence (AiR) program. This two-year position with an option to renew includes opportunities to help shape CRWD’s past, present, and future projects and programs by providing artistic/creative perspectives as part of an interdisciplinary team and facilitating Art + Water community workshops at CRWD’s Watershed Learning Center in collaboration with other local artists.

An open house for the Watershed Artist in Residence will be held on September 26, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at CRWD. You can learn more and register at the Watershed Artist in Residence Open House.

Join us at the Open House to ask questions or submit them via email to Jessica Bromelkamp by October 4, 2024. All questions and answers will be shared on this page by October 11, 2024.

Please refer to the Request for Qualifications PDF linked below for requirements and details on submitting your statement of qualifications. The deadline for submittals is October 18, 2024.

 

Documents

Watershed Artist in Residence Request for Qualifications PDF

RFQ Enclosures

Exhibit A – Field Guide for Working with Artists PDF

Exhibit B – The Watershed Language of Art Plan PDF

Exhibit C – Example Consultant Services Agreement PDF

 

A group of dancers perform in colorful traditional costumes of purple and gold with lots of embellishments at an outdoor event on a field of green grass beside a playground.
Center for Hmong Arts and Talent CHAT About Water event and performance. Supported by a CRWD Partner Grant.
A person sitting on a blue bench, looking at a large iron sculpture of the Mississippi River watershed on a wood paneled wall in a modern office.
Mississippi River of Iron by Tamsie Ringler at CRWD’s Watershed Learning Center. Photo by Corey Gaffer.
A person steps out of a small, camper trailer with
Backyard Phenology, a participatory art and science project for people to share stories and forge new connections to place, at CRWD’s Grand Opening in September 2019. Photo by Caroline Yang.
Three people in heat safety gear, helmets and face shields stand around a large cast of the Mississippi River watershed laying on the ground. Two people pour glowing, molten iron into the cast by holding each end of a long pole with a metal bucket suspended in the center that contains the iron. A crowd of people watches them from behind a line of yellow caution tape.
CRWD's 20th Anniversary Celebration and Mississippi River of Iron Pour with Tamsie Ringler, September 2018. Photo by Caroline Yang.
A group of children perform for people sitting on folding chairs. The children are wearing bright clothes and some wearing paper-mache frog masks in front of a hand painted backdrop of a lake with blue sky and trees. There is a large paper-mache frog face on the wall behind them.
Frog-a-Rimba youth performance at Hmongtown Marketplace in 2015. Supported by a CRWD Partner Grant.
A sculptural metal exhibit outside of a modern office building. A city skyline with a cloud cutout above, orange butterflies, cutouts of native flowers above rusted metal with root cutouts. A metal post with a bright blue wheel is in front of the exhibit.
The interactive exhibit at CRWD's Watershed Learning Center shows how rainwater moves in a city by flowing into a storm drain or being directed to native plants to soak into the ground.
Person creating a colorful print using a stamps at a table scattered with art supplies.
A Water Bar printing activity during CRWD’s Grand Opening, September 2019. Photo by Caroline Yang.
A child squeezing colorful paint from a plastic water bottle on to a drawing of a water lily, while another child watches.
Public Art Saint Paul’s eARThlab workshop at Western Sculpture Park. Supported by a CRWD Partner Grant. Photo by Caroline Yang.
Adult assisting children with an art project at a table filled with trays of colorful mosaic tiles. They are outside under a canopy tent.
Lori Greene led a water-themed Mosaic on a Stick at CRWD's 25th Anniversary Celebration, September 2023. Photo by Ackerman + Gruber.
A row of small jars filled with various inks on a table at an outdoor event. Each jar is labeled and has a pipette in it.
Kimberly Boustead crafted inks from native and invasive plants in the District for an art project at CRWD's 25th Anniversary Celebration, September 2023. Photo by Ackerman + Gruber.