Image Credits (left to right): Jamie Scholnick, Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia, LC Studio Tutto, Matthew Mazzotta.
LA County's four upcoming Restorative Care Villages (RCV) will provide a new kind of environment for people experiencing homelessness, one with a comprehensive, holistic approach to the interrelated and complex needs of homelessness, substance abuse, mental illness, and job training/housing. The goal of civic artwork in the Restorative Care Villages is to resonate with clients, staff, and visitors, and to help create a healing living environment for people in need of physical and mental assistance.
Arts and Culture's Civic Art Division issued a national Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for artists in June 2019 to establish a Roster of Artists for all Restorative Care Villages. The Artist Roster is a list of artists who are pre-approved for the upcoming RCV projects.
Project Locations:
Antelope Valley Restorative Care Village |
LAC+USC Restorative Care Village |
Olive View UCLA Restorative Care Village |
Rancho Los Amigos Restorative Care Village |
An RFQ Workshop was held on June 18, 2019 to review the RFQ and best practices for RFQ submittals.
Due to the inspiring nature of this RFQ, over 140 artist submissions were received. Submissions ranged from emerging to established artists; from two-dimensional to three-dimensional art and performance.
Artists’ responses to the RFQ were evaluated and tiered by the Civic Art Division based on the selection criteria. RFQ’s for the Roster were evaluated anonymously by a Jury made up of arts professionals in collaboration with the Civic Art Division. The Jury will not assign artists to any specific sites or select artists for proposals; it convened for the purpose of the Artist Roster only.
The RCV Artist Roster Jury
Rick Garzon | Gallery Director | Residency Art |
Asuka Hisa | Director of Learning and Engagement | ICA |
Catherine Scott | Performance Artist and Cultural Worker |
Paige Wery | Founder | Good Luck Gallery |
The Restorative Care Villages will be unique facilities for Los Angeles County, and we are pleased with the interest expressed in the project. The following 41 artists have been selected for their artistic excellence as well as for their appropriateness for the upcoming RCV projects.
Anne-Elizabeth Sobieski |
Adam Frank |
Ball-Nogues Studio |
Baumgartner + Uriu Architecture |
Cheryl Molnar |
Christine Nguyen |
Corina Gamma |
Debra Scacco |
Erwin Redl |
FriendsWithYou |
Gabriella Sanchez |
Geoff McFetridge |
Harumi Ori |
Jacob Yanes |
Jaime Scholnik |
Ken Gonzales Day |
LC Studio Tutto |
Liz Glynn |
LOC Architects |
Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia |
Madeline Wiener |
Marc Fornes |
Matthew Mazzotta |
Michael Waugh |
Molly Dilworth |
Nate Harris |
Olelekan Jeyifous |
Patrick Martinez |
Pearl C. Hsiung |
Rafael Vargas - Suarez |
Renee Fox |
Renee Petropoulos |
Ronald Saunders |
Samuel Erenberg |
San Weng |
Sandy Litchfield |
Scott Froschauer |
Star Montana |
Tanya Brodsky |
Taraneh Hemami |
Yong Sin |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| June 6, 2019 | RFQ Issued |
| June 18, 2019 | RFQ Process Workshop |
| July 11, 2019 | RFQ Submission deadline |
| August 30, 2019 | RCV Artist Roster Jury |
| September 28, 2019 | RCV Artist Roster Jury |
| Winter 2020 | RCV projects are estimated to begin |
For each Restorative Care Village site, Civic Art staff will draw from the pre-approved Artist Roster to propose artists for selection by the Project Coordination Committees (PCC) for artist proposals.
Each RCV PCC is composed of an Arts Deputy, an Arts Commissioner, one representative each from the County’s Department of Mental Health and the County’s Department of Health Services, a community member, and two arts professionals. Civic Art staff serves as a non-voting advisor to the PCC.