About the Sacramento County Department of Airports Request for Qualifications and Experience (RFQ&E)

Deadline to submit qualifications and experience: May 1, 2025

Artist Services for the Design, Fabrication, and Installation of Public Artworks at Sacramento International Airport (Concourse B Expansion)

Project Overview

The Department announced on February 1, 2023, a $1.4 billion expansion program collectively known as “SMForward” that will reshape the Airport to accommodate projected passenger growth over the next seven years. 

SMForward, which includes six major construction projects, represents a historic opportunity to integrate art into the traveler’s experience while reinforcing and contributing to the Sacramento region’s identity. When completed, SMForward will include permanent artworks inside and outside the new buildings, on the facade of the new parking garage facility, within the new pedestrian walkway, at the new Terminal B gates, and at sites in and around the new Ground Transportation Center. These new works will add to the more than two dozen artworks already gracing the Airport’s public spaces. This RFQ&E is a call for multiple artwork opportunities under SMForward’s Concourse B Expansion project.  

Artwork Sites and Budgets

This RFQ&E includes the following project site. All budgets set forth below are inclusive of all costs associated with delivering the services described in this RFQ&E, including artists’ fees, and costs associated with design, fabrication, and installation of artwork, including transportation.

CONCOURSE B EXPANSION 
ART BUDGET: $25,000–$200,000

Number of commissions or direct purchases of existing artworks: 4–6 

Six (6) additional gates will be added to the west end of Concourse B. These areas are primarily for passengers awaiting departure but also for arriving passengers. They are areas of interlude that give the viewer time to slow down and reflect before, after, or between flights. The opportunity here is to invite travelers deeper into the works of art and revel in their detail, sparking moments of curiosity, contemplation, and calm.

In collaboration with the architect, spaces to hang two-dimensional works of art or low-relief wall pieces will be designed at multiple gates. Artworks for these spaces could be large or small scale and commissioned or purchased with budgets ranging between $25,000 to $200,000. This opportunity was specifically created to engage Artists who do not have Public Art experience. This site is open to qualified regional artists

Eligibility

Professional artists or artist teams residing in the Sacramento region are eligible to apply. This includes the counties of Sacramento, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba.

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