2026 Public Art RFP (Brooklyn Forged)
Deadline
November 3, 2025
5 days left
Application Fee
FREE
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High
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About This Opportunity
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (“BNYDC”) seeks proposals for a new fence line public art installation (“Proposals”) from Creatives living in the borough of Brooklyn (“Creatives”). BNYDC will make a single selection for artwork that extends across the fence line in front of Building 3\. This fence line runs along the north side of Flushing Avenue between Clermont Avenue and Adelphi Street.
This installation will be one of multiple spanning more than a third of a mile. In total, these installations will flow across key access points along Flushing Avenue from Clermont Avenue to Portland Avenue from mid-May to early November 2026\. BNYDC will anchor each of these installations using Brooklyn as a starting point for thematic development, inviting creatives to reflect on how cultural, social, and economic forces shape daily life. The resulting installations will capture the borough’s people and creativity.
For this RFP geared towards Brooklyn Creatives, the theme of Brooklyn Forged highlights the skills, materials, and entrepreneurial drive that have shaped Brooklyn’s identity through industrial innovation. Creatives should submit proposals that explore how labor, culture, and economics intersect, producing work that reflects both the history of making and the ongoing ingenuity that defines Brooklyn today. Artworks should demonstrate how Brooklyn continues to forge its identity at the intersection of creativity and industry, honoring the workers, makers, and innovators who sustain its cultural and economic vitality.
For this RFP, Creatives can consider historically focused narratives, but proposals must also include a contemporary focus. The Yard has a proud legacy of art and industry, as well as being a campus that has supported innovation and invention for centuries. As such, Creatives should think thoughtfully about including the Yard’s history and legacy in their work but submit proposals that adhere to the theme of Brooklyn Forged as it relates to Brooklyn today
What You'll Get
Types: CASHPRIZE, OTHER
Creatives may submit full project budgets of up to $30,000.00\. Budgets must include all costs for the planning, creation, installation, and deinstallation of the work. Please use the template provided for your budget in Exhibit C attached hereto. Budget includes the following items: artist fee, materials and fabrication, installation/de-installation, insurance, and contingency. Please see further lines within each category of the template. Creatives may include additional lines in their budget based on their project needs. Please be as specific as possible with each line 9 item (e.g. 300 yards of fabric at $xx or 20 hours of art handling fees to support installation at $xx, etc.).
Application Requirements
- ARTIST_STATEMENT
- ARTWORK_PORTFOLIO
- PROJECT_DESCRIPTION
- CV
- APPLICATION_FORMS
- COST_ESTIMATION
- PRODUCTION_SCHEDULE_TIMETABLE
- PROJECT_SKETCH
- 1\. First and last name (artist moniker, include in parenthesis) 2\. Email Address 3\. Phone Number 4\. Please provide your address (if you work at the Yard, your business address; if you live in a Brooklyn zip code, your residential address) 5\. Professional website 6\. Connection to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and/or Brooklyn 7\. Artist Statement (Max 200 words) 8\. Describe your proposed work and how it ties to the theme of Brooklyn Forged (Max 400 words). 9\. Describe how your proposal makes sense for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Why here? Why now? What site-specific considerations does your proposal amplify (Max 200 words)? 10\. Describe your materials, tools, and equipment. Be mindful of articulating the appropriateness of your materials for an outdoor environment and where applicable explaining how your work will be installed (Max 200 words). 13 11\. Participating in the opening of the installation during the Yard’s annual Design Day on May 16, 2026 as well as one additional program is required for the selected Creative. Describe the ideal events that connect the public to your work (Max 200 words). 12\. Resume/CV 13\. Detailed budget (based on the budget template provided as Exhibit C) 14\. Work samples (up to 8 sketches, mock-ups, renderings, illustrations, drawings, etc.) 15\. If a Creative desires any material or substantive change(s) to the Contract, Creative must include any such proposed change(s) in its response to this RFP (Max 200 words).
Eligibility
Other Requirements
Open to local Creatives who: 1\. Work for a business at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This includes anyone that works at the Yard at any of its 550+ businesses as a full-time or part-time employee (including business owners). This does NOT include Creatives who work at the Yard as consultants or as temporary workers. Employment must be current (no past employees; current is defined as working for a Yard-based business as of January 1, 2026). OR 2\. Live in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. This does NOT include former residents. Creatives must currently live in a Brooklyn zip code at the time of submission (November 2, 2025). If you are submitting a proposal as a group, all members must live in a Brooklyn zip code. Individual Creatives or artist collectives are invited to submit proposals as long as they fulfill at least one of the eligibility requirements above. Only one proposal per individual 3 or group will be accepted. If you submit one proposal as an individual, you may also submit one proposal as a group or collective. Note, all Creatives must have legal status to work in the United States. Creatives cannot be current employees of BNYDC or a city agency to avoid any conflicts of interests.
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp.
New York, US
Verified Organization
Active since 2020
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Don't miss out on this opportunity. Applications close on November 3, 2025.