FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 25, 2003

A CALL FOR ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR PIER A PARK IN HOBOKEN,
NEW JERSEY PIER A MEMORIAL COMPETITION

The Hoboken September 11th Memorial Fund Committee is pleased to announce a public art and design competition to select an artist, designer or collaborative team to create a memorial on Pier A to honor the memories of the community's loved ones who were lost on September 11, 2001, and to commemorate the spirit of the community and the goodwill that pervaded the city in the days that followed. It is requested that interested candidates submit their qualifications and materials on or before May 30, 2003 for review by a distinguished jury.

ELIGIBILITY:
The competition is open to artists, designers, architects, landscape architects and other design professionals working singly or in teams. They must be residents of New Jersey, New York or Connecticut. Candidates are asked to demonstrate that they have successfully completed projects for public spaces, or created proposals for unrealized public spaces. Slides and information about gallery, museum and site installations can also reveal a candidate's ability to work with public spaces and Pier A Park.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
In order to be considered by the jury, the following materials must be postmarked no later than May 30, 2003. We are not seeking proposals in
Phase One of the competition.

1. A current resume for each key member of the creative team;
2. Critical materials not to exceed 20 pages on the candidate's work (These may include articles, gallery brochures, press kits, etc.); and
3. 20 slides of representative works. All slides must be clearly labeled with name, title, date, location and dimensions. Alternatively, 20 images may be submitted in a PC-compatible electronic format, labeled in the same way and indicating technical requirements for viewing. If you wish to provide the jurors with more details about your work, you may enclose an image guide of up to 2 pages. (With your permission, select images may be reproduced for website, exhibition or public information purposes.)
4. A written statement (not to exceed 100 words) about your intended approach to the memorial design.

SELECTION PROCESS:
Up to ten semi-finalists will be selected by the jury in June 2003. In Phase Two of the competition, semi-finalists will be paid an honorarium and asked to submit developed conceptual drawings and models in August for consideration by the jury, who will select three finalists to be announced on September 11, 2003. Finalists will be invited to present their concepts, estimated budgets and professional references to the jury and the committee. The winner will be announced in November 2003.
The Memorial Fund Committee has appointed a distinguished jury of public art and design experts:
•  Emma Amos, artist and professor, Rutgers University
•  Henry Arnold, landscape architect, Princeton, NJ
•  Anne Buttenwieser, waterfront planning expert and adjunct professor Barnard College and Columbia    University
•  Ray Gastil, executive director, Van Alen Institute, New York, NY
•  Donald Genaro, industrial designer and retired partner of Henry Dreyfuss Associates, Haworth, NJ
•  Jorge Silvetti, architect and professor, Harvard University
A seventh juror will be named prior to the submission deadline. Please refer to the Hoboken September 11th Memorial Fund website for an updated list of jurors (www.hoboken911.com).
Competition advisor Buff Kavelman will oversee the competition process, working closely with the Memorial Fund Committee and the jurors. Ms. Kavelman currently serves as Project Director of the National Design Awards at Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and formerly served as Program Director at the American Academy in Rome, where she ran the Rome Prize competition.

THE SEPTEMBER 11TH FUND
On September 11, 2001, the Hoboken community tragically lost over 50 residents -- more than any other city in New Jersey. Only 3 of the victims were over 40. Thousands of people from Hoboken and surrounding communities gathered on Hoboken's waterfront at Pier A Park to witness the events unfold, and later on to remember and to mourn. More than 10,000 survivors were triaged at the adjacent Path Train Station, and 3,000 community members arrived at nearby St. Mary Hospital to volunteer in any way they could that day.
Because of the special meaning that Pier A Park has come to represent since 9/11, the City will construct a world-class memorial there to honor the memories of the community's loved ones who were lost that day, and to commemorate the spirit of community and goodwill that pervaded the city in the days that followed.
The Hoboken September 11th Memorial Fund was formed in 2001 to raise funds, garner community input and conduct a design competition to erect the Pier A Park memorial. The Fund's committee is made up of Hoboken families who lost loved ones in the tragedy as well as Hoboken officials and local residents who are active professionals in art and architecture, community development, public affairs and fundraising.
•   Mayor David Roberts, Honorary Chairman
•   Honorable Richard Del Boccio, Councilman
•   Joseph Borzotta, artist
•   Michael Estevez, Senior Account Executive, Winning Strategies Public Relations
•   Rick Evans, Vice President, Mission Services, St. Mary Hospital
•   Geraldine Fallo, Director, Hoboken Cultural Affairs
•   Robert Foster, Director, Hoboken Historical Museum
•   Lisa Frigand, Economic Development and Special Cultural Projects, Consolidated Edison
•   Suzanne Hetman, Special Assistant to the Mayor
•   Sandy O’Connor, family representative
•   Michael Rohner, family representative
•   Thomas Rohner, family representative
•   Phil and Eleanor Salinardi, family representatives
•   Cassandra Wilday, landscape architect and former Director of Hoboken Environmental Services

SITE DESCRIPTION
The largest and most actively used green space in Hoboken, Pier A Park is the winner of both a 2000 American Society of Landscape Architects honor award for design and an honor award from the Waterfront Center. It comprises seven acres, five of which are on a pier extending off the western bank of the Hudson River. London plane trees and a lawn have been planted in a manufactured soil on top of the restored pier, and a diagonal path runs from a fountain to a pavilion aligned to view the Empire State Building and the former World Trade Center towers on the opposite bank.
Thousands of commuters pass by Pier A each weekday as they travel to New York City by ferry, the Path train and New Jersey transit trains. The pier is also clearly visible from Manhattan's downtown shores, and in turn, it commands a magnificent view of the New York skyline.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Materials should be mailed, postmarked by May 30, 2003 to Competition Advisor, Buff Kavelman, City Hall, 94 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030.
For more details about the competition process and Pier A, including a contextual map, site plan and photos of Pier A, please refer to www.hoboken911.com. Inquiries may be addressed to PierA@hobokennj.org or (201) 281-0189.

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