Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Rochester (“Rochester” or the “City”) and Monroe County, New York (“Monroe County” or the “County”) are seeking proposals from qualified Respondents (“Respondent(s)”) to create an arts and culture plan for Rochester and Monroe County (the “Project”). Upon award, the Consultant or team of Consultants (“Consultant(s)”) will conduct research, complete an arts and culture inventory, gather widespread community and stakeholder input, and develop a vision, goals, and an implementation plan to achieve the vision and goals for the City and County. Additionally, the Consultant(s) will create a Public Art Master Plan for the City. For purposes of this RFP, “the arts,” “creative sector,” and similar terms are intended to be inclusive terms referring to the broader arts and culture community. Due to the unique and complex nature of an arts and culture plan, the ideal Consultant(s) would have a diverse staff and experience with: developing arts and culture plans, public art master plans, and/or other community plans; robust and creative community engagement, especially with artists; encouraging collaboration between municipalities and non-profit arts organizations; racially and ethnically diverse communities with significant challenges related to poverty; high quality graphic design for documents, websites, and other project materials; and best practices in other communities.
