County Commission:

Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Chairman

Lawrence Weekly, Vice Chairman
Larry Brown
James B. Gibson
Justin Jones
Michael Naft
Tick Segerblom

Yolanda King, County Manager

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Contact: Mickey Sprott Phone: (702) 455-8685

Public Art Supervisor E-mail: Mickey1@ClarkCountyNV.gov
For Immediate Release Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019

Renaissance Fair Carnival Face Cutouts

Call for Artist Teams
Clark County Public Arts office is seeking a professional art team to submit a proposal for Renaissance
Fair wood panel carnival face cutouts. The theme is 16th-century, medieval-era court, king, queen, knight,
jester, princess and fair maiden.

Artist teams must include two or more artists. As a team you will be required to show proficiency in
painting, carpentry, and possibly metal fabrication to submit the proposal. One person from the team is to be
identified as the team lead. That person will be contracted with Clark County and will receive the funding to
compensate the rest of the team.

Teams will be required to create a letter of intent, and provide previous examples of artwork or specialty
skills from each team member. The winning team will have a budget of $5,000 for the design and fabrication of
at least three wooden carnival face cutout scenes with stands, art created and all necessary materials and
supplies. The County will keep all artwork and display as they see fit for future events. Deadline for call is
Thursday, Aug. 22 at 3 p.m.

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Clark County is a dynamic and innovative organization dedicated to providing top-quality service with integrity, respect and
accountability. With jurisdiction over the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and covering an area the size of New Jersey, Clark is the
nation’s 14th-largest county and provides extensive regional services to 2.3 million citizens and 45.3 million visitors a year (2018).
Included are the nation’s 9th-busiest airport, air quality compliance, social services and the state’s largest public hospital, University
Medical Center. The County also provides municipal services that are traditionally provided by cities to 1 million residents in the
unincorporated area. Those include fire protection, roads and other public works, parks and recreation, and planning and development.

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