RFQ - Fairytale Town Public Art Project

Fairytale Town invites artists and artist teams residing in the United States to submit their qualifications for the Fairytale Town public art project in Sacramento, CA. The artwork opportunity is for an approximately 20’ x 30’ interactive playset installation for kids aged 1-10 to climb, walk through, and explore.

Applicants do not need to have previous experience creating playsets to be qualified for the project. However, past experience must show outdoor installations of a similar scale to this project.

About Fairytale Town

Fairytale Town is a children’s storybook park in Sacramento, covering 3.5 acres. It is an independent nonprofit organization. Opened in 1959, it now hosts over 200,000 children and their families each year who pay a modest admission fee. The park features over 25 playsets, each themed on a classic folktale or fairytale (Cinderella, Old Woman in the Shoe, Anansi the Spider, Mr. McGregor’s Garden, etc.) The park is also home to a family of live barnyard animals (three little pigs, billy goats gruff, Mary’s little lambs, etc.).

Its mission is to promote the imagination, creativity and education of children. A core philosophy is outdoor unstructured play. None of the playsets move (no carnival rides); instead, the beautiful playsets encourage children to be physically active, and they require the child to furnish the play narrative. Each playset is high-quality artisanry – both artistically meritorious and functional.

For more information about Fairytale Town visit their website FairytaleTown.org

Please direct questions regarding this RFQ to: shellyw857@gmail.com