About Bonafiglia Family Foundation
The Bonafiglia Family Foundation provides aid, assistance, and services for the good of the Town of Seneca Falls, neighboring communities, and the people that live there. Our values are the principles that guide our decisions and actions; they serve as the foundation’s cultural cornerstones.
Community: Fostering opportunities to enhance synergy amongst diverse groups looking
to do good locally.
Integrity: Committed to building trust through meaningful relationships, responsible
actions, and transparency.
Generosity: Believing in big-heartedness, sharing our resources to support others.
Leadership: To guide & inspire others to actively participate in positive change.
In 2025 the Bonafiglia Family Foundation will work alongside their partners to facilitate the installation of murals in downtown Seneca Falls, NY. Each mural will align with the Advance Seneca Falls 2024 Comprehensive Plan and reflect the objectives of the community. The goals and purpose of this type of artwork implementation include highlighting community assets, embracing the value of public art investment, bringing visitors to your community, encouraging economic growth, and improving quality of place.
Bonafiglia Family Foundation is seeking qualified artists to install a scale mural project in Seneca Falls, NY.
Project Overview (See Project Prospectus for more information)
During the Request for Qualifications, RFQ Phase, PHASE I, a review panel will evaluate initial responses according to the criteria outlined in the RFQ application. Artists or artist teams whose proposed qualifications demonstrate, in the review panel’s sole opinion, the qualifications that best fulfill the purposes of this RFQ will move to the finalist selection phase, PHASE II. In PHASE II artists will be hired to create proposal concepts based on specific themes. Those proposals will undergo a community jury review. The selected artist in PHASE II will be contracted to implement their mural concept in Seneca Falls, NY in 2025.
Project Timeline*
JANUARY 2025 Phase I: |
RFQ release |
MARCH 23, 2025 Phase I: |
Deadline for RFQ submissions |
MARCH – APRIL 2025 Phase I: |
Review RFQs and make finalist selections. |
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Phase II Finalists selected and notified; Finalists signed into contract; all applicants will be notified about the status of their application |
APRIL 20, 2025 Phase II: |
Deadline for finalist(s) design proposals |
APRIL – MAY 2025 |
Jury review of finalist(s) design proposals; |
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Finalist selected; all finalists will be notified about the status of their application |
JUNE – SEPTEMBER 2025 |
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Phase III: |
Mural is installed. |
*Dates may be changed due to inclement weather; Bonafiglia Family Foundation reserves the right to modify this schedule if necessary.
Mural Theme: The mural will highlight Seneca Falls as the Birthplace of Women’s Rights, and it will depict the significant impact of this history on the community’s current identity & culture. The goal is to provide a creative installation that will resonate with Seneca Falls, NY. A creative brief is being developed by Bonafiglia Family Foundation. This document will be shared with Phase II finalists to aid them in designing their proposal concept. Phase II muralists are asked to use this reference material to develop their design.
Questions about this project should be directed to Alex Hall.
email: AHPSConsulting@gmail.com