It's that time again!
Traffic Box Call-to-Artist
Artists are invited to apply for an
opportunity to design art for traffic control boxes. Several
creative folks will be selected and others added to a "Registry"
for future traffic box projects.
Since 2009, the Mayor's Neighborhood Reinvestment Program, Capital City Development Corporation, and Boise City have provided funding in partnership with the Downtown Neighborhood Association and the Downtown Boise Association to commission Idaho artists to design murals for Ada County Highway District
traffic control boxes in Boise. 70 are wrapped. Artists who have designed a box before are eligible to re-apply, however the selection panel may give preference to artists who have not yet participated. Boise's Department of Arts & History is facilitating artist selection process and project management.
Since 2009, the Mayor's Neighborhood Reinvestment Program, Capital City Development Corporation, and Boise City have provided funding in partnership with the Downtown Neighborhood Association and the Downtown Boise Association to commission Idaho artists to design murals for Ada County Highway District
traffic control boxes in Boise. 70 are wrapped. Artists who have designed a box before are eligible to re-apply, however the selection panel may give preference to artists who have not yet participated. Boise's Department of Arts & History is facilitating artist selection process and project management.
TO APPLY
1. Artists send in ten digital
visual examples of past work, letter of interest and resume (72 dpi
jpgs).
2. A selection committee made up of
representatives from stakeholder groups will review the
applications and choose artists with whom to work. Additional
artists will be selected for Traffic Box "Registry" so that if, in
the next year, additional funds are available to transform other
boxes, artists from the registry will be selected to create
designs.
3. Selected artists will be paid
$1,000 to design one mural each, featuring a community-related
theme, using provided templates as a guide. Artists
do not
fabricate or install the
final art on the box.
4. The fabricator will take the
artist designs (which can be prepared as illustrations, paintings,
computer designed images, quilts, mosaics, photographed sculptures
or photographs), transform them into a vinyl wrap, and then apply
them to the traffic boxes.
5. Artworks will be celebrated with
a dedication and walking tours on a date to be announced.
