City of Bellevue
Call for Artists: Utility Box Wraps
- Deadline:
- Budget: $1,200 - $1,600
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Eligibility: This call is open to all visual artists living in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, WA. Artists must provide high-quality digital files of the final artwork, which can include scans and photographs if the artwork medium is not digital. Artists must be 18+ years old at the time of contracting.
The City of Bellevue is seeking artists to design artwork for its utility boxes. This opportunity is open to visual artists living in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties in Washington State, and working in any medium that can be digitally reproduced on a 2D vinyl wrap. Selected artists will need to deliver their final artworks in a high-quality digital format that is available for licensing to the City of Bellevue. The city will manage production and installation. Please note that this is a request for qualifications. Artists will be evaluated based on their application and prior work and are asked not to create new artwork proposals in response to this call.
The goal of this call is to provide opportunities to local artists that will help bring character, intrigue, and beauty to the public realm. This call will wrap up to twelve (12) utility boxes located in Bellevue, WA. There are various types and configurations of utility and signal boxes, some of which are stand-alone, while others sit side by side or very near each other (see below). Artists will receive a $1,200 stipend for single, stand-alone boxes, $1,400 for two boxes, and $1,600 for three. The most common configuration is the double set of boxes. Final box locations are yet to be determined.
After the selection process, city staff will work with the selected artists to develop artwork designs for the boxes. This call does not have a specific theme, allowing for open interpretation and creativity.
More Information: bellevuearts.smapply.io