Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Art in
Transit Program
SEVEN
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
Six Future
Metrorail Stations in Fairfax County and Loudoun County, Virginia
A Future
Metro Transit Police Substation and Training Facility in Fairfax County,
Virginia
Deadline: February 15, 2013
The Metro Art in
Transit Program works with communities surrounding Metro transit facilities to
integrate artwork that promotes transit use, enhances travel by Metro, and
highlights the cultural vitality of the National Capital region.
Art in Transit is
seeking artists, with public art experience, to create site-specific artwork
for six future Silver Line Metrorail stations and to create a light-integrated
work of art for the future Metro Transit Police District II Substation and
Training Facility. The maximum budget
for each Silver Line station is $250,000.
The maximum budget for the Substation and Training Facility is
$100,000.
A panel of art and
design professionals and community representatives will review portfolio
submissions, select three finalists to develop a site-specific proposal for
each location. The panel will reconvene
to review finalist proposals and select one proposal for each of the seven sites.
This Call to Artists is open to all artists
with site-specific public art experience, regardless of race, color, creed,
national origin, sex, sexual orientation or age. Finalists will be announced no
later than February 25, 2013.
Qualified artists must submit the following materials to be
considered: 1) 10 high-resolution (with a
minimum of 300 dpi) jpeg/PDF images of previous public art projects on a
compact disk (CD); 2) a one-page list of the images contained on the CD,
specifying the title, media, location and year created for each work of art
and; 3) a resume and/or artist bio. Materials
will not be returned. Do not send duplicate materials, as the panel will
consider your submission for all seven projects, unless requested by the
applicant. Mailed materials must be
postmarked by February 15, 2013. Couriered materials must be received by Metro
by February 13, 2013.
Submit materials to: Michael Mc Bride, Manager, Metro Art in
Transit Program, Department of Architecture, 4F-13, Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority, 600 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
For more information about the Metro Art in Transit Program, visit
wmata.com
