The DC Creates! Public Art Program / Call to Artists

Takoma Metro Public Art Project
Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Budget: $250,000

The DC Creates! Public Art Program at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), in collaboration with the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority, Art in Transit Program (WMATA) and the Takoma community, seek an artist or art team to design, create, and install artwork that will be located within the Takoma Metro underpass. The goal of this project is to create a vibrant and inviting gateway to the Takoma DC community. The colorful artwork will provide an “avenue” for residents, commuters and visitors to enjoy, admire and revitalize the community as well as express the unique story of historic Takoma.

For more information, email Rachel.Dickerson[at]dc.gov or call (202) 724-5613.

Download the application



Call to Ward 7 and Ward 8 at Benning and Anacostia Libraries Artists and Writers
Deadline: Friday, August 21, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Artist Honorarium: $2,500

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) in collaboration with District of Columbia Public Library is seeking East-of-the-River artists, including writers, to submit proposals for four prominent areas inside the new Benning and Anacostia Libraries which are expected to open in the spring of 2010. The proposed artwork sites provide artists and writers the opportunity to display their work in a large-scale format in a public building. For more information about the project email Rachel Dickerson or call (202) 724-5613.

For more information about the libraries go to dcpl.dc.gov (DCPL Construction Projects).

For more information, email Rachel.Dickerson[at]dc.gov or call (202) 724-5613.

Download the application

Nationals Park at Center Field Plaza / dedication of sculptures

Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 11am

DC Creates Public Art Program
Invites you to a dedication of sculptures by Omri Amrany of Josh Gibson, Walter Johnson and Frank Howard and a suspended installation by Walter Kravitz entitled "The Ball Game"

Nationals Park at Center Field Plaza
Enter through the Main Entrance at the Center Field Gates at Half Street and N Street, S.E.

1500 S. Capitol St SE, Washington DC 20003
Closest Metro: Navy Yard (Green Line)
Guest Parking available in LOT C (entrance on the 1st Street Side)

RSVP: Deirdre Ehlen
deirdre[dot]ehlen[at]dc.gov | 202.724.5613
For more information about the project please go to www.dcarts.dc.gov

Open House / Share your thoughts on Public Art

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is conducting a city-wide Public Art Master Plan. They invite you to an Open House to participate and share your thoughts on Public Art in your neighborhood, which will be included in the overall DC Creates Public Art Program Vision in the District of Columbia.

Date: Tuesday February 10, 2009 Time: 5pm to 7pm Location: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library 901 G Street, NW
To RSVP and for more information
Call 202.724.5613
Metro: Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red/Green/Yellow)
and Metro Center (Red/Blue/Orange)

The DC Creates Public Art Program will preserve the cultural health, reflect the diverse fabric and promote creative innovation in Washington, DC by reinforcing urban places that become the heart of every community.