Issue Date: March 6, 2019
Budget: $60,000
Deadline for Applications: March 27, 2019 (11:59 PM)
For Artists who live or work in Durham, Orange, Wake or Chatham Counties, NC
Project Opportunity: The
Durham SmART Initiative in partnership with the Durham Arts Council,
the North Carolina Arts Council, Downtown Durham, Inc. and the City of Durham are seeking applications from professional visual artists and graphic designers to create colorful graphic elements for 3- 5 selected streets and intersections in downtown Durham.
The street sites will encompass three distinct districts in downtown Durham’s SmART Arts & Entertainment corridor and encourage safe pedestrian movement. The goals of this project are to:
·
Build on Downtown
Durham’s SmART Vision Plan and increase cultural
connectivity and
economic vitality in downtown Durham.
·
Brand the Arts & Entertainment corridor and encourage safe pedestrian movement.
Enhance the pedestrian experience and reflect the distinct and
unique characteristics of Durham and the three districts in downtown–City Center, American Tobacco and Central Park.
Details and link for submission can be found
here.
Margaret DeMott
Director of Artist Services
Durham Arts Council
919-560-2720 (phone)
919-560-2725 (fax)
Applications now open for DAC Season Grant, Durham Arts Catalyst Grant and Facility Grant. Season Grant and Durham Arts Catalyst
Grant Deadline is now Sunday, March 24.