Hi Alexandra,

 

We have partnered with our bus transit entity, Valley Regional Transit, for the past few years by hiring local artists and fabricators to wrap our shelters with single color, cut vinyl wraps. The artists collaborate with the neighborhoods where the shelters are located to develop content and imagery. The artists are awarded a $2,000 contract to develop the design and work with the fabricators who translate the artist design into vinyl and complete the installation.

 

I have included our artist RFQ for reference. Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

Karl LeClair

Public Art Program Mgr

Boise City Department of Arts & History

Office: (208)608-7044

kleclair@cityofboise.org

 

Making Boise the most livable city in the country.

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Alexandra, we have been planning bus shelter public art in Greenville, South Carolina, and I did some research into similar programs recently.  We are considering wraps or posters displaying student art work from local schools that could be rotated.  After reviewing the different options, we will probably go with a vinyl wrap that can be rotated every few years.  It isn’t exactly what you were looking for, but here’s what I shared with our transit department:

 

In general, it looks like other cities do public art on bus shelters mostly using vinyl wraps, some use printed posters in the advertising panel, and a few have direct-painted murals or artist-designed shelters. 

This one from Arlington, Virginia, looks like what we were talking about with wraps.  I really like that they can be translucent for safety, too.
http://www.arlingtonpublicart.org/bus-stop-art


It looks like Milwaukee does a similar type concept, and the images and diversity of content look great!
https://www.ridemcts.com/programs/bus-shelter-art-project


Here are some images from a partnership between the transit authority and a school district with vinyl wrap using student’s images in Ontario, Canada:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Limestone-District-School-Board-308623265872996/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2223018127766824

https://limestone.on.ca/news/news_releases_2018-2019/bus_shelter_art


I’ve attached a call for artists from Raleigh that I thought was particularly helpful and has lots the details for the dimensions, locations, etc.   

It looks like this volunteer-based program in Seattle is much less expensive to operate.  It also looks like most of the ones in Seattle are actually painted on the surface, so you could ask them about cost, cleaning, and maintenance.
http://metro.kingcounty.gov/prog/sheltermural/

 

Hope this helps!  

 

Best wishes,

Sean

 

Sean Scoopmire

sean.scoopmire@icloud.com

864.525.4895

 

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On Feb 27, 2020, at 11:08 AM, Benson, Alexandra <Alexandra.Benson@durhamnc.gov> wrote:

 

Hello all – 

 

Durham, NC was recently allocated funds through participatory budgeting for the installation of some public artwork on new bus shelters throughout the city. Our goal is to commission local artists to create artwork using reclaimed materials  as the shelters will also have solar panel arrays to power lights and USB charging stations.

 

We are currently looking into what other municipalities have done for bus shelter art in their cities. If any cities have examples or are willing to share information on their process for putting public art on bus shelters, please share!

 

Thanks,

 

Alexandra Y. Benson (she/her/hers)

Cultural and Public Art Program Assistant

City of Durham, General Services Department

2011 Fay Street 

Durham, NC 27701

(919) 560-4197 x21238

 

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