Thanks to everyone for all of the responses about bus shelter public art! Such a great help!

Best,

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

Check out the City of Durham’s Artist Opportunities!

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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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Check out the City of Durham’s Artist Opportunities!

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