City of Santa Maria Calling Mural Artists For Transit Center Project
Jarrod Zinn
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Attention all artists in Santa Maria!
A new project is accepting submissions.
Its for the Transit Center.
It is part of the city’s Public Art Master Plan.
A large, curved, blank wall at the Santa Maria Transit Center will be a canvas for an upcoming mural project.
“This art will cover a blank canvas that’s really gives a local artist an opportunity to show what Santa Maria is all about through their creative works,” says Dennis Smitherman, the City of Santa Maria’s Recreation Services Manager.
But you don’t need to be a painter or professional artist.
You’ll just need to be able to capture your art in a digital format.
“This is a little bit different,” says Smitherman. “We’re actually looking for digital submissions for a mural so we can put it on vinyl and hang it appropriately on this mural as it is really a curved wall and an interesting shape. So we’re looking to help artists in that aspect.”
City officials are seeking designs that reflect Santa Maria’s rich history and culture of wide-ranging diversity.
“We want to see proposals of all types,” says Gamaliel Anguiano, City of Santa Maria’s Transit Manager. “We have a beautiful, broadly diverse community with many different perspectives. Please bring us those perspectives. Make our job difficult to award this project to at least one artist.”
The selected design will be transferred into a high resolution vinyl overlay and mounted on aluminum panels, to cover this wall.
“The mural is just one of several beautification and enhancement projects we’re doing for our transit center,” says Anguiano. “It is our goal to implement this mural hopefully for the beginning of the New Year.”
All production and installation costs will be covered by the city, including a stipend to the selected artist.
Submissions for the mural will be taken over the next three weeks.
To see all the details about the project, you can visit the City of Santa Maria’s website by clicking here.
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