Downtown Inc Calls for Artist Submissions for Rail Trail Crosswalk Project

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Downtown Inc, the organization committed to driving, enhancing, and encouraging investment in Downtown York is seeking submissions of designs for art and images to be installed on the pavement to beautify five crosswalks in the City of York that cross over the York County Heritage Rail Trail.

Artists are asked to develop an innovative design, series of images, or graphics to fill the space within the crosswalk. Designs should reference the theme of outdoor recreation, Codorus Creek, local history, and/or the City of York. Preference will be given to artists that reside in the City of York.

If artists are interested in submission for the project, they are asked to complete the brief application linked here by 5:00pm on Friday, June 9, 2023 (The deadline has been extended to 12pm on Monday, June 12). Submissions will be selected, and artists will be notified by 5:00pm on Friday, June 23, 2023. Artists will be asked to complete the production of their designs using materials provided by Downtown Inc.

Requirements:

  • Submissions must be received by 5:00pm on Friday, June 9, 2023 (The deadline has been extended to 12pm on Monday, June 12)

  • Applications must be submitted via the link here.

  • An information session regarding the call for Art was held on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 6:00 PM via Zoom. You can view the recording of that webinar, on the right.

  • Sketches for the design must be submitted along with a narrative description.

  • Submission does not guarantee selection for the project.

Project Timeline:

  • Notification of acceptance: Friday, June 23, 2023

  • Artwork creation: Mid-late July

  • Installation: Late July/Early August

Artists will be asked to transfer their designs to a road-based adhesive materials called Stamark which will be applied to the crosswalks by the York City Public works departments. As such, designs should be simple enough that they may be transferred to this material. Designs may include geometric patterns, paper doll chains, representations of animals or objects with a trail related theme and other images subject to approval. Lettering and words will not be accepted. All designs will be approved by a review committee. A sample image of what the finished project might look like is included below to the right.

The crosswalks included within the scope of this project are: North Beaver Street, West Philadelphia Street, West Market Street, West King Street, and West Princess Street and these crosswalks vary in size from 100 square feet to 550 square feet. Selected artist will be compensated with a $400 stipend upon selection and an additional $400 stipend upon completion of the scope of work for a total of $800.

Funding for this project was made possible through the support of the York County Trail Towns Program and the City of York Health Bureau. A special thanks to Annalisa Gojmerac for serving as a special advisor to the project.

Have questions? Contact Brendan Salyards at bsalyards@yceapa.org, or by calling 717-771-4576.