Artists who live in the service area of the Douglass-Truth Library, 2300 E. Yesler Way, are invited to apply to help design artwork for the expanded branch.
"It's a wonderful opportunity for a community artist to work with a professional artist on permanent works of art," said Lisa Richmond, public art project manager for the Seattle Arts Commission. The Arts Commission, a city agency formed in 1971 to increase public awareness of and support for the arts, is managing the Seattle Public Library's public art program.
The innovative Art Partners program pairs an experienced artist with a community artist who has limited experience with public art. The Arts Commission created and funded the program so the library public art program could reach more deeply into the community and provide opportunities for emerging artists.
Applicants must live in zip code 98144, 98122, or 98118 and have no previous experience as a public artist. They must be:
A panel of reviewers that includes Douglass-Truth Library public artist Marita Dingus, the design team, library staff and a community member will select the art partner. Dingus creates work from discarded materials, including bottle caps, aluminum cans and thread spools.
For an application, call Richmond at the Arts Commission, 206-684-0998, or check online at http://www.cityofseattle.net/arts/funding_applications/.
Artists must submit:
Send applications to:
Lisa Richmond
Seattle Arts Commission
312 First Ave. N. 2nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98109
Applications must be received by 5 p.m., Friday April 26. Postmarks won't be accepted.
The 8,008-square-foot Douglass-Truth Library opened in 1914. The $3.5 million expansion project includes additional square footage, an updated collection, more space and better storage for the African-American Collection, a new children's area, more seating, computers and parking, larger and more efficient staff work areas and upgraded electrical, mechanical and ventilation systems. The project is scheduled to be finished in 2003.
Voters approved the expansion project as part of the $196.4 million "Libraries for All" bond measure passed in 1998. The plan calls for improving or replacing all 22 branch libraries, building five new branches and building a new central library.
The Seattle Public Library Foundation is in the midst of a "Campaign for Seattle's Public Libraries" with the goal of raising $75 million from private sources to enhance the public bond commitment. Every dollar raised will ensure the library system reflects our community's needs in buildings, books, technology and people, long into the future. For more information about "Libraries for All" or the Foundation, visit the Library's Web site at www.spl.org.
(For more information, call Lisa Richmond, public art project manager, Seattle Arts Commission, 206-684-0998, or Caroline Young Ullmann, Library communications assistant, 206-615-1627.)
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