Call for Entries
The Bloomington, Indiana, Percent for the Arts program invites entries in a national, open, one-stage competition to design public bus shelters on a gateway thoroughfare into the city. A jury will select three winning designs for fabrication and installation in 2003. Application materials are due February 15, 2002. For a brochure describing the project and submission procedures, contact BloomingtonArt@aol.com, or the Bloomington Community Art Commission, Public Works Department, City Hall, 410 N. Morton Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47404. Those interested can see specific requirements for the designs at: http://www.city.bloomington.in.us/engineering/arts_commission/shelter.html

Details
Sponsors: Bloomington Community Art Commission, Percent for the Arts Program, in conjunction with Bloomington Transit

Type: Open, national, blind submissions, one-stage, juried competition

Awards: $2500 to each of three winning designs

Timetable: Application materials due February 15, 2002; announcement of winners in March 2002; planning and fabrication of shelters to be completed by June 2003.

Registration fee: $10

Eligibility: Open to American artists, architects, designers, and students

Competition Goal: The Bloomington Community Art Commission's Percent for the Arts Program seeks proposals for three new bus shelters to be installed along a thoroughfare that will be improved and widened as part of a major transportation project in 2002. Third Street, the principal entry to Bloomington from the west, will be redesigned to serve as a gateway corridor to South Central Indiana's cultural capital. The sponsors welcome visually exciting, sturdy, functional designs for shelters and benches in any materials. For a brochure describing the project and submission procedures, contact the Bloomington Community Art Commission, Public Works Department, City Hall, 410 N. Morton Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47404, or contact BloomingtonArt@aol.com.