SIGN PAINTERS a film by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon
MICA Design League is hosting Baltimore’s first screening of this movie.

“Sign Painters, the first anecdotal history of the craft, features the stories of more than two dozen sign painters working in cities throughout the United States. The documentary and book profiles sign painters young and old, from the new vanguard working solo to collaborative shops such as San Francisco’s New Bohemia Signs and New York’s Colossal Media’s Sky High Murals.”

http://signpaintermovie.blogspot.com/

This is the first and only scheduled screening of this movie in Baltimore. Free and open to the public! not to be missed!

The City of Dublin invites individual artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for several upcoming public art opportunities, creating permanently installed artwork at the Emerald Glen Park Recreation and Aquatics Complex.

The complex design includes a 14,000 square foot natatorium, locker rooms, staff offices, viewing areas, and a small common room. The outdoor area will include a 25 meter x 25 yard pool, water slide, splash area, water play area, and teaching pool with surrounding patios, picnic areas, and viewing areas. There are several artwork opportunities, including a Design Purchase for $10,000, and exterior artwork opportunities with a budget of $167,000.

Location: Dublin, California

Deadline: December 6, 2013 at 5:00pm

Click here for more information or to apply. 

This is a multi-faceted project for a new middle school in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast, Washington, D.C., including the following works of art:

1) Entry Plaza work – Themed:  environmental sustainability (with possible connections to storm water tanks and geothermal loop):  $50,000

2)  3 Story Atrium suspended work of art – Themed:  Diversity:  $50,000

3)  Outdoor Classroom – Themed:  environmental sustainability (interactive, educational and didactic works of art to highlight wind, solar and other renewable energy sources):  $50,000

4)  Banners and pavement wayfinding on the Michigan Avenue side of the school – Themed:  Brookland  $50,000

5)  Main Lobby – Themed:  Performing Arts :  $30,000

Location: Washington, D.C.

Deadline: December 12, 2013

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The Public Art Committee of Johnson City, TN is seeking proposals for an art project that incorporates identifying signage for the new Founders Park retention pond project in downtown Johnson City, Tennessee. The artwork must withstand varied environmental conditions, including occasional high water. Johnson City is distinguished as a community that embraces art, the environment, commerce, science, community, and education. The budget for this project is $50,000.

The park will eventually become integrated into what is envisioned as a greenway plan, a zone of property between downtown Johnson City and the campus of ETSU that would include patches of pollinator plants, sites for public art, as well as functional art – benches, planters, educational kiosks and bike racks. Opportunities for community events include art workshops and workshops on native plants and animals, using Brush Creek as an outdoor classroom for children. Nearby is the future home to the Johnson City Farmers Market. The greenway plan is envisioned as both symbolic and practical: feeding ideas and commerce between community and university, supplying exchanges between town and gown, as well as physically nurturing the environment and providing a habitat for beneficial birds and insects.

Location: Johnson City, TN

Deadline: December 20, 2013

Click here for more information or to apply. 

The Public Art Committee of Johnson City, Tennessee is seeking proposals for an exhibit to be located along the State of Franklin Street corridor that connects downtown Johnson City and the campus of East Tennessee State University.

This exhibition is part of a larger greenway vision plan. The greenway will include areas of pollinator plants, sites for public art, as well as functional items including benches, planters, educational kiosks, bike racks, etc. The greenway plan is visualized as both symbolic and practical: feeding culture and commerce between the community and the university, as well as physically nurturing of the environment by providing a habitat that is beneficial to all.

Location: Johnson City, TN

Deadline: January 24, 2014

Click here for more information or to apply.