SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Bruceville Road corridor, between Valley Hi and Cosumnes River Blvd., will get a splash of art due to a public-private partnership.
Sacramento's Metropolitan Arts Commission has partnered with the utility company SMUD, and the Mack Road Partnership to financially back fifteen utility and traffic boxes being turned into art. Their vision is for an artist or team of artists to create a different design for each of the fifteen boxes that tell a cohesive story related to health and wellness.
"In a corridor that includes a hospital, a number of medical facilities, and all kinds of medical-oriented businesses, health and wellness seemed like an appropriate and a hopefully inspiring theme for an artist to think about," says Project Manager for Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission Donald Gulshen.
The successful artist who earns this project will not only have their art displayed along busy Bruceville Road, but also get an $8500 design fee. Gulshen says, "We want to find opportunities where artists can be paid for their work."
All types of artists are encouraged to apply for the coveted commission before the April 22 deadline.
"Studio artists who are painters or photographers or collage artists, or any number of disciplines could apply for the project," says Gulshen.
More information on the Bronxville Road box wrap project can be found at the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission website.
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