The City of Boulder Utilities Department and Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program invite Colorado-based artists to apply for this public art opportunity at the city-owned Valmont Park rain garden.
Donor Name: City of Boulder Office of Arts and Culture
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 10/25/2022
Size of the Grant: $18,750
Details:
Stormwater pollution occurs when rain or snow melt flows over streets and picks up trash, oil, dirt, chemicals, and other pollutants from their neighborhoods and communities as it travels. These pollutants are then carried through the storm drainage system, which drains directly into local creeks and streams untreated. The city builds stormwater control measures (SCMs), including rain gardens, to manage and filter stormwater from parking lots and other areas before it reaches local streams. Rain gardens are shallow, sunken areas with plantings and special filtering soil that are selected to help filter out pollutants and create natural habitats for wildlife and beneficial insects. Rain gardens are at their visual peak and performance from June through November.
Public Art: Parameters & Goals
The selection panel identified specific goals for this public art with the hope of creating an original unique work of art that complements the above-mentioned areas:
- The City of Boulder Utilities Department and Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program invite Colorado-based artists to apply for this public art opportunity at the city-owned Valmont Park rain garden.
- Bring attention to the stormwater system: storm drains, SCMs, and their role in protecting water quality
- Connect SCMs to water quality and other topics the public values – recreation, wildlife, environmental and human health, water
- Create a sense of place by connecting people to these features and the surrounding environment
- Help people connect to the environment/watershed/stormwater through art
- Allow the Stormwater Program to engage more directly with the public
- Educate passersby and connect them to ways they can curb their own pollution of stormwater
- Unique and original in that this artwork is created directly in response to the site and functionality of the rain garden.
Funding Information
A total project budget of $18,750 is available for this opportunity.
For more information, visit CBOAC.