Calling all architects, artists, and otherwise makers!
The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and
Team Laminates
are seeking design proposals to transform an empty Deutschtown lot into
a public art installation and garden beds that will provide vegetables
to the community.
The project began in December
when Team Laminates approached The Children's Museum about joining
forces to beautify the 1,200-square-foot lot outside their building at
the corner of Spring Garden Avenue and Vinial Street. The Children's
Museum suggested the project might benefit from community input in the
form of a design competition. Children's Museum youth programs
coordinator Kimberly Bracken is working with Team Laminates,
The Historic Deutschtown Development Corporation, and the community on the project.
"From
the beginning the museum has said two things," says Chris Siefert, deputy director of The Children's Museum. "One is that if we want to
do art and also design these garden beds we should try and make it as
cohesive as possible. The second thing is that we're all committing to
something that's going to have near and longer term implications. We're
not just going to build something and walk away from it."
With grants from
Alcoa and
The National Endowment for the Arts,
the winning proposal writer will be awarded $5,000 for the project and will also
receive donated supplies from Deutschtown's Team Laminates, Cully Glass
Corp, and
Artcraft Wood Products. Proposals are due by February 11.
Those
interested in the competition should attend the project information
meeting at 10 a.m. on January 27 in the Madison Avenue Meeting House at
1000 Madison Avenue. For an application email
Kimberly Bracken.
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Writer:
John Farley
Source: Chris Siefert, The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Photograph copyright John Farley