The City of Encinitas is now accepting applications from Encinitas high school and college-age students, as well as adult artists, to participate in a city-funded public art project to create mosaic panels for permanent installation on an Interstate 5 undercrossing.
As part of the Caltrans North Coast Corridor Program, the freeway undercrossing at Santa Fe Drive has been redesigned and a series of 53 mosaic panels will be installed on the north and south walls.
The artists will be asked to create panels that reflect the culture of the five different communities of Encinitas: The artistic theme is “Encinitas Up Close,” and artists are being asked to depict local flora and fauna, including people, abstract or representational in form. The mosaics must be dynamic and distinguishable from a distance.
Interested individuals are invited to attend an applicant workshop Oct. 3, from 6-7:00 p.m. at the Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive. During the workshop, the project will be discussed in greater detail and city staff and members of the Commission for the Arts will be available to answer questions.
Applications are available online at the project website: www.encinitasca.gov/publicart, or in person at Encinitas City Hall, 505 S. Vulcan Avenue, or the Encinitas Library. The deadline to submit an application is Oct. 25, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. to the City of Encinitas Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department at City Hall.
Applications will be evaluated by the Commission for the Arts and a recommendation will be forwarded to Caltrans for its review and approval. The commission will then forward the recommendation to the Encinitas City Council for its consideration and approval.
Fabrication of the mosaics will commence in early 2019; installation is slated for late summer 2019.
For more information, visit the project website: www.encinitasca.gov/publicart or contact Arts Program Administrator Jim Gilliam at (760) 633-2746 or jgilliam@encinitasca.gov.
–Staff
