Media Contact:	Cristina Amoruso, Barracks Row Main Street at (202) 544-3188, cristina@barracksrow.org
	Karyn Le Blanc, DDOT at (202) 671-3490

The Barracks Row Main Street in Washington, DC seeks an artist or artist team to design, create and install an urban mural for the SE Freeway overpass that divides the south end of 8th Street SE, now known as Barracks Row.  The goal of this project is to create a unique landmark that expresses the character of the surrounding neighborhood. The large mural will help draw residents and non-residents for repeated viewings to the area and reinforce a sense of place within this community. 

THE STREETSCAPE MURAL PROJECT TIMELINE

This schedule is contingent upon the city’s funding schedule and may be changed at any time.

June 13, 2008	Deadline for response to RFP (by 5:00 pm)
June 27, 2008	Short-listed artists notified
July 14-18, 2008	Week of interviews for short-listed artists
July 25, 2008	Selected Artists Notified
October 1, 2008	Anticipated execution of contract
October 15, 2008	Anticipated beginning of work
January 15, 2009	Anticipated end of work

Funds are made available through the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation Enhancement Program.  The theme for the art should be reflective of the history of Barracks Row as it connects with the Anacostia River, the Navy Yard, and/or the District’s first commercial corridor along 8th Street.  Graphic representations must include a transportation theme but may also incorporate nature scenes, waterfront scenes, commerce scenes, and architectural scenes, statuary.  Barracks Row is interested in a pictorial representation that will bridge the north-south ends of the street with interesting subject matter in the trompe l’oeil style.  With this mural, Barracks Row hopes to provide an attraction to help draw residents and non-residents for repeated viewings to the area.   Project oversight of the program is the responsibility of the Barracks Row Main Street, a non-profit organization and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT).

For information on Barracks Row Main Street programs, call (202) 544-3188 or to view the full advertisement with application details, please visit www.barracksrow.org.