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City of Lewisville College Street Enhancement Art Benches

The City of Lewisville, Texas is seeking qualifications from artists who wish to work on a public art project as part of the newly re-developed College Street beautification project.

Extending from Mill Street to Railroad Street, College Street improvements have begun, with an anticipated completion Spring 2027. College Street is an east-west corridor through a mostly multi-family residential area, within walking distance to Old Town Lewisville.

Following the successful integration of art and seating along Main Street with artist designed benches in 2019, the City of Lewisville Arts Advisory Board seeks one artist or artist team to design six potential art-benches made of materials that can withstand the harsh Texas weather and require little to no maintenance by the City.

Interested artists should provide examples and descriptions of any relevant experience working on similar projects. Possible themes and subject matter have not yet been determined. No proposals are required.

The City of Lewisville, Texas is seeking qualifications from artists who wish to work on a public art project as part of the newly re-developed College Street beautification and enhancement project.

Following the successful integration of art and seating along Main Street with four artist designed benches in 2019, the City would like to broaden this reach to the College Street project to support their ongoing efforts to maintain safe, reliable, attractive infrastructure to the community.

Extending from Mill Street to Railroad Street, College Street improvements have begun and are expected to take about 14 months to complete, with an anticipated completion Spring 2027. This project includes roadway infrastructure upgrades, new bike lanes, new lighting, landscaping enhancements, larger sidewalks, utility improvements and the addition of on-street parking. College Street is an east-west corridor through a mostly multi-family residential area, within walking distance to Old Town Lewisville.

More information about this project can be found here.

The City of Lewisville Arts Advisory Board seeks one artist or artist team to design six potential art-benches made of materials that can withstand the harsh Texas weather and require little to no maintenance by the City of Lewisville.

The Lewisville Arts Advisory Board aims to install works of public art that function as benches that are diverse in style and media, while upholding accessibility to all. The board hopes to expose the local community to different types of art, increase tourism, and encourage walkability and bicycle friendly engagement for visitors and Lewisville residents alike.

This is a request for qualifications, not proposals. Currently, we ask that artists present their skills and experience working on this type of public art project. Interested artists should provide examples and descriptions of any relevant experience working on similar projects. Artists may also describe how their artwork has been incorporated into city infrastructure, developed as part of a series, or used in other public-facing contexts.

Possible themes and subject matter have not yet been determined. No proposals are required.

The four main considerations are creativity, site appropriateness, ADA compliance, and durability. Images of finished works and conceptual drawings may be submitted. The City of Lewisville values creativity, originality, and skill. AI is an excellent tool for problem-solving and providing context for art and artists, but the Arts Advisory Board will not consider AI-generated concepts from artists who do not have an evidentiary history of completed projects.

Artworks considered to be interactive (e.g. touchable, climbable) must meet all local, state, ADA, and PROWAG requirements.

Three finalists will be selected and asked to create proposals for the City of Lewisville Arts Advisory Board.

This project is open to United States-based artists only.

Materials and Media

Durability and Maintenance: The artworks should be fabricated with highly durable, low-maintenance materials. These benches will be outside in the public realm, therefore be exposed to physical stressors such as touching and potential climbing, as well as all types of weather including intense sun, wind, rain, and frozen precipitation. Artists with past projects that have successful long-term durability and proven maintenance potential (as informed by materials submitted and reference…