The City of Lee’s Summit’s Cultural Arts Division, Cultural Commission and members of the artist jury have chosen a finalist to create the entryway artwork for Green Street. The selected artist will be announced in September and will then begin working on the concept proposal. The artwork will be installed before the opening of Green Street in the spring of 2025, serving as a beacon for the newly developed location. The public response to the five entryway artwork proposals was overwhelming and crucial in solidifying the chosen proposal. Thank you to those who provided feedback. It will be exciting to see the concept come to life.
The City of Lee’s Summit Cultural Arts Division seeks to commission a professional visual artist or artist team to design a digital mural that will be printed on four large exterior vinyl banners for public view. The mural installation will be visible to the right of the primary entrance to the market facility in downtown Lee’s Summit. This will be a highly photographic area due to the project’s size and location. The design is meant to welcome and invite the community and its visitors to the new public facility.
The selected artist will be responsible for producing four images. The images will be printed on vinyl and displayed side by side on the primary facade of the market. Each banner is 13.4 feet long and 7.4 feet high. The artist will be responsible for preparing digital images for print, sized approximately 13 x 7 feet at 600 dpi resolution. Final dimensions will be determined upon the final design of the murals’ hanging system.
Printing and installation of the digital design will be the responsibility of the Cultural Arts Division. Artists may create one digital design to be printed across four panels or create a series of designs to be printed on each panel.
The artist will receive a stipend of $3,000 and must reside in one of the following counties, Jackson, Platte, Clay and Cass in Missouri, or Wyandotte and Johnson in Kansas.
This project is expected to be a long-term temporary work with a display period of one to three years. The Cultural Arts Division will determine the display period.
Submissions will be accepted until midnight on Aug. 30.