First Hill Streetcarpublic art project

• Integrated

• Consistent design sensibility throughout project

• Potential for a combination of artworks and design enhancements

• Repeating art elements used along the route

• Contributes to the overall identity of the streetcar line

The Public Art Project

• National request for qualifications

– 200 applicants from throughout the U.S.

• Convened selection panel to review qualifications and interview finalists

– Panel of art, design and transit professionals

– 4 of 5 panelists live or work along streetcar route

• Mags Harries and Lajos Heder selected May 2010

Artist Selection

Follows same schedule as First Hill Streetcar

• 2010-2011 Design

• 2011-2013 Fabrication and installation

• 2013 Artwork Complete

Artwork Schedule

First Hill Streetcarpublic art project

Mags Harries & Lajos Héderhttp://www.harriesheder.com/

Glove Cycle

Porter Square Subway, Cambridge, MA

Fossil

MBTA Red Line Subway Car #1506, Boston

WaterWorks at Arizona Falls

Phoenix, AZ

SunFlowers, An Electric Garden

Catellus Development, Austin, TX

The Zanjero’s Line

Highline Canal, Phoenix, AZ

Arbors & Ghost Trees

Baseline Road, South Mountain Village, Phoenix, AZ

Provide comments for the artists• E-mail comments to Patricia Hopper, public art

project manager, at patricia.hopper@seattle.gov.

• Provide general comments or answer one or more of the following questions:

• What kind of experience would you like to have while waiting at a streetcar platform?

• How will the First Hill Streetcar change the way you move around and experience the city?

• What trip to do you expect to take most often once the streetcar is up and running? Where will you be coming from and where will you be going?

• Sign up for SDOT Streetcar e-mail updates

– http://www.seattlestreetcar.org/firsthill.asp

• Sign up for Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs eNews

– http://www.seattle.gov/

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