Artists needed to help beautify Chattanooga, TN’s Rossville’s Boulevard

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This ArtSpark piece by Katie Claiborne is called “Battanooga.” The effort to beautify the BLVD is based off River City Co.'s Art Spark program. | NOOGAtoday

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Public Art Chattanooga is searching for a diverse group of artists to beautify the boulevard — Rossville Boulevard, that is. 👀

Q: OK, how are we going to beautify the boulevard?
A: The plan is to recruit regional artists to create vinyl artwork on seven traffic control boxes in the 37407 zip code. Fun fact: about 20,000 cars pass by one of the boxes — that’s a lot of eyeballs.

Q: OK. Gotcha. Who can apply to create the art?
A: Artists who live in the region, which includes anyone whose primary residence is in the State of Tennessee or in Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker + Whitfield counties in Georgia. Alabama residents from Dekalb or Jackson counties are also eligible.

Q: Cool! What are the other requirements for the application?
A: Organizers are looking for artists from varying backgrounds to create works surrounding the theme, “Chattanooga’s Cultural Corridor.”

Q: Tell us more?
A: Well, the boxes are in an eclectic community known for its manufacturing industry + Hispanic Tiendas. Winning submissions will celebrate the “rich diversity + help build on a shared sense of identity and place.” You can read more about the criteria here.

Q: When do I need to turn in a submission?
A: By Sun., Dec. 20.

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The effort to brighten Rossville Boulevard is modeled after downtown’s ArtSpark program, which covered the traffic signal boxes in art. | NOOGAtoday

Q: And how do I turn in a submission?
A: Send it to Heather at blvdactionplan@gmail.com.

Q: Who is helping make this happen?
A: A group of residents, business owners + community stakeholders are behind the project, which is called The Blvd. Public Art Chattanooga is helping organize it.

Q: Where will the art be?

—Workman Road and Rossville Boulevard

— Dodds Avenue and Rossville Boulevard

— 32nd Street and Rossville Boulevard

—.37th Street and Rossville Boulevard

— 28th Street and Rossville BLBoulevardVD

— 37th Street and Dodds Avenue

— 34th Street and Dodds Avenue

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Q: Anything else we should know?
A: Yep. This project is modeled after Chattanooga’s ArtSpark program, which added art to downtown control boxes. Oh, also, winners get $500.


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