CALLING ALL ARTISTS: Recycling the Eco-Art Exhibition
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2011
CONTACT: Angela Fox, afox@crystalcity.org, 703-412-9430
CALLING ALL ARTISTS: Recycling the Eco-Art Exhibition
Crystal City (Arlington, VA) – The Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) is recycling the “Eco-Art” concept with today’s Call for Artists. The fully recycled theme brings back the popular and award-winning “Eco-Art” exhibition featuring environmentally inspired designs to the Crystal City Water Park.
“The 2009 Eco-Art Exhibit was arguably the BID’s most awe-inspiring art project yet,” said Angela Fox, President/CEO of the Crystal City BID. “Playfully recycling the Green Theme appropriately celebrates the program’s fifth iteration while demonstrating the BID’s commitment to the environment.”
The previous rendition of Eco-Art by Sergio Martinez won the 2009 Design Arlington Award for Excellence. Martinez used sustainably- and locally- grown and harvested bamboo to mimic and reflect the dynamic characteristics of water through varying lengths, orientations, and heights. The pieces represented water in varying states of the liquid form including through the natural energy of waves, the geometry of a drop of water, or the rippling effect of water moving past an old wooden post of a pier.
Today’s Call for Artists kicks off the search for qualified artists to conceive and implement a new interpretation of the Eco-Art theme. The exhibit is scheduled to open on April 2, 2012. Interested artists should visit www.crystalcity.org to learn more and download the formal application which is due by January 13, 2012.
The Eco-Art exhibit is part of the Crystal City BID’s ARTFUL program and will mark the fifth temporary art project designed to demonstrate the power that art can add to the area’s streets and open spaces. Past projects include Crystal Flight, Bucky Art, Eco-Art, and Illumination. The Crystal City BID is responsible for changing how people see, perceive, and experience Crystal City, and art remains a critical means of achieving this goal by adding color, interest and conversation to the streets, sidewalks and open spaces of Crystal City.
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About the Crystal City Business Improvement District
The Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) is a public-private partnership established in April 2006 to promote the vibrant Crystal City business, retail, restaurant and residential community. The BID is committed to showcasing the area as a world-class destination for visitors, employees and residents. Crystal City is ACTIVE, ARTFUL, ACCESSIBLE, and GREEN. For more information, visit www.crystalcity.org.
