Traffic Control Box Art Wrap - City of Sunrise Business and Entertainment District
Sunrise City Hall – 10770 West Oakland Park Boulevard

Contact Email: dalima@sunrisefl.gov
Call Type: Public Art
Budget: $500 per selected artist design

 Project Summary

The City of Sunrise seeks applications for artworks/designs that can be reproduced as vinyl wraps and applied to up to seventeen (17) traffic control boxes in the City of Sunrise’s Business and Entertainment District. Selected student, emerging, and professional artists will be paid $500 per design for an approved final design and licensing rights that will enable the City to reproduce the design on one or multiple traffic control boxes in the City. This opportunity is open to visual artists, illustrators, designers and otherwise creative individuals working in any medium, as long as the final artwork can be translated and digitally reproduced on a three-dimensional vinyl wrap.

The goal of the project is to help brand the western portion of the City of Sunrise as a business and entertainment destination and the best place to live, work and play while also enhancing Sunrise’s public spaces by adding vibrant works of art to utilitarian surfaces that are in high visibility areas and/or are often targeted by vandalism. These pieces of public art can enhance the visual character of our city, promote community dialogue, and turn ordinary spaces into community landmarks.

This Call to Artists is the second phase of the Traffic Control Box Art Wrap Project in Sunrise. In October 2020 a total of twenty nine (29) artworks were installed on traffic control boxes in the center portion of the City of Sunrise. Unlike the current project, the first phase did not have a specific theme. Click www.sunrisefl.gov/YourArtHere  to see images of the artworks from phase I of the project.

Eligibility

• Applicant must live in the U.S.A.

• Applicant cannot be a City of Sunrise employee or elected official.

• Artists younger than 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian co-sign the Artist Letter of Intent.

 Design Specs:

Artists skilled in any arts medium whether it be painting, drawing, photography, graphic design, animation, etc are invited to participate. Artists can submit up to seventeen (17) images for consideration. Submit your design(s) with the following JPG specs.

• File Type: JPEG or JPG only.
• File Dimensions: 1,200 pixels or greater on the longest side.
• File Size: Under 5 MB.
• Color Profile: sRGB

• Resolution: 300 DPI

 Theme

The designs must represent the brand of western Sunrise as a business and entertainment destination and the best place to live, work and play. The artists should look for inspiration in the assets within the Business and Entertainment District. This four square mile area is located on the west side of the City of Sunrise from Flamingo Road to the Sawgrass Expressway neighboring the Everglades.

The Business and Entrainment District includes the largest and most successful outlet and value retail mall in the continental United States - Sawgrass Mills. Across from the mall there is also the 20,000 seat BB&T Center, one of the finest arenas in the country and home to the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers. Another major asset in western Sunrise is the Sawgrass International Corporate Park, one of Florida’s largest corporate parks (650 acres) home to regional, Latin American, and global headquarters. There is also over $2.3 billion new mixed-use projects in development within this area. Because of these assets, this area hosts more than 28 million visitors each year from all over the world and it is known as a major business and entertainment destination. Click www.sunrisefl.gov/YourArtHere to see a map with images of the Businesses and Entertainment District.

In addition to the “Business and Entertainment Destination” theme, the designs must also be family-friendly and suitable for the public realm. The artwork submitted must integrate the front, back, sides, and top of the box to capture the interest of those that drive, ride, and walk by. The City also requires the designs to be unique to the City of Sunrise and not have been utilized in other traffic control boxes and/or utility box projects.

Artists Selection

As many as one (1) to seventeen (17) artists can be selected for this project.  Experience in vinyl wraps or public art is NOT required. All artists will be required to submit design proposals for initial review and selection by the City’s staff and approval by the City Commission. Once selected, artists will work with City staff and the City’s selected printing company to make any necessary revisions to the design prior to printing. The final artwork must be submitted as a high quality digital file to the exact specifications provided by City staff.

If the artwork is not inherently a digital file, artist must submit a high resolution scan or photograph of the work, suitable for use. However, if the Artwork does not maintain acceptable quality when digitally enhanced and the issue cannot be resolved, the City has the right to reject the Artwork and be released from any obligation to compensate the artist.  Artists will be compensated after the Artwork is submitted to the City in the final template and resolution requested to the City's satisfaction. The artist is not responsible for printing and installation of the traffic control box art wraps. The specific location of the traffic control boxes will be assigned by the City.

Artists will be required to sign a Letter of Understanding granting the City reproduction rights to the Artwork. The artist will retain the copyright and other intellectual property rights relating to the Artwork, but will grant the City, unlimited, perpetual, and irrevocable right to use or reproduce the Artwork in any non-commercial manner or media whatsoever. Designs must be unique and the artist submitting the designs must be the creator and owner of the Artwork and possess all copyrights and custody of the original work and therefore have not copied, reproduced in any way, or otherwise infringed upon anyone else's intellectual property rights.

Dimensions and Locations of Traffic Control Boxes:

- The boxes are of various dimensions. The contractor that is going to be hired to print and install the vinyl wrap will be responsible for measuring each utility box and working with the City and the artists on the design template to fit each box. Regardless of the specific box size, artists must keep in mind that the design must look good on all four sides of the traffic control box.

 - The locations of the 17 traffic control boxes that are being considered for this project are identified in Exhibit A.

-The wraps are intended to last at least 5 years but may be removed at any time at the discretion of the City. While the City will aim to remove any tagging or vandalism, deterioration may occur and thus the City cannot guarantee that the wrap will be restored to its original condition.

Wrap Design Guidelines:

• Designs must be appropriate for display in public spaces and viewing by a general audience

• Designs should not aim to blend into the surrounding streetscape, but should stand out artistically to the passers by

• Designs cannot include political or religious content; any breach of intellectual property; trademarks; images of illegal activity; advertisements; logos; signage; promotion of any business, organization, individual, or product; or involve the attachment of objects to the boxes

• Designs must represent Sunrise as a business and entrainment destination, be family-friendly and unique to the City of Sunrise

• All designs will be subject to review and approval by staff

  Selection Criteria

  Artist designs will be selected based on the following criteria:

• Designs that best represents western Sunrise’s brand as a “business and entertainment destination and the best place to live, work and play”

• Artistic quality and vibrancy of submitted designs

• Appropriateness of artwork in scale and imagery to be visually effective on public utility boxes

• Ability to successfully translate original artwork to a digital file for a three-dimensional surface

• Ability to relate to multiple types of viewers (pedestrians, motorists, cyclists)

• Uniqueness of the design

SUBMISSION PROCESS

Please submit the following required application via the online CaFE application:

1. Project Questionnaire

• Please submit as a PDF or Word Document

• Name document in the following format - applicant’s last name_Questionnaire (example: Smith_Questionnaire.)

• Include artist’s name in the top right corner.

• One page or less total, answering the following questions:

  • 1)      Why are you interested in this project? What was your design inspiration?

  • 2)      How will your artwork/design translate successfully to the utility box format?

  • 3)      How can your work relate to multiple types of viewers (pedestrians, motorists, cyclist) – examples are helpful.

  • 4)     Is your design unique to the City of Sunrise and how does your design reflect the Sunrise’s Business and Entertainment Destination theme.

    2. Artist Experience

• Please submit as a PDF or Word Document

  • Name document in the following format - applicant’s last name_Experience (example: “Smith_Experience.”)

• Resume or letter describing the artists’ art related experience (should not exceed 3 pages) and should:

  • include artist’s name, address, phone, and email address.

  • List most recent public art and/or art experience first.

  • If the artist has no professional art related experience submit a short letter about you and your reason for submitting a design(s) for this project. 

    3. Artwork Images/Designs

• Submit only “High” quality JPEG files (do not use GIF, TIFF, or other formats.)

  • Name images in the following format:  number_applicant’s last name (number signifies the viewing order), for example: “01_Smith.jpg; 02_Smith.jpg; etc. These numbers must correspond to the Artwork Description Sheet (see below).

• Submit 1-16 designs or artworks for consideration for the opportunity.

  4. Artwork Description Sheet

• Submit as a PDF or Word Document

  • Name document in the following format - applicant’s last name_ Artwork Description Sheet (example: “Smith_ Artwork Description Sheet.”)

  • Name in the top right corner of every page

• Images (see naming convention above) numbered consecutively and listed in the order in which they are to be viewed, and include:

  • Title of artwork

  • Medium

  • Dimensions (H” x W” x D”), if applicable

  • Year work was completed

  • Brief and succinct description of artwork

  • If work is presented as part of a collaboration, explain your role in the larger project and credit design team or individual collaborators by name and role

• Name the file with the applicant’s last name: “Smith_Artwork Description Sheet”
  
  Questions? Contact Danielle Lima, Economic and Community Enrichment Manager, at dalima@sunrisefl.gov or 954-746-3432.

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria