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First Hill Streetcar public art project

The Public 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

Artist Selection • 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

Artwork Schedule Follows same schedule as First Hill Streetcar • 2010-2011 Design • 2011-2013 Fabrication and installation • 2013 Artwork Complete

First Hill Streetcar public art project Mags Harries & Lajos Héder http://www.harriesheder.com/

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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 to Receive Project Updates • 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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