STATION NORTH BIKE RACK PROJECT


Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc. receives more than 70 different design proposals for the STATION NORTH BIKE RACK PROJECT
Only eight designs to be chosen – Public invited to view all of the submitted designs

( Baltimore , MD ) Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc. received more than 70 different designs from 49 designers/design teams for the Station North Bike Rack Project. Eight (8) bike rack designs will be chosen to be fabricated and installed throughout the Station North Arts & Entertainment District to enhance the area with the sculptural installations, while simultaneously promoting bicycling within the city of Baltimore . Submissions were received from designers throughout the Baltimore metropolitan area as well as from Manassas, VA, Roanoke, VA, Oriental, NC, Brighton, MA, & San Francisco, CA.

Students from David Lopez’s Environmental Design class at the Maryland Institute College of Art were assigned the project for class and many of those students have submitted their designs.

A public “exhibition” of all of the bike rack designs will be held on Friday, November 21 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the North Avenue Market, 14 W. North Avenue .

Design submissions will be reviewed by an independent panel of jurors. The panel will include: Matthew Bracken, former President of Independent Fabrication; Elizabeth Evitts Dickson, writer for Metropolis and Architect magazines; Irene Hoffman, Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum , Baltimore , Ledelle Moe, Artist and Chair of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art and John Ruppert , Artist and Chairman of the Department of Art at the University of Maryland . They will be joined by Station North Bike Rack Project committee members Doug Bothner and Fred Scharmen of Ziger/Snead Architects, Gary Kachadourian from the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts, and Monika Graves , board member of Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc.

Eight (8) designs will be selected. Designers will receive $4,000 to fabricate their design(s). The bike racks will be installed throughout the Station North Arts & Entertainment District in March 2009.

The Station North Bike Rack Project is being underwritten by a Neighborhoods First grant from the Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods and by a matching grant from the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund.

The Station North Arts & Entertainment District was established in January 2002 through the combined efforts of community members, the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland . Comprised of three neighborhoods – Greenmount West, Charles North, and part of Barclay – and located near the intersection of Charles Street and North Avenue just north of Amtrak’s Penn Station, the 100-acre district serves as a burgeoning cultural district in the heart of Baltimore . Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc. promotes the district as well as arts and entertainment activities held within the District.

For additional information about the Station North Arts &amp; Entertainment District or the Station North Bike Rack Project, contact 410.962.7075 or info@stationnorth.org. Visit the Station North Arts &amp; Entertainment, Inc. website at <a href="http://www.stationnorth.org">www.stationnorth.org</a>;.

by B' Spokes

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