FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – City Utilities and Downtown Fort Wayne Improvement District’s Art This Way program are seeking artists to use their imagination and talent to create storm drain murals as part of the fourth year of Clean Drains Fort Wayne: Be River SmART project.
The initiative raises awareness about the vital role storm drains play as the gateways to our waterways. Anything polluting that goes down our storm drains can harm our streams, creeks, and rivers. The Clean Drain’s motto is” Only Rain in the Drain.”
City Utilities released the following:
Selected artists will receive all necessary guidance, materials and paint for the mural painting. Drain artists will also receive a small monetary gift as a thank-you for participating in the award-winning Clean Drains Fort Wayne message-oriented storm drain art mural initiative.
Apply Online
Interested artists can apply online and submit their designs here. The submission deadline is May 12, 2024.
The Fort Wayne Public Art Commission will review the designs. Selected artists will be notified by June 6, 2024.
The first group of murals will be painted at the selected sites from July 20 through July 28, 2024. The second group of artists will be in the field from August 17 through August 25, 2024.
Clean Drains Fort Wayne: Be River SmART began as a three-year innovative partnership campaign between Friends of the Rivers and City Utilities. Over those transformative years, the program placed nearly 100 community murals, marked over 8,000 storm drains with the medallion stating, “Only Rain in the Drain,” and kept almost 10,000 pounds of trash from our rivers. The need continues, however, so the program is back in year four, guided by City Utilities in partnership with Art This Way.
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