Olympia Art Crossings #4 and #5, Washington — Two $55,000 Gateway Public Art Commissions for Artists Connected to Olympia
A City of Olympia public art call for two of eight gateway artworks planned along the city's civic boulevards.
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Two separate commissions, each with an artwork budget of $55,000 covering design, engineering, lighting fixtures, landscape, fabrication, transport, insurance, the artist's fee, taxes and travel. The city prepares the site (foundations, pedestals, electrical) and installs the work, and maintains it. Art Crossing #4 is at Harrison and Division, between two neighbourhood associations; Art Crossing #5 is a roundabout at Henderson and Eskridge near Watershed Park. The plan calls for a pair of markers at each location, visible from the boulevard, with a theme of 'Olympia Crossings', able to last at least twenty years in wet weather. Up to three finalists per site are interviewed. Part of the project is supported by a National Endowment for the Arts award.
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Artists and artist teams with a connection to Olympia, Washington; Olympia-based artists are strongly encouraged to apply. Not eligible: City of Olympia staff, Arts Commissioners, selection panel members, project personnel and their immediate family, and artists who have already completed an Art Crossings project. Applicants must hold, or be willing to obtain, an Olympia business license if selected, and carry insurance as set in the project agreement. The city strongly encourages applications from artists of communities historically under-represented in public art.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- 11:59 pm; questions and answers may be posted on the page before 1 December 2026; finalists are interviewed after the first round
- Programme dates
- Applications due 8 December 2026; finalist interviews follow, fabrication on a timeline agreed with the city
- Language
- English