Town Square Art Proposals
Your Comments are Invited

Many enjoy the public art that can be seen throughout the City of Rockville. When the new Rockville Town Square development opens in the heart of Rockville’s Town Center in late 2006, it too will be adorned with a variety of creative artwork that will embody the “who, what, where, when and why” of Rockville while celebrating the
overall feel of Rockville Town Square.

A total of 26 finalists selected from 345 nationwide applicants have presented their ideas for nine public art projects for Rockville Town Square. Those projects range from sculptures to temporary wall murals. The total budget of $474,000 is funded from the Town Square development project, the City’s Art in Public Places program and Art in Public Architecture project in the City’s Capital Improvements program.

The public is invited to send comments on the proposed art projects to the Rockville Mayor and Council who, after considering the formal recommendations from the City’s Cultural Arts Commission, will select the final pieces. Comments may be sent electronically using the online comment form with each project.

Project 1	Six Grills Over Parking Garage Vents	North Washington Street Facade 1
	Selected finalists David Hess of Phoenix, Md., Ed McGowin and Claudia DeMonte of New York, N.Y. and Arlene Slavin of New York, N.Y. will construct and present art proposals after the final design for the grills has been determined this spring.
Project 2	Three Architectural Niches	North Washington Street Facade 2
Project 3	Concave Wall Niche	North Washington Street and Beall Avenue
Project 4	Sculpture	Beall Avenue and Maryland Avenue
Project 5	Sculpture with Water Fountain Base	Beall Avenue and Maryland Avenue (East Side)
Project 6	Facade Treatment	Hungerford Drive Parking Garage
Project 7	Temporary Mural	East Middle Lane
Project 8	Surface Images Within Sidewalks	North Maryland Avenue
Project 9	A Series of Separate Elements	William Gibbs Street (formerly New Market Street)

Models of the art projects, with accompanying comment boxes, are on display on the second and third floors of Rockville City Hall at 111 Maryland Avenue.