<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Neighbors,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please see the attached requests for
qualifications for the Street Art Initiative for the Route 1 Corridor. Please
share with your circles. We are now accepting submittals. We are referring
folks to the Hyattsville CDC website to download/print the PDF: </span><a href="http://www.hyattsvillecdc.org/content/view/235/197/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://www.hyattsvillecdc.org/content/view/235/197/</span></b></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Additionally, we are also releasing a</span><a href="http://www.hyattsvillecdc.org/content/view/236/1/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"> RFQ
for filmmakers</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> today. I will send it
to you separately.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am also pasting the full street muralists text
below:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-- <br>
Justin Fair</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Economic Development
Coordinator</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hyattsville CDC</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contact: Stuart Eisenberg, Hyattsville CDC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(301) 683-8267
<a href="mailto:eisenberg@hyattsvillecdc.org">eisenberg@hyattsvillecdc.org</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">STREET MURALISTS WANTED FOR STREET ART PROJECTS
FOR THE ROUTE 1 CORRIDOR</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">IN THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">GATEWAY ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Tuesday, November 13th, 2012— The Hyattsville
Community Development Corporation (CDC) is pleased to announce its Street Art
Initiative, the CDC’s newest program designed to match-up property owners in
the Gateway Arts District with area artists and use building exteriors as
canvasses to populate the Arts District with evidence that art lives here.
Artists are invited to respond to the following Request for Qualifications,
should they wish to be considered for the program.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">PUBLIC ART - A VISUAL GATEWAY</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For years, residents and local business owners
along this stretch of the Route One Corridor have endured blighted buildings,
unattractive exteriors that really constitute unrealized hotspots for
creativity. This winter, Hyattsville CDC will begin recruiting up to twenty
interested property owners or their tenants. Participating property owners will
work with a selected artist from our pool of jury-endorsed street artists to
create a work fitting their interests, as well as the artist’s perspective and
technique to craft a mural which will visually resonate with our community’s
many voices. The program is currently funded through the June of 2013; a
sponsorship package is available.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Visual artists are invited to submit their
portfolio materials along with the other materials as listed below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">View/Print this RFQ online at
<a href="http://www.hyattsvillecdc.org/content/view/235/197/">http://www.hyattsvillecdc.org/content/view/235/197/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">TO INQUIRE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This request for qualifications is due by
Friday, December 21, 2012; notification of acceptance to our pool of artists is
anticipated no later than Friday, January 18, 2013. Applicants selected
by a property or business owner will be contacted to work with the CDC and
property owner on a prospective timeline and details. Commissions begin at
$500.00 per work. Artists who are 18 and older are encouraged to submit to our
listing via e-mail or via CD/DVD to the following address. This call is open to
all area visual artists, with preference to those who work/live/exhibit in the
Gateway Arts District. Artists already registered on <a href="http://www.MyGatewayArts.org">http://www.MyGatewayArts.org</a>
with materials can describe so in their submissions. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please send all materials digitally via e-mail
or via CD/DVD (if desired, please provide a SASE):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• A
maximum of 10 images. Past murals are preferred. (79 DPI, 2MB max per JPG/GIF/TIF/PNG
image)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">PDF or Word format:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• Your
name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, and website</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• A
one-page résumé or curriculum vitae</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• A
one-page artist’s statement</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• At
least three current, verifiable references</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">• An
image listing with your filename, title of artwork, media, size, and location
of mural. Please write your filenames as follows: imagenumber_lastname_title:
i.e. 001_eisenberg_untitled.jpg </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">PLEASE SEND APPLICATION MATERIALS, QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS TO:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Stuart Eisenberg, Executive Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hyattsville CDC</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(301) 683-8267</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4312 Hamilton St. Hyattsville, MD 20781</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-- <br>
Justin Fair</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Economic Development
Coordinator</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hyattsville CDC<br>
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a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization<br>
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</span><a href="mailto:jfair@hyattsvillecdc.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">jfair@hyattsvillecdc.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">443.850.0474 personal cell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">301.683.8267 desk</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">207.470.3805 fax<br>
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</span><a href="http://www.hycdc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://www.hycdc.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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