Ballard Public Art Committee Grants

Ballard Public Art Committee

The Ballard Public Art Committee will incorporate more public art on the streets of Ballard through the Utility Box Beautification Project. Located between 17th Avenue NW and 24th Avenue NW, there are six Seattle Department of Transportation utility boxes on NW Market Street that the committee will cover with vinyl wrap art. This project will be completed by August 31, 2019.

Ballard Public Art Committee

The Ballard Public Art Committee will incorporate more public art on the streets of Ballard through a second utility box beautification project. Located on Market Street and 57th Ave NW there are three utility boxes the committee will cover with vinyl wrap art. This project will be completed by July 31, 2020.

Ballard Public Art Committee

The Ballard Alliance, Ballard Public Art Committee, and Parks and Rec (the parties) aim to increase community ownership of Ballard Commons Park, the only open green space in the core of downtown Ballard. For years, the parties have collaborated on free park activities and have developed plans for a children's play area in the park which will break ground this year. For this grant proposal, the parties aim to conduct a community painted mural on a utility building in the NW corner of the park with a local artist during the Seattle One Day of Service. This project was originally proposed in 2020 but did not receive funding due to the pandemic. For this project, the artist will paint the outline of the mural on the utility building prior to the One Day of Service so that during the event, volunteers will fill in the mural in a paint by numbers approach. The mural, with existing park activities and future children's play area, will benefit the park and the community it serves.