Creative Pinellas and Lealman CRA invite Pinellas Artists to submit original artwork to beautify Pinellas County by transforming traffic signal control boxes into a collection of public art.
PURPOSE
The purpose of traffic signal cabinet art is to deter graffiti vandalism on transportation infrastructure, beautify rights-of-way, and support our community as an arts destination. The use of art on public infrastructure has been shown to prevent graffiti vandalism in the County, demonstrating that Public Art Works. The artwork will be reproduced as a vinyl wrap and applied to traffic signal boxes by a professional vendor who creates a custom template and fits a selected artwork to this template, with the aim to retain the intention of the Artist.
The five (5) signal boxes are located in Lealman. County and Lealman CRA representatives will choose which locations to match selected artwork to.
ARTIST ELIGIBILITY
- This program is open to all 18+ Artists who live in Pinellas County of all mediums, including fiber Artists, graphic designers, illustrators, painters, photographers, and more.
- Creative Pinellas 2025 Signal Box Artists are not eligible for this opportunity. We would like to create as many opportunities for as many Artists as possible.
- Each selected Artist would complete required payment paperwork, including a W-9 form.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Application opens December 31, 2025
- Online Artist Information Session: January 14, 6PM – Join us online at that time at meet.google.com/xos-sfmg-qwn
- Application closes January 30, noon
- Panel review and Artist selections follow
- Vendor application of artwork occurs in Spring
ARTWORK ELIGIBILITY
Artwork may originally be 2D, 3D, abstract, and/or representational, but it must be translatable to a 2D digital file to be used for vinyl wrapping.
As was true for 2025, the artworks submitted in the application are the artworks to be considered for wrapping on signal boxes. The sponsoring organization may make requests for small edits of selected artwork, typically so the artwork meets requirements of being shown on County property.
An Artist should only submit artwork that matches the following criteria:
- The Artist must hold the copyright for all artwork submitted.
- The artwork submitted must have been created after January 1, 2023.
- The artwork submitted may not have been shown in a Pinellas County gallery, theatre, journal, or similar venue within a year previous to the application date.
- Artwork files submitted in the application must be high-resolution originals or professional images or scans in jpeg or tiff format of the artwork. Preferred resolution is 300 dpi/ppi. Low-resolution images, general pictures of framed work, and images that include the Artist alongside the artwork may result in non-consideration of an application.
- The artwork may not include: (a) text in any language, other than the name of the Artist at bottom as part of “the Artist’s signature” area; (b) alphanumeric characters, other than the year of creation at bottom as part of “the Artist’s signature” area; and (c) images of traffic signs, traffic signals, traffic lights, or similar.
- Artwork that is deemed to be offensive, commercial, religious, political, or distracting in design or nature will be excluded from consideration.
STIPEND
The Artist stipend is $1,000.00. This project includes no additional materials budget.
APPLICATION
The application asks for:
- Name and contact information
- A short biography
- 2 high-resolution artwork images
Apply at https://creativepinellas.submittable.com/submit from December 31 to January 30 at noon. Applications must be submitted through the Submittable system to be considered.
QUESTIONS
For additional information or any questions, email publicandprivatearts@creativepinellas.org
The application period is now open.
