Nice Rack

The Erie Art Museum is inviting Erie area artists and other creatives to submit designs for bike racks to be installed throughout the community. The first phase of the project will focus on downtown Erie, where at least 40 bike racks will be installed during summer 2012.

Artists may submit designs in two categories:
1) Factory produced—designs to be produced by local manufacturers.
2) Artist fabricated—designs to be executed by the artists themselves.

All designs must conform to the design specifications detailed by the EAM. There is no limit to the number of designs that may be submitted by a single artist. And there are NO entry fees for this competition.

PRIZES: Designs selected for factory production will receive a $500 design award. Designs that are selected to be fabricated by the artist will also receive a $500 design award, as well as a negotiated fabrication fee, not to exceed $1,500.

CALENDAR: All submissions must be received by midnight, March 31 (by 5 p.m. for hand-delivered entries).

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Designs may be submitted by email to: bikeracks@erieartmuseum.org.

Designs may also be submitted on paper, via mail or hand delivery to:

BIKE RACKS
Erie Art Museum
411 State Street
Erie, PA 16501-1106

THEMATIC CONTENT:

Designs should be broadly appealing, but thematic references to the Erie region are encouraged. The bike racks will be installed during the initial phase of the Perry 200 celebration, for example, and designs responding to that theme are appropriate. Designs may not be advertisements for specific businesses, agencies or individuals. No logos will be permitted. Broadly suggestive designs, however, are appropriate, such as a book-themed rack near a library, or a food-themed rack for a block that is home to restaurants, or a music-themed rack near performance venues.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Structure must:

• support at least two bicycles (1 each side).
• support each bicycle in at least two places.
• allow locking of frame and wheels with a U-lock.
• anchor securely to ground.
• resist cutting, rusting, bending and deformation.

Tubing should be rectangular or elliptical in cross-section (i.e., not circular, which is vulnerable to cutting with pipe cutters).

Preference will be given to designs that attach to the ground at only one or two points.

Material is to be steel. Finish may be galvanized or powder-coated.

Larger racks that support multiple bicycles are acceptable, but factory produced racks will be two-bicycle designs.

All paper submissions become the property of the Erie Art Museum. Artists whose designs are selected for awards must agree to and grant the Erie Art Museum a royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to make, use, distribute, and sell copies of any designs selected for this project. The artist will be required to sign an agreement to this effect for any selected designs.

All submissions must be works for which the Artist is the original creator and works must not be subject to any third party restrictions that would prevent the Erie Art Museum from being able to make and use the designs as of the time they are submitted and/or selected.

More info: http://erieartmuseum.org/artist/BikeRacks.html