AIGA DC would like to thank the Washington DC community for contributing over 400 submissions to be judged for The Urban Forest Project Washington DC. We are excited to share with you the 100 artists whose artwork was selected to be exhibited on street banners and inform you that they are CURRENTLY being erected as you read. Look for an official launch and additional details soon on our website over the next several weeks. In the meantime, to hear about the inspiration behind some of the banners please check out these videos: http://bit.ly/j5akae

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS AND ARTISTS
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Sandy Adams
Antonio Alcala* + Leslie Badani + Helen McNiell
Milagros Arrisueno + Hal Swetnam
Julia Ames
Ioana Balasa
Sarah Hitchcock Becker
Ed Bisese
Nancy Bratton*
Jessica Blair Buchanan*
Bryan Byczek*
Craig Cahoon
Sarah Chamberlain
Dominique Chirinciuc*
Ryan Clennan*
Mark Cooley + Ryan Griffis
Adriana Cordero
Cecilia Cortes-Earle*
MIchael Crossett
Daniel Delli-Colli
Tara Detchemendy* + Natalya Minkovsky
Alex Diaz
Eileen Doughty
Ilfigenija Dupras
Alessandra Marie Echeverri
Lauren Emeritz
Alia Faith
Jo Fleming
Liani Foster
Lara Fredrickson + Carol Casey
Rachel A. Freedman
Doug Fuller
Nathan Gomez
Francheska Guerrero *
Nicole Hamam
Robin Harris + Gary Harris
Rania Hassan
Sean Hennessy
Richard Lee Heffner
Allen Hopper
Marcie Wolf Hubbard
Alicia Jager
Anne C. Kerns
Minki Kim
Ethel Kessler* + Suzanne Kleinwaks + John Dawson + Terry McCaffrey
Phyllis Klein*
Galen Lawson
Marni Lawson *
Sara Lin
Patti Look
Betsy Martin
Jessica Menk*
Jamie Mitchell
K. Bisola Momoh*
Phil Napala*
Catherine Nichols
Katie O'Brien
Julian Oh
Nicole Parente-Lopez
Michelle Thomas + Rodney Williams* + Anja Biazjczyk
Hillary Reilly
Elizabeth Renomeron
Jessica Reynolds
Karen Rose
Kerri Sarembock*
Erika Satlof
Monica Servaites
Shikha Savdas
Nikolas Schiller
Alex Schultz*
Carolyn Sewell
Lindsey Marie Smith
Marrimarra
Greg Stein
Randall Stoltzfus
Rachel Stone
Hermano S. Talastas*
Shelby Tanase
Angela Terry
Julee Dickerson Thompson
George Travez*
Joe Velasquez
Sarah Joy Verville*
John Wehmann*
Jessica Muniz Witmer

AIGA DC MENTORING TEAMS
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William Jones + Erin Greene*
Dezae Precia + Nicole Hamam
Demetria Williams + Jane deBruijn

CORCORAN ART AND DESIGN STUDENTS
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Katherine Carberry*
Ron Cortez
Abigail Fairfax
Abdullah Khashoggi
Noha Khashoggi
Gilbert Kusler
Shawn Moriarty
Nancy Palm
Drew Ransom*
Susana Sanchez
Michael Theodoran*
Ken Zinser*

THE JURORS
Sam Shelton, Kinetik
Jim Darling, Useful Studios
Rachel Dickerson, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Monica Lear, Urban Forestry Administration, DDOT
Linda Harper, Director of Cultural Tourism DC

ABOUT THIS PROJECT
This spring, The Urban Forest Project, a global public arts and environmental initiative, will plant 100 street banners designed by local designers and students in the downtown Washington DC. Each banner will use the form of, or metaphor for, a tree to make powerful visual statements about the environment. Together they'll create a forest of thoughtful images in the heart of the nation's capitol. Once the banners come down from the light poles, the artwork will be repurposed into tote bags for purchase. Proceeds from the sales of the tote bags will go to non-profit environmental efforts that will aid Washington DC in being a cleaner, greener and more sustainable city.

This project, conceived by Worldstudio, is being presented in Washington, DC by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), in collaboration with the Corcoran College of Art and Design, AIGA DC and Downtown DC Business Improvement District. Seed funding for the project was provided through a grant from the USDA Forest Service with corporate sponsorship being sought to support implementation.

Posted by washingtondc in Education, Mentoring, News | May 4, 2011