Final Beltline public art workshop is on Friday

Beltline officials have issued a Call for Artists to submit work and proposals for public art displays along eight miles of the loop of parks, trails and — cross your fingers — transit. On Friday, officials will hold a final workshop in West End to brief talented folk who might be interested.

Some good news: Limited funding is available for some of the projects, which could include sculptures, performance art or the innovative reuse of existing Beltline features. We’re proposing a puppet show about last year’s mayoral elections, staged in the windows of an abandoned single-family residential home. Don’t steal our idea.

The exhibition — which will be held in stretches between Piedmont Park and DeKalb Avenue, Wylie Street and Glenwood Avenue, and Washington Park and Allene Avenue — will officially open in June and continue until October.

You’ve got until March 12 to submit your proposal. If you’re interested, be sure to stop by this Friday at 6 p.m. at the West End Performing Arts Center on Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in southwest Atlanta. More info about the Beltline’s public arts program is available here.

The full email to community leaders from the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs is pasted after the jump.

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