The Port Townsend Creative District seeks to commission an artist, or team of artists, to develop art elements for a new infrastructure project to enhance the visibility of the city’s Creative District.

The project will include design and fabrication of five “Art Markers” and a single design for smaller, directional wayfinding signs that will thread pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists between the two ends of the Creative District and link downtown Port Townsend, Uptown, and Fort Worden State Park.

The Art Markers are large art pieces to be located along key points of identified pathways, the signs “artistically designed small directional signs” to connect the Port Townsend Creative District.

Working with the Port Townsend Arts Commission, the Creative District is launching a competition for artists to create the Art Makers and artistic wayfinding signs.

A subcommittee is reaching out to the arts community and working with the city’s Arts Commission to solicit design proposals. Submissions from artists who live or show primarily in Jefferson County are strongly encouraged, but all Washington artists will be considered.

Artists will create five large-scale Art Markers to signify that people have arrived in the Creative District. Markers can be one uniform design or five related designs. Artists will also create one design for up to 60 small wayfinding signs; these signs will be enjoyable art pieces as well as directional in nature and contain no text.

Submitting artists are also encouraged to develop an initial logo for the Port Townsend Creative District.

The logo design should complement the design of the Art Markers and signs, and will result in an additional stipend.

The deadline for submissions is Jan. 15. More information, and a link for submissions, can be found at www.ptmainstreet.org.

Questions can be sent to the Creative District via the administrative staff at the Port Townsend Main Street Program at admin@ptmainstreet.org.