Keep McAllen Beautiful Inc. is actively recruiting artists from McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley for a chance to have their work featured on irrigation pipes in McAllen. The deadline to apply is tomorrow, Sept. 16.
The initiative will promote a strong presence of public art and aims to give experienced artists an opportunity to represent McAllen’s agricultural history, as well as their sense of civic pride.
KMB will provide project materials, as well as a stipend to the artist. Possible themes include (but are not limited to) RGV Nature, McAllen history, culture in a realism, abstract, cubism, impressionism or pop-art style. Artist’s themes must be deemed appropriate and must be designed to wrap around irrigation pipes.
KMB will contact the chosen artists and assign them an irrigation pipe. Acceptance notification is Sept. 30.