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2025 Call For Artists
Apply for the Esco Alley Art Escondido Creek Trail Mural Project
The City of Escondido is undertaking a project to revitalize the Escondido Creek corridor running through the city with new hiking and biking trails. Part of the project is to improve the appearance of the area through artistic design elements. This, among others, means to beautify buildings along the trail. One building owned by Neighborhood Healthcare faces the creek and presents an opportunity to display topical murals. Neighborhood Healthcare has agreed to have murals displayed on their building.
ESCO ALLEY ART is a volunteer group established to create publicly available, easily accessible outdoor art galleries. Working under the auspices of the Escondido Downtown Business Association, the group brings together artists, building owners, and related businesses needed to generate these art galleries. The group arranges financial support through grants and individual donations.
ESCO ALLEY ART has revealed a plan to create six murals, each measuring 15 by 10 feet, to be displayed on the building owned by Neighborhood Healthcare. The production method will be identical to that employed for the “Community Unity” mural presently displayed in the alley south of Grand Avenue between Broadway and Maple Street. Funds to realize the project has been granted by the Escondido Public Art Commission.
2025 Season is in the works
The theme of the artwork must include one or more of the following elements:
- Local fauna
- Local flora
- Local culture
- Local agriculture
- Local history
Final dimensions will be 15ft. W x 10ft. H
Procedure:
- For mock-up purposes please follow this aspect ratio (3×2)
Six (6) mock-ups will be selected from all entries. The six (6) artists in question will receive a gallery wrapped canvas, 36 by 24 inches, to be used for the painting of the final work of art. The submitted original creations will be digitally photographed, enlarged, vectorized and printed on aluminum composite material (ACM) to form murals, 15 by 10 feet. A $200 prize will be awarded when the final work has been delivered. The murals will be displayed on a building owned by Neighborhood Healthcare along the Escondido Creek Trail.
The timeline for the project is:
- Applications Deadline: must be received by ESCO ALLEY ART before October 15, 2025
- Mock-up Submittal Deadline: October 31
- Selection/Judging: by November 15
- Canvas (36” x 24”) Pickup: by November 20
- The six (6) selected artworks must be submitted painted on the supplied canvas by December 20, 2025
Details coming soon
