Bethesda selects artist for 'Paint the Town' project
Arts Brookfield, in company with the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, has announced that Juan Pineda has been chosen to create a mural as part of the city's 'Paint the Town' public art project.
This is the second installment of the effort, and Pineda will paint a mural at the Bethesda Metro Center. The work will be in bus bay 3, and in the plaza, and will include five large columns, an overhang above an escalator, and a bench located near the escalator.
Pineda, who is based in Washington, D.C., has been painting murals in the local area for almost 20 years in a style often called urban-contemporary. The City of Hyattsville gave him the Proclamation Award for his work ‘In Memory of Freddy’.
In addition to original art, Pineda specializes in preserving and restoring public art work. The Washington Post recognized him for restoring the mural entitled ‘A People without Murals is a Demuralized People’, located in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, D.C. This particular work is the last remaining Latino outdoor mural there.
A total of 50 artists from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., applied for the chance to create art for Bethesda. Pineda's winning concept included a rendering showing bold colors and patterns that will showcase Bethesda's commitment to public art. Pineda has already begun painting.
Cities like these can benefit by working with poster printing companies, which could recreate such designs and offer posters for sale.
This is the second installment of the effort, and Pineda will paint a mural at the Bethesda Metro Center. The work will be in bus bay 3, and in the plaza, and will include five large columns, an overhang above an escalator, and a bench located near the escalator.
Pineda, who is based in Washington, D.C., has been painting murals in the local area for almost 20 years in a style often called urban-contemporary. The City of Hyattsville gave him the Proclamation Award for his work ‘In Memory of Freddy’.
In addition to original art, Pineda specializes in preserving and restoring public art work. The Washington Post recognized him for restoring the mural entitled ‘A People without Murals is a Demuralized People’, located in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, D.C. This particular work is the last remaining Latino outdoor mural there.
A total of 50 artists from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., applied for the chance to create art for Bethesda. Pineda's winning concept included a rendering showing bold colors and patterns that will showcase Bethesda's commitment to public art. Pineda has already begun painting.
Cities like these can benefit by working with poster printing companies, which could recreate such designs and offer posters for sale.