Artists: Submit Your Lansdale Mural Concepts Now

Local artists: Your idea for a mural to beautify Lansdale could grace one of two building facades in the downtown by the end of summer.

Lansdale Business Association is now accepting sketches, photographs and other concepts for the Lansdale Mural Arts Program. The deadline for submissions is April 24.

Applicants can submit sketches, photos or other completed works for consideration for a mural. No experience required and no practice in place that would keep artists' work from being viewed or prioritized.

Each artist can submit five pieces of work for each building, or 10 pieces per artist.

Murals will be painted on the side of the building housing McQuillin Studio at Main and Broad streets, and on the side of Tabora Farm Cafe, next to Railroad Plaza. Owners of the buildings are Joe and Patricia McQuillin, of 1 W. Main St.,  and William and Dorothy Ross, owners of 209 W. Main St.

The community will have a say in narrowing down the concepts for final selection, according to Annette Wilson of LMAP.

However, the owners of the buildings will also have a say in the subject matter and presentation of the murals.

Concepts cannot depict or promote a business in any way. Lansdale Business Association emphasizes Lansdale's current designation as a Classic Town of Pennsylvania.

Here are the guidelines for submission:

• No originals.
• Work will not be returned.
• No more than five submissions per building. There are two buildings.
• Digital images should be in JPEG format at a size of 600 by 800.
• Name digital images like this: Last name, First initial of first name, number of image (For example, Jonesp-01.jpg).
• Color prints should be on 8.5-inch by 11-inch paper and labeled as 1 of 5, 2 of 5 and so on. Each print should also be labeled with last name, first initial of first name, title of work and date.
• Do not fax application or sketches.
• Do not contact building owners directly for information. 
• Contact Lansdale Business Association at murals@lansdalebiz.org

Here's where to send submissions:

• Hard copies should be sent to: Lansdale Business Association, P.O. Box 633, Lansdale, PA 19446
• Hard copies can be delivered to Chantilly Floral Boutique, 29 W. Main St., Lansdale.
• Electronic files can be emailed to murals@lansdalebiz.org.

Download an application form in our photo gallery. Artwork will not be accepted without applications.

A major fundraising and awareness event called the “Mural Masquerade” will be held June 8 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Marjeane Caterers in Lansdale. This event takes place of the LBA's annual gala fundraiser "Monte Carlo Masquerade."

LBA President Doug DiPasquale said the targeted fundraising goal for LMAP is $20,000.

More information and updated details can be found at www.lansdalebiz.org/murals

Read more on this topic on Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch:

• Two Murals Set for Lansdale Mural Arts Program