Riverlife, Point Park University and Office of Public Art partner for design commission

February 2, 2011 -- Point Park University and Riverlife annouced today that they are working with Pittsburgh's Office of Public Art to commission an artist to be a part of the design team to create an innovative project that connects Wood Street to the newly created Mon Wharf Landing in downtown Pittsburgh, PA.

The artist will be placed on a design team with La Quatra Bonci Associates, a Pittsburgh landscape architecture firm experienced in working with artists. The artist’s conceptual proposal budget for the project is $15,000.

The artist commission process is made possible in part by a grant from The Heinz Endowments to Point Park University to create a stronger pedestrian connection between Point Park's campus and the Mon Wharf Landing linear park.

The entrance to the Mon Wharf Landing is currently separated by a harsh urban edge of roadway, highway ramps and the intersection at the juncture of Wood Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard. The design team commission will use public art to mark and invigorate the entrance to the Mon Wharf as a gateway that leads in one direction to the Mon Wharf Landing and in the other direction to Point Park University's Academic Village.

The full Wood Street/Mon Wharf connection Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for interested artists is available through Pittsburgh's Office of Public Art.

More information on Point Park's Academic

Village and the Wood Street connection