Belchertown Transfer Station Container Murals
May 2024 - July 2025 (projected)
The Department of Public Works, Creative Economy Initiative, and Clapp Memorial Library are collaborating to brighten your Transfer Station experience with murals focused on the theme of reduce, recycle, reuse, and regenerate.
The Town of Belchertown will seek applications from artists interested in painting a design on one of three recycling and waste collection containers located at the Town’s Transfer Station & Recycling Center. The goal is to create a more cheerful, pleasant atmosphere by making the containers more visually appealing. We also want the murals to engage residents with the idea that they are part of something bigger and, collectively with their neighbors, their contributions are part of a beginning process, not an end.
Applications are invited via online submission by October 11, 2024 to be considered for these commissions. The full Call to Mural Artists includes dimensions, thematic considerations, timeline, evaluation criteria, and more.
In preparation for the release of this call for art, project stakeholders engaged Transfer Station users through a survey, both online and in-person at the Transfer Station. Overwhelmingly, residents value the Station for its convenience, friendliness, organizational efficiency, and as a community gathering space. In addition to feedback about their experiences of the Transfer Station, they also shared sustainability imagery ideas and thoughts about the core values that represent Belchertown’s identity. Completion of the murals is projected for spring 2025.
More details available on the Belchertown Creative Economy‘s Municipal Public Art page.