2025 Traffic Box Wraps

The City of Centennial is seeking local artists to provide public art for traffic box wraps as part of its annual community art initiative. Artists may submit up to 6 different pieces of art for consideration. The top 12 pieces will be selected as winning submissions, with each artist receiving $250 per winning submission (up to $3,000 total budget available).

Submissions must follow specific formatting guidelines and address Centennial's vision statement: "The City of Centennial is a connected community, where neighborhoods matter, education is embraced, businesses are valued, and innovation absolute." References to local history and Centennial's unique neighborhoods are encouraged. Designs must be family-friendly, pleasing, and add beauty to the community. Designs cannot contain business promotions, advertisements, intellectual property breaches, brands, logos, trademarks, or depictions of illegal activities. Artwork must not include colors or shapes that could be confused with traffic control devices, and should use lighter colors to prevent overheating of electrical components. The design cannot incorporate any physical objects attached to the traffic box. A 4" border at the bottom will include Centennial branding; artists do not need to include the City logo.

Traffic boxes have variable sizes (Small: 55" H x 44" W x 28" D; Large: 67" H x 49" W x 30" D) and configurations that may require adjustments to art files. Vector format (.AI, .EPS, .SVG) is preferred; alternatively, designs may be submitted as PDF, TIFF, or RAW. Non-vector artwork must meet minimum 150 dpi/ppi and minimum 2,000 pixels at the widest or tallest point. The City of Centennial reserves the right to select which art is best suited for each location. Winning artists and artwork will be celebrated at Centennial Under the Stars on August 9, 2025 at Centennial Center Park. The call is open to all local artists regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical or mental ability. Youth, youth groups, and schools are highly encouraged to submit. City of Centennial staff, elected and appointed officials, and their immediate family are not eligible. Contact [email protected] for application or deadline questions.