Seat Pleasant project aims to turn Blue Line corridor engagement into bus-shelter murals, park activations

Prince George's Arts & Humanities Council representative Bryant Moore presented a community-placemaking plan the council on June 2 that links Seat Pleasant to the Blue Line Corridor Coalition and seeks to convert momentum from last year’s Imagine Seat Pleasant event into public art, small-business activations and park improvements.

Moore said the county arts council and partners including LISC and the 20743 coalition used public surveys gathered at Imagine Seat Pleasant to shape priority projects. Among the proposals are a bus-shelter mural at Addison Road and Central Avenue, a “Fun and Fitness” park activation and phased art for Goodwin Park. Moore told the council the current grant funding includes up to $15,000 available for a community activation under a DHCD Community Placemaking grant; larger Maryland state public art grants of roughly $30,000–$50,000 may be pursued to fund implementation work.

The presentation emphasized the community-driven process the arts council said informed project ideas such as more…