



Client: The City of Phoenix, AZ
Location: Phoenix, AZ, United States
Completion date: 2022
Artwork budget: $3,000
Project Team
Developer of project
City of Phoenix
City o Phoenix, AZ
Project Manager
Barry Sparkman
City o Phoenix, AZ
Overview
The City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture and Arizona State University’s Urban Climate Research Center partnered to produce the sunBLOCK public art projects. The projects, that were partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, were created as part of a campaign to promote awareness about heat and sun safety.
Goals
To create public awareness of heat and sun safety.
Process
Artists were asked to create an umbrella design for use in public bus shelter areas throughout the city of pHoenix.