Client: The City of 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.