Our Process

  1. Intake & Site Assessment: We’ll meet with your team to discuss timelines, deliverables, art direction, and regulations to determine the best approach to the project.

  2. Research: CulturalDC will tap our network of partners and artists to determine who needs to be involved with the project, which artist will deliver the work, and if we foresee any challenges in the process.

  3. Community Outreach: Our team will make sure that your project is something that the community you serve wants - we present to ANC’s, get DOT approvals, and work with DHCD.

  4. Implementation & Installation: The part where we paint the wall, install the sculpture, publish an RFP, present a feasibility study, and put housing on the market!

Types of Projects

  • Feasibility Planning: We want to identify all the possible uses for your properties coming online. Is the neighborhood in need of a theatre or a gallery or studio space? Should you consider a retail or restaurant component?

  • Requests for Proposals: CulturalDC will facilitate the process to identify prospective cultural tenants for your new development.

  • Public/Private Art Installations: Our network of artists practice in a variety of disciplines. CulturalDC will identify the best artist for your installation, whether its a sculpture outside an apartment complex or mural inside a restaurant.

  • Artist Housing: If you would like to designate certain units for affordable artist housing/live-work studios, CulturalDC can help.