Suitland Cultural Arts Implementation Strategy
Suitland, Share Your Feedback
The Prince George’s County Planning Department invites Suitland community members to complete a short survey and help shape the future of cultural arts in Suitland. Within the survey, community members can explore renderings of each opportunity site created from prior community engagement sessions and provide feedback. Share your feedback and complete the survey by February 13, 2026.
Take The Suitland Cultural Arts Survey here.
Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2026
Suitland Water Tower Art Banner Project
Make your Mark in Suitland
The Prince George’s County Planning Department is seeking qualifications from an artist or artist team to lead a collaborative public art opportunity with a cohort of visual arts students from the Suitland community. Through mentorship with the selected artist or artist team, the youth artist cohort will design 8 prints that will be produced in a series of banners for installation on the Suitland Water Tower.
The selected artist or artist team will collaborate with students in a series of 6* studio sessions, biweekly from April 8th through June 10th, to conceptualize, produce, and finalize artworks in a format suitable for banner fabrication. The chosen artist or artist team must demonstrate proficiency in community engagement through artmaking and/or co-creation practices involving community stakeholders, and candidates should ideally provide examples of prior successful co-design experiences that incorporated community input.
The artist will be supported in this effort by M-NCPPC staff. The artist will be retained for support during the banner fabrication and installation process, which will be managed within a separate contract, to ensure proper file transfer, artwork compatibility, and to weigh in on final production details.
The Artist’s anticipated scope of services includes:
- Mentor youth artists who are designing the 8 banners for the water tower
- Support co-creation and co-design efforts with the youth artists to achieve a cohesive, complimentary visual experience
Provide guidance to youth artists as they develop and refine concepts
Set up digital files in preparation for transfer to the youth artist’s designs for digital reproduction
Meet with M-NCPPC and other members of the project team as needed
RFQ Deadline
March 5, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST
Responses shall be submitted as a single PDF file via email to Jasmine Metcalf at jasmine@designinglocal.com. An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent upon submission. If the items are too large for email, please contact Jasmine Metcalf for transmittal. Files may also be zipped and reduced so that the email attachments are no larger than 15MB. The selection committee may reach out to request higher-resolution images.
Budget
The selected artist or artist team will receive a $10,000 honorarium for their work in engaging with Suitland students, co-creating the work, producing the necessary files for banner production, fabrication, and installation.
Questions?
Inquiries about the program or the project should be made by sending an email to David Moore at david.moore@ppd.mncppc.org
Community Charrette Photos
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Hear from Past Charrette Participants
Suitland Cultural Arts Interviews – February 8, 2025
Suitland Sketches
Renderings and Sketches
The Suitland Cultural Arts Implementation Strategy will build upon the Prince George’s County Cultural Arts Study. Its primary objective is to identify ideal locations for creative placemaking. The Strategy will also craft conceptual designs tailored to each location’s unique characteristics and community needs.
To ensure the success of these recommendations, the Strategy will analyze each proposal, identifying any barriers to implementation while also assessing their connections to local neighborhoods and available resources. This approach aims to address existing challenges and leverage assets to maximize impact.
Moreover, the Strategy will actively engage community members and stakeholders through a series of stakeholder interviews and design workshops. These workshops serve as platforms for education, enlightening participants about the principles of placemaking and the power of cultural arts in fostering vibrant communities.
In addition to conceptualizing these improvements, the Strategy will develop a maintenance plan. This plan will outline strategies for the upkeep and utilization of the proposed improvements, ensuring their sustained benefits for the community over time.
Contact Us
Vanessa C. Akins
Special Program Management Coordinator
PHONE: 301-952-3134
EMAIL: vanessa.akins@ppd.mncppc.org
