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Mountain View summer reading program is underway
The Mountain View Public Library’s summer reading program began on Saturday, May 25, and will run through the end of July.
Children, teens and adults are all eligible to take part in the free annual program. Participants can earn rewards for logging their reading this summer.
To learn more and sign up, visit library.mountainview.gov.
Mountain View seeks artists to decorate downtown bollards
The city of Mountain View is seeking six artists to create public art on downtown bollards.
Downtown Mountain View’s pedestrian mall – in which portions of Castro Street are closed to cars – includes 32 spherical, concrete bollards at intersections to protect the pedestrian mall from vehicles, according to the city.
The city plans to paint 20 of the bollards a solid color, while the remaining 12 will be left for artists to decorate. The city plans to pick six artists, who will each be paid a stipend to put their art on a pair of bollards.
Interested artists will be asked to submit a proposal for their project and must be available to install their art this summer.
The city plans to open the applications in mid-June. For more information, visit econdev.mountainview.gov/public-art/city-of-mountain-view-call-for-artists.
Give input on what sculptures to install around Mountain View
The Mountain View Chamber of Commerce and Arts Mountain View are looking to install hand-painted sculptures throughout the city, and are asking for community input on what form those sculptures should take.
The groups are soliciting feedback via a one-question survey asking respondents to rank what shape they prefer for these “poly forms.” There are seven different animals to choose from.
According to the chamber and Arts Mountain View, a poly form is “a small sculpture that can be replicated and individually painted, then placed all over town.”
Examples include the bears that went up around Los Altos and the heart sculptures in San Francisco.
The sculptures will be made in 3-foot, 5-foot and 7-foot sizes and painted by local artists, according to the organizers. They will then be placed in public spaces and auctioned off.
To fill out the survey, visit artsmountainview.org/sur05/01sur05z.htm.
