The airport officials has released a request for proposals as a ‘Call for Artists’ in three categories – stenciling of wooden ceiling beams; wrought iron embellishments for interior railings; and floor medallion design and installation in the rotunda of Terminal’s north entrance.
Part of the Airport’s Public Art Program, it has four components – existing art, commissioned art, long term loan art, and regional art. The terminal would feature the relocated ‘Good Time Clock’ by George Rhoades and ‘Albatross – Golden Glider’ by Dustin Shuler. Regional artists will also have their works displayed on a rotating basis throughout the year.
The airport authorities have loaned Fiesta (1984) mural by Channing Peake from the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission; and a large 1930’s courthouse lantern from the Santa Barbara Courthouse Legacy Foundation, both of which will hang in the main entrance hall of the new Airline Terminal.
To launch the new Art Program, murals created by local students will be installed on the construction fence around the Airline Terminal building site in 2010.
Part of the $32 million airline terminal project, the airport will also undergo construction of a new two-story 67,000 square feet Terminal of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, reconfiguration and landscaping of a new short term parking lot, construction of a new terminal loop road with a separate lane for public transportation vehicles, and rehabilitation and relocation of the historic portion of the existing 1942 terminal.
