BELFAST — Our Town Belfast is seeking artists and sponsors for six (6) more chairs that will be added to the Sit Down Belfast project. The project added 15 accessible, artist designed and painted, re-imagined “Adirondack” style chairs throughout downtown in 2022. The locations were chosen with ADA requirements in mind and to help give downtown visitors a moment of rest as they navigate the Main Street hill from the harbor to Post Office Square.

Are you a local Waldo County artist who would like to contribute to this project? Please submit your artwork through the online portal at ourtownbelfast.org/sit-down-belfast-artist-submission/. Each chosen artist will be given a $300 stipend, given full credit and promoted viaprint and social media, and have their name recognized on a plaque on the chair they painted.

Submittals are due by April 24 and the designs will be chosen by a panel of community judges on April 26. The chairs will be painted in May and put out for downtown use in early June.

Maybe you are not an artist but you would like to contribute to the project?

“We are seeking business and community sponsors for each chair,” said Our Town, in a news release.

The sponsorship helps cover the artists’ stipends for their work and the material costs. The sponsor’s name will be recognized on a plaque on the chair.

“As a sponsor, you will not only be adding unique seating to our vibrant downtown by supporting local artists,” said the release.

You can sponsor a chair through the online portal at ourtownbelfast.org/chair-sponsor-submisson/

The project has been made possible by the support of our presenting sponsors First National Bank and First National Wealth Management.

OUR TOWN BELFAST is a community-driven and nationally accredited, inclusive, Main Street organization whose mission is to grow and sustain our historic downtown while celebrating our unique cultural heritage. We believe in supporting local businesses, honoring our heritage through historic preservation, and bringing together the community to make downtown Belfast an inclusive and better place to work, shop, play, and live. Our Town Belfast envisions a vibrant future in which our waterfront, commercial district, treasured historic buildings, and outdoor public spaces are alive with inclusive and interactive placemaking activity.