Trail Art

“Trail Art” is an award-winning initiative by the Town of Rolesville Parks and Recreation Department that combines the arts with the natural beauty of our greenways and trails. We’ll be placing two art pieces a day somewhere along our greenways, for the entire month of June. These small works of art could be anything from pottery sculptures and glasswork to ceramics or gourds. Those who find the treasures get to keep them! 

This program won the North Carolina Recreation & Park Association's Arts & Humanities Award in 2022.  The award recognizes innovative and effective arts and humanities programs throughout the state.

Trail Art Event

June 1st - June 30th
Main Street Park and Mill Bridge Park
We’ll be placing two art pieces a day somewhere along our greenways, for the entire month of June. 

2025 Design Competition

Application

Specifications for Submission of Artwork

We’re looking for artists to submit a sample of original artwork in a suitable medium that can be placed outside (either on a tree limb or on the ground) and small enough to be carried by hand. The artist selected must be able to produce 80-100 pieces of the artwork before May 23, 2025. Artists should provide the costs for pieces on the application and submit a sample of each theme or pattern.

Each piece should be individually unique but may reflect one to three different themes.

You may incorporate any, all, or none of the following into your design:

• The Town of Rolesville logo, or elements of or reference to, the logo
• Other Town symbols like the Main Street Gazebo
• Trees, leaves, birds, walkways, or other symbols representing nature

Process
The application process will have two parts. Part one is the initial application and requires all artists to enter their information and provide pictures of past work and, optionally, a picture of work that will be submitted for trail art if selected for part two. 

Part two of the application is for those artists who were selected based on part one. Each artist selected to participate in part two is required to submit their art to us either by mail or by dropping it off at Town Hall. All artists who are selected for part two will be compensated for their time and materials spent creating the art to submit for Trail Art. We will compensate each artist for their sample piece.  

An artist may submit up to three different applications. The Parks and Recreations Department will judge designs for Part One and the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will judge designs for Part Two. The Board has seven members appointed by the Town Board of Commissioners. Board members are residents of the Town or extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), as well as one student member.

The Part One selected artists will be notified on February 11, 2025.
The Winning artist will be announced to the public on April 1, 2025

Entries should be delivered by hand to:
Town Hall
502 Southtown Circle
Rolesville, NC 27571

OR mailed to:
PO Box 250
Rolesville, NC 27571 
Attn: Special Events Coordinator - Trail Art

Please print the confirmation email and include it with your sample artwork. Questions should be directed to Kristen Stafford, Special Events Coordinator, Kristen.Stafford@rolesville.nc.gov or call 919-554-6582

Recognition
The winning artwork/design will be used as the “Trail Art” artwork and will be placed along the Main Street Park and Mill Bridge Nature Park greenway systems during the entire month of June 2025.

The winning artwork/design becomes the property of the Town of Rolesville, which reserves the right to make modifications as necessary; use the image on additional products, such as ornaments, and in various and all promotional material; and make use of the image in perpetuity for promotional purposes.

The winning artist will receive:

• Recognition on the Town of Rolesville website
• A story in the Rolesville REC Guide
• Media recognition via a press release
• Compensation for up to 100 pieces of artwork

The artist agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Town of Rolesville from and against any damages or losses sustained as a result of any design that is not original. The Town of Rolesville reserves the right to decline the selection of all entries.

Questions should be directed to Kristen Stafford, Special Events Coordinator, Kristen.Stafford@rolesville.nc.gov or call 919-554-6582.

Important Dates

Questions should be directed to Kristen Stafford, Special Events Coordinator, Kristen.Stafford@rolesville.nc.gov