The Columbia Design League is open to any museum member interested in design.  Among our programs are lectures by architects and designers from across the United States and the “Meet the Designer” series, intimate gatherings in the homes and studios of many of our finest local artists and designers.  The League also regularly collaborates with academic, civic and professional organizations to bring a variety of design-related programs and events to our members.  

Columbia Design League Membership: $15 for one adult or $25 for two adults.

For more information on the Design League, visit www.columbiadesignleague.org.

Our city is our canvas. What will we envision? Play With Your City is a new public art initiative that challenges how we think about our urban spaces by using downtown sites in exceptional and surprising ways. This project, created by the Columbia Design League, an affiliate membership group of the Museum, is designed to foster innovative approaches to shared spaces within our community. The goal of the initiative is to demonstrate that effective, engaging public art can be produced on a small budget and by all kinds of people. Each summer, the Columbia Design League will announce an open call for proposals. Proposals will be judged by a panel of jurors or a visiting curator. The finalists will be announced in the fall and the winner will be determined in the Play With Your City Face-Off, a dynamic public event where finalists present their proposals. Projects may last 10 minutes, 10 weeks or 10 millennia!

The Columbia Design League has earmarked $3000 to fund the winning proposal.

To apply, please download and carefully read the Request for Proposals, the Application Form and the Checklist.

Click Here to download application packet.

Click Here to pay the application fee online.