What do you need to set us up as a vendor?

Email us for our W-9 and certificate of insurance. We send the W-9 within one business day and complete your vendor registration paperwork on request.

Can we pay on a purchase order?

Yes. Approved organizations check out on Net-30 invoice terms with a PO number, which appears on the invoice and on every packing slip.

Can we buy a year of stamps on one PO?

Yes. Price the year with the annual order planner, then submit every poem in one order on your approved terms. The planner checks the total against your approval limit.

Do you install the stamps?

No. Your crews press them during a scheduled repair, the same day they finish the panel. The crew guide covers timing, pressing and cleanup.

For public works

Paperwork that clears, plates that last.

Your crews press poems into panels already scheduled for repair. We send the W-9, take your PO, invoice approved organizations on Net-30 and ship before the pour.

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Spec sheetProgram stamp

Plate: Solid rigid plastic plate
Frame: Welded aluminum
Handles: Clip into brackets on the frame
Production: At least 10 business days
Shipping: Priced by size and weight
Terms: Net-30 for approved organizations

1,400+stamps in Saint Paul's sidewalks, per Public Art Saint Paul
17states with our stamps in the ground
20 yearsfield record on the same stamps
1 business dayto a quote, valid 30 days

The paperwork

Built to clear purchasing.

What your finance team asks for, without the back-and-forth.

Net-30 invoicingFor approved organizations
Your PO numberOn the invoice and every packing slip
W-9 and insuranceCertificate on request
Tax-exemptSend your certificate before we invoice

The vendor packet and terms

On repair day

Your crews press it into work they already do.

The press takes under a minute, inside the finishing window of a panel you were replacing anyway. Clip-in handles let a crew press straight down and lift straight up without touching the face, then rinse the plate and reuse it on the next pour.

Finish the surface as usual — the stamp goes into a finished panel.
Wait for thumbprint-firm: a thumb leaves a clean ¼″ print without pulling paste (typically 30–90 minutes after finishing).
Apply a stamped-concrete release agent, position against a form or string line, and press straight down until the border seats.
Lift straight up in one motion. Rinse the stamp before the paste hardens — it's ready for the next pour.

Download the crew guide (PDF)Read the full guide

The pour schedule

On the shelf before the first pour.

Production takes at least 10 business days, then standard shipping adds 5–7 business days. Order in late winter and the stamps are waiting when the repair season starts.

One order for the yearPrice every poem in the annual order planner and buy them on one PO, checked against your approval limit.
60¢ a square inch, $100 minimumMost program stamps land between $100 and $350. Shipping is charged separately at checkout — Standard, Express, or Overnight, priced by your order's size and weight. You see the exact rate before you pay.

A poem within a ten-minute walk of every resident.

Public Art Saint Paul, on the program's reach

Case study · Saint Paul

Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk

Public Art Saint Paul and the City of Saint Paul's Public Works department launched the program in 2008. We cut its stamps.

Launched: 2008program launch
Poems: 102resident poems
Stamps: 1,400+stamps installed

Figures from Public Art Saint Paul.

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Your partner in public art

They bring the poems and the panel.

The arts group runs the call for poems, its panel picks them, and the poets approve their proofs. You see the same proof they approved, and you buy and press exactly that.

How public art programs work with us

Handed back and forth

Poem proofs
Payment and POs
The pour schedule
Stamp sizes

Starting a program?

Everything the champion needs for the first council meeting.

The city program kit is free: the authority, the money and the purchase, for both groups to work from together.

Get the program kit

Pour Once resolutionA council resolution you fill in online and download for Word: poems go only into panels the city is already replacing.
Funding guidePercent for Art, AARP Community Challenge, the NEA, state arts boards and sponsors: who funds what, how much, and when.
Annual order plannerPrice a year of poems in one order, check it against your approval limit, and download a budget estimate.

Questions

What public works departments ask us.

What do you need to set us up as a vendor?: Email us for our W-9 and certificate of insurance. We send the W-9 within one business day and complete your vendor registration paperwork on request.
Can we pay on a purchase order?: Yes. Approved organizations check out on Net-30 invoice terms with a PO number, which appears on the invoice and on every packing slip.
Can we buy a year of stamps on one PO?: Yes. Price the year with the annual order planner, then submit every poem in one order on your approved terms. The planner checks the total against your approval limit.
Do you install the stamps?: No. Your crews press them during a scheduled repair, the same day they finish the panel. The crew guide covers timing, pressing and cleanup.

The ground remembers.

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