From the press release:
40 North | 88 West Announces New Call for Entries for MTD ART
3 local organizations collaborate to feature art on buses
Champaign County — 40 North | 88 West – Champaign County Arts Council – invites local artists to submit work to be considered for MTD ART, a 40 North program, in collaboration with C-U MTD and Dixon Graphics, in which local art will be featured on the interior of all MTD buses. Art work will be selected by a jury made up of professionals from throughout Champaign County. To enter, artists should submit a completed entry form and up to three digital images of original work by Monday, July 15, 2013. Online entry forms are available at www.40north.org/programs/mtd-art or at the 40 North offices in Champaign. To have an entry form mailed, phone (217) 351-9841. There is no fee to enter. Artists must be residents of Champaign County to be eligible.
To submit work for consideration:
Enter online at www.40north.org/programs/mtd-art or pick up a printed entry form at:
40 North | 88 West
106 S. Neil Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Digital image files can be emailed to [email protected] after online entry form is completed. Or a disc can be dropped off at the address listed above.
Applicants should include a self-addressed envelope if they wish to have their disc returned. Artists without access to the technology to digitize images should call or email 40 North at the contact listed above.
New Art to be featured May 1 – July 31:
Kehinde Abioye – Hope, charcoal and pastel
Jess Beyler – Celestial Mechanics, collage
Jessie Scheunemann – Morning Meeting, digital photography
Thomas Stone – Countryside Driving, digital photography
MTD ART: Moving Pictures Through Your Neighborhood
For as long as MTD has existed, its mission has been to seamlessly transport the rider from point A to point B. With MTD ART: Moving Pictures Through Your Neighborhood, they are focusing on a different type of transportation: transportation of the mind! The inclusion of art on all MTD buses is not to be understated. With this new collaborative program from 40 North, MTD, and Dixon Graphics, riders will be treated to the finest artwork that this community has to offer while selected artists will have the opportunity to share their talents with a whole new audience. It shows that transportation can be more than getting the rider from one spot to another – it can also be an introduction to the transcendent power of art!
Four selected artists will be featured on the interior overhead panels of every MTD bus for a period of approximately 3 months. A new set will be posted each quarter: November 1, February 1, May 1, and August 1.
