SitemapThe winners have been announced in a project to create and mount art on city buses.
Power of the Arts, in partnership with Western Reserve Transit Authority, will put works by Mahoning Valley artists on buses in late April and May as part of the Go Art! public art project. A panel of judges selected pieces from the pool of submissions.
A public reception for the artists and sponsors will take place at 5 p.m. April 11 at the Youngstown library main branch, 305 Wick Ave. The winning artists will receive a $100 honorarium per project. Their works will be displayed at the library until April 26.
Karen Schubert, Go Art! project coordinator, said the idea for Go Art! was inspired by the Kent State Wick Poetry Center’s Traveling Stanzas project, in which graphically designed poems were installed in buses and bus shelters.
“I love the idea of a huge, rolling gallery, bringing locally created art to us as we move through our days,” said Schubert. “We also want to make WRTA buses, a critical part of our public infrastructure, more visible.”
More than 100 artworks were submitted by 40 area artists, in many styles and media, including printmaking, computer-generated art, painting, pencil drawing and photography. Artists submitted directly to specific contests and in a blind judging, finalists were chosen. Sponsor organizations selected the winning images from the finalists.
There will be 21 designs on buses. Each bus changes routes during the day, so each artwork will travel throughout Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
The list of sponsors and winners:
Cultivate, a Co-op Cafe, “Dawn on the Farm” by Rebecca Nieminen.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, “Orange is My Color” by Venise Abell.
Easterseals, “pARTy Time” by Chelsea Mortiz.
Jet Creative, “Play It, Sing It, Feel It” by Hannah Barone.
Lit Youngstown, “Writers” by Dave Buehrle.
Mahoning County Land Bank, “Sunflower Field” by Pattie Conti.
MCCTC, “The Mr. Beat Show” by Chris Yambar.
McKinley Memorial Museum, “McKinley” by George Nelson.
Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, “Captivated” by Kari McCollum.
SMARTS, “Southside Soup” by Daniel Rauschenbach.
Alexis Smith, D.O., “Radial” by Aislinn Janek.
Soap Gallery, “A Long Climb” by Nicole Nicholson Murray;.
Stambaugh Auditorium, “Stambaugh Auditorium” by Daniel Rauschenbach.
TIMBRE (one panel) and Youngstown Area Jewish Federation (two panels), designs by Akiva Academy students Fallon Blackshire, Jaylen Cade, O’Mari Garner, Fiona McCormick, Jensen McKelvey, Kamari McQueen, Taniya Phillips, Naomi Sargent, Selah Sargent, Cameron Silverman, Tomiyah Smith, My-Kayla Stewart, Trey Stewart, Sam Traficant, Mila Waskin, Mara Vargo, Rhaleigh Zalac.
Trumbull New Theatre, “Fairtime” by George Nelson.
Youngstown CityScape, “West Federal” by Daniel Rauschenbach.
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp., “Changing History” by Lauryn Gintert.
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