[IMC] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 40 North | 88 West Announces New Call for Entries for MTD ART

[Amanda Baker]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday May 1, 2013

Contact: Kelly White, Executive Director
              40 North | 88 West - Champaign County Arts Council
              kwhite at 40north.org<mailto:kwhite at 40north.org>, 217.351.9841


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<http://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<http://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 abaker at 40north.org<mailto:abaker at 40north.org> 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.

40 North | 88 West
With the mission of cultivating creativity in Champaign County, 40 North | 88 West is dedicated to fueling the growth and well-being of our creative community by nurturing its arts, culture, and education. Through information, advocacy and collaboration, 40 North empowers artists, arts organizations, businesses and the community at large. For more information on 40 North, visit www.40north.org<http://www.40north.org>.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

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Amanda Baker
Programs and Events Coordinator
40 North | 88 West - Champaign County Arts Council
106 South Neil Street
Champaign, IL 61820
phone 217.363.3795
fax 217.398.3037
abaker at 40north.org<mailto:abaker at 40north.org>

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