Press release here:
Asheville, NC – The City of Asheville Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts Department along with the Public Art Board and the Transit Commission will be hosting the unveiling of the Art on Transit busses on Saturday, March 27 at 11:00 a.m. in City/County Plaza.
Local artists Ray Noland, Naomi Johnson, and Nina Ruffini will each have their artwork appear on the busses as part of the City of Asheville’s “Art on Transit” Bus Graphics Program. The busses will remain wrapped for at least four months and up to one year and each of the busses will travel along each of the City’s 24 bus routes.
The artists were selected by a five-member jury who met in January and reviewed submittals by over thirty artists. The jury’s selections were approved unanimously by members of the City of Asheville Public Art Board at a special meeting on January 29, 2010.