Art En Route
Project Description
Art En Route connects the literary with the visual. Here in Madison, WI Art En Route bridges an underexplored platform for creative expression between the junction of public transportation and public works of art.
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The Wisconsin Union Directorate Art Committee (WUD Art) has released this project. Art En Route will pair visual and literary artists together, to create uniquely commissioned works of art. The final, collaborative works will be photographed and printed on the exterior bus wraps of Madison Metro Transit busses. We project that this intersection of public art and public transportation will increase the day to day interactive artistic occurrence for the Dane County community.
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Madison Metro Transit riders represent no consistent background. Rather, they compile a demographic representative of the diversity unique to the Madison community. We hope that Art En Route will increase both the aesthetic and functional value of public transportation for all Metro Transit riders.
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This project is open to all greater Dane County area creatives.
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My Role as Project Architect
As Associate Director of Development for the Wisconsin Union Directorate Art Committee (WUD Art) I pitched the idea of Art En Route after a summer of interning in Athens, Georgia where their music oriented, bus shelter design project called "You, Me, & The Bus" caught my attention.
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Website Developer: Responsible for Art En Route project website founding, all written/design content, and regular updating of webpage. This was my first experience with webspace design and implementation.
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Please visit www.artenrouteproject.com for full consideration​
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Lead grant writer: Researched, wrote, and submitted applications various local, state WI grants, current awarded budget of $16,000
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Curated writer/visual artist pairs
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Authored Art En Route call for submissions/opportunity description
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I have been working with the WUD Art's Associate Director, Marketing in orchestrating a marketing plan that coincided with the submissions call release
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Responsible for establishing partnerships throughout the Madison community, including Madison Metro Transit
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Photo from competing at the UW-Madison 2017 New Arts Venture Challenge finals, April 2017
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After a rigorous competition, lengthy presentation, and Shark Tank style questions answered from a panel of judges, Art En Route was awarded the 1st place prize among 3 other final competitors.