Huron Shores Area Transit Bus Shelter Illumination Art Contest
by Bob Montgomery
Huron Shores Area Transit has put out a call to local Indigenous artists to submit artwork for a project to transform two bus shelters into visual expressions of First Nation culture and enhance their passenger experience.
Transit Coordinator Susan Mills explains they had graphically wrapped both of their regular buses so that people would notice them. They were also inspired by the teepee at Points Plaza to do something that would make the two bus shelters on the First Nation stand out. One of the bus shelters is at Points Plaza and the other one is at the entrance of Stoney Point Community on Army Camp Road. The resulting illuminated bus shelters will celebrate community pride, bring vibrancy to the shelter locations, highlight the talent resident within the community and enhance the passenger travel experience.
Local Indigenous artists who are Kettle & Stony Point First Nation members are invited to submit their designs online by July 15th, either digital file or photograph of an original piece of artwork. The artwork can be created in any medium as long as it can be converted into a digital file to facilitate review, selection and production. The selection committee, comprised of members from Southwind Corporate Development’s board of directors, will select two designs, one for each bus shelter. The winning designs will then be enlarged and printed on translucent vinyl film, which will be applied to the largest glass wall of each shelter. The vinyl film is expected to have a lifespan of 5 years. The contest-winning artwork will be permanently available to the community on display at yet-to-be-determined locations at Kettle Point. The winning artists will each receive a $2,000 prize.
Full details of the project, the artwork selection process and criteria, and submission information are available online at HuronShoresAreaTransit.ca/ArtContest or by contacting HSAT Transit Coordinator Susan Mills at transit@lambtonshores.ca.
