Arts In Transit

Art in motion gives st. louis organizations the opportunity to create a rolling mural on metrobuses to promote their visions, messages and missions throughout the st. louis region. Arts in Transit has an ever-expanding roster of local artists who are regularly contracted to design bus paintings. Ait works with interested organizations to select an artist to create a design for the bus and help oversee its execution at a public painting event.

Metrolines is Arts in Transit's annual poetry program. It has become one of the premier poetry contests in the st. louis region. The metrolines poetry contest is announced each spring, and poets of all ages can submit up to three poems for consideration. A professional panel of poets and literary experts review the submissions and select up to fifteen poems for publication. The poets are paid a stipend for the use of their poem. The winning poems are then published in specially designed posters that integrate the text with complementary imagery. The poems are exhibited inside metro buses and trains for at least one year. in the fall, Arts in Transit hosts the poets at a poetry reading along with a noted guest poet reading a selection of their work.

Metroscapes was started in 2015 to create a more pleasing atmosphere at area bus shelters and metrolink stations, bring public art to a broad and diverse audience, and support st. louis artists. Metroscapes brings public art to commuters at bus shelters and metrolink stations throughout st. louis city and county every day.metroscapes is an annual, juried competition open to regional artists and designers. Ten outstanding images, either new or existing, are selected by a panel of judges and reproduced onto posters that are displayed in bus shelters and metrolink stations throughout the bi-state area for one year. The artists receive a cash award and retain the rights to their artwork. Smaller poster reproductions are available for sale.