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Fort Worth’s ‘T’ Turns Plaza into Student Art Canvas

The Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T) opened the plaza of its downtown Intermodal Transportation Center in Fort Worth, TX, for a student sidewalk art celebration on Oct. 20. Forty students from kindergarten through high school represented the Fort Worth Independent School District for the Lights On! Afterschool Sidewalk Art Celebration.

Lights On! is a national celebration to call attention to the importance of after-school programs for America’s children, families and communities. The program also featured student entertainers and remarks from community leaders and officials.

The event also kicked off The T’s 2011-2012 “Expressions That Move You” Art Contest for students who participate in the Fort Worth After School program supported by the school district and the city of Fort Worth. The contest invites students to create and submit artwork depicting a theme on what The T, public transportation, the city, or the environment means to the entrant. The artwork of 10 winners will appear on the exterior of The T’s buses next summer.

“I’ve seen some really wonderful art on our plaza here today,” said T President Dick Ruddell in announcing The T’s contest. “Use your talents to draw what you imagine when you think of public transportation, and you could become one of The T’s winners with a giant blowup of your art on one of our buses traveling all over the city for everyone to see,” he added.

Last year’s “Expressions That Move You” contest received both first-place and grand prize honors in APTA’s 2011 AdWheel Awards competition.

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