About the contest

In 2013, Tulsa Transit and AcrobatAnt, a local advertising agency, have teamed up to spotlight creativity and boost ridership with their Art in Transit contest.

Art in Transit promotes art and artists of all types by making their creations moving, working parts of the urban environment. Putting art in unexpected places, like buses, is a great way to beautify Tulsa’s landscape and display our city’s artistic horsepower.

about our art works

Winter, like age and poverty subdues. You quietly pass someone you remember.

The inspiration for “Victoria” from James Gallagher came from brushing by a woman outside a supermarket on 15th Street. He incorporated a poem as part of this portrait to emphasize the process of how people fall into patterns of isolation.

“Riverside” by Yiren Gallagher is a small watercolor sketch depicting a tranquil moment she experienced while walking down Riverside Drive on a winter evening. The water was calm enough to reflect the street lights.

“Over the Bridge” is another watercolor by Yiren that captures an impression of a landscape with hundreds of starlings suddenly appearing from the edge of the sky, flying over the 21st Street bridge.

top: 21st and riverside bottom: 31st and Harvard

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