The third annual installation of the world’s largest mobile art gallery, Art on Track, will make its way to the Chicago Loop on August 7. Passengers will have the opportunity to board the eight-car train at the Adams and Wabash platform from 5-10 p.m. Participating artists were handpicked based on their control of new artistic methods in their fields. They will have six hours to produce captivating and provocative work to be experienced by the public.
The project began in 2008 after Tristan Hummel realized the importance of communicating personal expression through art to the population. “Art on Track began when, as artists, we posed ourselves the question: how do you rejuvenate a culture?” he says. “Underneath what could be dismissed as the sheer novelty of art on a train lays a more profound art experience for the public.”
Art on Track promotes interaction between the artists, pedestrians, and art aficionados alike in order to further its mission of connecting with a demographic who might not have access to Chicago’s art culture.
Groups of artists will be judged by an esteemed panel of Chicago art professionals. A grant of $5,000 will be awarded to the group who the judges believe used the time and space most creatively.
The panel of judges includes the the iconic Zhou brothers, local gallery owner Linda Warren, and author and artist Lynn Basa.
Some of the artists and galleries who will be participating are The Happy Collaborationists, the Dan Addington Gallery, the Colibri Studio Gallery, and more.