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Art on Track Event: You Going?

Posted Aug. 28 at 8:15 a.m.

Want to check out something positive on public transit? How about some exciting artowrk on the "L"? If the answer is yes to both, you're in luck. This weekend, some very passionate locals rented an "L" train and will turn it into an 8-car art exhibit on Saturday, Aug. 30.

Participating galleries include: The Flat Iron Artists Group, The Silver Room, Colibri Studio Gallery, Peter Jones Studio/Gallery and Quennect 4, according to a release sent over by the event organizers.

Sounds like a great time, so if you want to go, it's $5 (fare waived) and participants should meet at the Wabash/Adams entrance for a ride around the Loop from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. You can pre-purchase your tix at chicagoartontrack.com, where you also will find more deets.

Let's just hope the CTA gets the train there on time. Ba dum dum!

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The Chicagoist - August 2008

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Ideas in Motion: Art on Track

When local arts advocates Salvo and Lethal Poetry, Inc. found a way to convert an 8-car CTA train into a bonafide arts space, Art on Track was born. After lots of toiling and planning, Salvo and LP are putting the fruits of their labor on display as Art on Track takes to the Orange line tomorrow night from 6pm to 10pm.

If this sounds like your kind of thing, hop on at the Adams and Wabash El platform and spend a little time taking in some of the finest works from the Flat Iron Artist Group, Peter Jones Gallery, The Silver Room Gallery, Colibri Studio/Gallery, and Quenect 4 Gallery. But this isn’t just some rinky-dink peek-a-boo kind of art show: three staff members will be aboard each car, sharing info on the artists / displays and making sure the art stays in place.

The train will circle the Loop for four hours, but the four designated stops on the ride mean you can basically come and go as you please. The event costs $5; pay at the door or buy your tickets online.

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Idea Waitress - August 2008

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Art On Track: CTA as visual art gallery August 24, 2008

As every aspiring visual artist knows, creating the work of art is only one part of actually making a living as an artist. Getting the art in front of potential buyers is sometimes the more difficult part. A local Chicago artist collective is taking matter into its own hands in a very bold way: bringing art to the public by chartering an eight-car CTA train for a one-night traveling show on August 30. For the lowly price of $5, patrons will be able to actually touch at least some of the art and view a performance piece involving representation of Chicago’s famous landmarks and history. The presenters are Salvo, which describes itself as a “think tank” of artists, and Lethal Poetry, a Chicago-based arts and entertainment start-up. I love this idea and wish I were going to be in town so I could attend! It’s a creative and very affordable way to show how art can be part of everyday life instead of something one sees only in a museum or an art gallery — settings that some people find intimidating, uncomfortable or otherwise unengaging. Participating galleries include The Flat Iron Artist Group, Peter Jones Gallery, The Silver Room Gallery, Colibri Studio/Gallery and Quenect 4 Gallery, as well as independent Chicago artists. Full details available at Art on Track.

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