Transit Art
In Middle School Art classes, students are designing artwork for bus stops that represents something about their neighborhood that makes them proud. Winning artwork is placed on bus stops in the students’ neighborhoods.
PROGRAM
Design Your Neighborhood
CLASS TYPE
Art
PARTNERS
| WeGo Transit
| Chattanooga Design Studio
| WeGo Transit | Chattanooga Design Studio
Transit Art Project
It’s art with an impact.
Curriculum Summary
Students will be introduced to public art and public transportation and how their project will bring the two together.
The curriculum has recommended enrichment in the form of field trips on the public bus or around the neighborhood to identify their neighborhood’s unique characteristics.
Outcomes
Students will learn how to identify unique characteristics about their school’s surrounding neighborhood. They will also be making positive contributions to the branding of our public transit system and may also learn how to ride the bus from the field trip component.
Students will have the opportunity to learn how to work in a group and synthesize their ideas into one vision.
"The project left my students feeling more connected to their neighborhoods. One of my students said, 'I see it from all cultures clearly now!' The project also gave my students more confidence to speak freely about their art."
— Rosemary Wade, Croft Middle School Teacher
