City, Country, City

In 2021, the StreetSpark Mural Program and Butler County Regional Transit Authority partnered to wrap three large buses with existing StreetSpark mural designs, creating mobile public art. In 2022, the groups invited artists to submit original designs for three smaller buses. There are currently seven BCRTA buses traveling throughout Butler County, displaying the diverse designs of our local artists!

Designer Description: I designed this bus wrap to speak to the community connections public transit boosts in Butler County. The BCRTA is a system which acts as a bridge for the county, connecting folks from the country to the city and back again. The bus affords its riders comfort and safety to their destination, to view their surroundings, from the bucolic to industrial, in peace and harmony.

To this end, I created a bus design which speaks to these moments and connections. To build off Butler County’s architecture, I included Pyramid Hill, city of Hamilton buildings, and the Arches. To reflect the beauty of the countryside, I built off art historical references from the work of Robert S. Duncanson. The sun is rising in the design, saturating the world with all the colors of the rainbow.