Llama Art Hits the Road in Nashville! (Literally)
A new art initiative through WeGo Public Transit (formally MTA/RTA) and the Studio 208 Gallery, covers one of our cities 40 ft buses in… you guessed it… llamas! With this new take on street art, giant paintings of llamas are driving down Nashville streets!
Wanna be a llama? Submit your name:
Over the summer, WeGo’s Jason Minser, and The Studio 208’s Ashley Segroves reached out to artist Kristin Llamas (yes, that is her real last name!). K. Llamas is responsible for the “Llamas Art Show,” which is her series of black and white llama drawings seen at LlamasArt.com. But these llamas aren’t just any llamas… they are named after real people.
K. Llamas is known for using art to engage and unite communities, and the “Llamas Art Show” has become her most playful and inclusive project yet. The artist asks people their name with the question “¿Como te Llamas?” (or “What is Your Name?”) and then creates llama portraits named after people who submit their name. By collaborating with WeGo, the result is what they call, the “Llama Art Bus!”
Wanna be a llama? Submit your name:
“With the Llamas Art Show and now Llamas Art Bus, my goal is to bring people together by the one thing that everyone has. It doesn’t matter where you are born, your size, shape, color, age or net worth. We all have a name. So let’s all start there and get to know one another as we all become llamas together!”
– Artist, Kristin Llamas
Since K. Llamas’ art project is all about uniting communities, and WeGo literally unites communities from one point to another, Minser, Segroves, and Llamas all agree that the collaboration is perfect!
The Llama Art Bus will be hit the streets the first week of November 2018. Individuals are invited to participate and interact with the project at LlamaArtBus.com where they can submit their own name to be created as a llama!
Special events with the Llama Art Bus will be held throughout November and December such as a “Celebrate Reading” day at the Nashville Zoo, book signings at Davidson county libraries, and an art exhibit of K. Llamas work at Ashley Segroves’ art showroom The Studio 208.
Visit LlamaArtBus.com to submit your name and learn more!
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For interviews and photo opportunities, contact Kristin Llamas at 239-218-3470 or kristin@kllamas.com
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