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Arts on the Line, the brainchild of the Cambridge Arts Council, will be accepting applications for the subway art projects through Friday. Arts on the Line is working in conjunction with the MBTA, which is providing $20,000 for each of the six sites...
...exhibits will begin sometime this spring, and continue until the MBTA completes the stations in the fall...
...project, which will last 18 months, differs from other Boston-sponsored art programs in its diversity and short duration, according to MBTA officials. Normally, artwork done for the city is of durable material, capable of lasting 75 years...
Calling the subway arts program a "unique opportunity" for aspiring local artists, Mayes said the high visibility and scope of creations contributes to the popularity of Arts on the Line. "It's extraordinarily generous of [the MBTA] to do this," Mayes said yesterday...
...director of Arts on the Line, Pallace Lombardi, said that good results in the past are the reason for the MBTA's expansion of art projects. "People are very responsive to the art, as the project has shown over the past eight years [during which her group was in charge of the art]," Lombardi said...