Bus Wraps

Student Art Contests

2022 High School and Elementary Art - Bus Wraps

In 2022, Go Public and the Texas Cavaliers teamed up again with VIA San Antonio and Adsposure, featuring 29 high school and elementary school art pieces wrapped around VIA buses.

In addition to the excitement of winning a place on the bus wrap, students saw their pieces up close. During the big reveal event, students took pictures with family and friends in front of their artwork.

The reveal included the elementary school art winners from the Texas Cavaliers Art Contest and the high school art contest winners from the Go Public High School Art Spotlight, “Inspiring Kindness, Beauty, and Joy.”

What is a Bus Wrap?

Bus wraps are vinyl graphics that adhere to the exterior surface. Furthermore, a full wrap covers the entire exterior surface, like the Go Public project with VIA Bus San Antonio. And finally, a bus wrap provides a large- scale, mobile art exhibit. It’s a perfect way to promote student artists and talent.

The students who won both competitions submitted high resolution files. From there, Adsposure’s graphic designer used the files to create each side of the bus.

In summary, Bank of America a Merrill Company and Emily Ann’s Foundation made wraps possible. Adsposure designed the graphics and installed them on the buses.

2022 High School and Elementary Art - Bus Wraps

Go Public announced the high school student art winners on March 24th, 2022. The contest theme, “Inspiring Kindness, Beauty, and Joy” drew 89 entries and resulted in 18 winners. In addition to winning the VIA bus placement, each student’s artwork was featured on a tote sold to the public.

Scholarships

During the reveal event, three students with the highest scores received scholarship scholarship checks from Go Public:

1st Place – $250 Scholarship, “Kindness is Blind” by Sebastiano Formica – Byron P. Steele High School, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD
2nd Place – $150 Scholarship,“Kindness” by Cadence Dawson – Virginia Allred Stacey Jr/Sr High School, Lackland ISD
3rd Place – $100 Scholarship, “Joyous Memories” by Alyssa Gutierrez – Southwest High School, Southwest ISD

View all of the high school student winners here.

The students who won both competitions submitted high resolution files. From there, Adsposure’s graphic designer used the files to create each side of the bus.

In summary, Bank of America a Merrill Company and Emily Ann’s Foundation made wraps possible. Adsposure designed the graphics and installed them on the buses.

Texas Cavaliers - Elementary School Student Winners

The Texas Cavaliers revealed the finalists and grand prize winner of the 2022 River Parade Art Contest on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at the Southwest School of Art.

The grand prize winner was Sofia Liceaga, a fifth-grade student at Bob Lewis Elementary School. In addition to her artwork being displayed on a VIA bus, the Grand Prize winner won Whataburger for an entire year, $5,000 for her school’s art program, and a one-week scholarship to attend Southwest School of Art’s Summer Program.

Due to the generosity of sponsors and donors, the Texas Cavaliers donated a total of $46,000 to the school art programs of the winners and runners-up.