Art on the Bus

A community partnership with CapMetro.

Applications open soon

Art on the Bus is an annual contest hosted by CapMetro and Creative Action that started in 2019. Local public schools win an opportunity to create sustainability-inspired artwork, which is then displayed on CapMetro’s vehicles throughout the city. This project is dedicated to educating young people about the environmental benefits of public transportation, and encouraging them to become lifelong riders.

288

Middle and High School students created art for the project.

4

Austin area school districts participated.

Data from the 2025-26 school year.

Meet the 2025-26 winning campuses

Illustration of a lion's head in blue, gray, and orange colors, with a fierce expression and an open mouth showing teeth.

Danielson Middle School
Leander ISD

Illustration of a stylized blue eagle head with detailed lines, facing left.

Martin Middle School
Austin ISD

A stylized cartoon illustration of a snake with a crocodile head, coiled with its tongue sticking out and raising one clawed paw.

Manor Rise Academy
Manor ISD

A stylized cartoon eagle mascot with black, yellow, and red colors, featuring an aggressive expression.

Del Valle High School
Del Valle ISD

Contest Details

At the start of each school year, four campuses are selected to participate in the contest and receive a six-month partnership with Creative Action that includes:

  • an in-school residency collaboration

  • arts-integrated curriculum

  • art contest between 3rd-5th graders

  • $1000 stipend for art supplies. 

The winning campus’s art is made into a mural and incorporated into a vehicle wrap that is displayed on CapMetro’s electric buses and other vehicles around Earth Day.

Art on the Bus

Have questions? Email lindsay@creativeaction.org

Applications open soon