RPA – Luas Art Competition 2009 Winner announced!
The Railway Procurement Agency announced the results of the third Annual RPA – Luas Art Competition. This competition is run in association with Temple Bar Cultural Trust and Dublin Culture Night which takes place on the last Friday of September every year. The adjudication committee were impressed to have received so many excellent submissions. Artists were invited to submit entries using the theme of Luas Docklands – the new extension of the Luas Red Line to The Point, which opened in December 2009.
The winning entry will be displayed at Luas stops and on trams and feature on the cover of the RPA-Luas 2010 calendar along with the twelve runners-up which are featured in the calendar. A panel of distinguished judges selected the winning entry with some difficulty! 
Eamon Whyte’s entry was chosen as the winner of the Third RPA-Luas Art Competition. Mr. Whyte from Co. Meath graduated from the National College of Art & Design’s Visual Communications programme in 2007. He now works as a freelance graphic designer. His winning design “UnTIEtled” was inspired by the work of Abram Games, a poster artist whose strong clear images were used as public service announcements in Britain during World War Two. A commuter’s tie was given a twist with the design of an elevated view of a tram to capture the theme of the competition.
The winners and runners up received their prizes at the official prize ceremony at the National College of Ireland adjacent to the new Luas stop Mayor Square-NCI.
RPA Chief Executive Frank Allen thanked all those who had submitted entries to the competition and praised the quality and diversity of submissions received.
Culture Night will take place in Dublin and across many other towns and cities in Ireland on Friday September 24th this year from 5pm onwards. Culture Night is a night of free cultural discovery not to be missed so join us and the thousands who will be staying up late on the 24th! A full programme of events will be available online at www.culturenight.ie from August.
Tags: Culture Night. Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Eamon Whyte, Luas Art Competition
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