Public art, public speech in Indiana...

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From a website by the artist Owen Mundy:

The Your Art Here (YAH) project is a non-profit arts organization that uses commercial billboards as public art spaces. Over the last two years YAH has founded three community-run-artist-billboards in Bloomington and Indianapolis, exhibited over 30 art billboards, and held 5 gallery exhibitions.

By using alternative modes of expression to create a positive response to popular media sources we believe that art, as well its role in society becomes more accessible. The founding notion of the Your Art Here project is that by presenting art in place of advertising the community has the opportunity to reclaim their visual space and confirm our right to 'be the media.'

The Your Art Here public art project was founded in September 2002, by Indiana University Bachelor of Fine Arts Photography students; Shana Berger, Alyssa Hill, Owen Mundy, and Nathan Purath.
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I can't imagine they would go for it, but it would be cool if some of the billboards given to DC's Department of Transportation as part of the bus shelter contract could be used for public art projects.