Dates have been announced for the upcoming fourth annual Art in Transit judged competition, sponsored by Bay Transit and the RAL Art Center, Kilmarnock.

The winning artist will receive $1,000 first prize and have their work displayed on Bay Transit bus.

Artists throughout the Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula and Richmond areas are invited to participate in the contest when the call for entries is announced in January. The deadline for entries and art submissions to the RAL Art Center in Kilmarnock has been expanded to multiple dates next April to encourage participation. Artists will be able to submit their artwork beginning Saturday, April 27, 2024, as well as Sunday, April 28, or Monday, April 29 from 10 a.m. to noon.

“Each year, we have received more entries from across the region and wanted to make it easier for people to travel to Kilmarnock to drop them off,” said RAL Art Center Executive Director Sharon Stone. “Last year’s first-place winner, Sarah Marshall Elliott, is ...