CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A squad of 19 artists including nine from Cleveland, eight from across the United States and two from overseas, will descend on Cleveland in early June to create a dozen new outdoor art installations along the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority's Red Line right-of-way.

The "Inter | Urban" art project, coordinated by the nonprofit LAND Studio, is funded by a $150,000 grant from the Cleveland Foundation plus $357,000 from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency.

The idea is to provide visual delight along the Red Line prior to the Republican National Convention starting July 18, but also to salute winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which recognizes writers who contribute to understanding of racism and diversity.

The 19 artists were chosen from 293 candidates from around the world chosen by Hawaiian artist Jasper Wong and Cleveland collector and philanthropist Fred Bidwell. Karen Long, who oversees the Anisfield-Wolf awards, advised the project.

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A detail of an outdoor basketball court mural by Detroit artist Ellen Rutt, one of the 19 Inter | Urban artists who will transform 12 sites along the RTA Red Line prior to the Republican National Convention. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Where are the installations going?

A map prepared by LAND Studio shows the dozen locations along the Red Line where the public art installations are going, along with the names of the curators in charge. The installations overseen by Wong involve art, while those overseen by Bidwell involve photography.

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Keliy Anderson-Staley

Houston artist Keliy Anderson-Staley, shown here in a self-portrait, will create portraits of 50 Clevelanders that will be installed on the Red Line platform tunnel at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. It will be the first installation arriving visitors will see.

Anderson-Staley uses a large-view camera with wet collodion plates, a technique that dates to the Civil War. "People will have to stare at the camera and gaze," says curator Bidwell. "She creates these super intense portraits." Each portrait, Bidwell said, "will be in a pool of light. It will be an art gallery in a tunnel."

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Louise Chen

Detroit artist Louise Chen, shown here at work on one of her projects, is one of the 19 artists chosen for the LAND Studio Inter | Urban project. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Alex Yanes

New York artist Alex Yanes, shown here with one of his pieces, will be working in Cleveland June 1-8 on the Inter | Urban project. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Amber Esner

A whimsical drawing by Cleveland artist Amber Esner, part of the Cleveland contingent working on the LAND Studio Inter | Urban project.

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Katie Kosman

Artist Katie Kosman of Westlake, a member of the group Canopy Collective, is one of the Cleveland-area artists involved in Inter | Urban. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Margaret Kimball

Cleveland illustrator and writer Margaret Kimball, part of the Inter | Urban team, recently created the cover of Texas Highways magazine. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Aaron De La Cruz

San Francisco muralist Aaron De La Cruz, part of the Inter | Urban art squad, at work on one of his paintings. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Peter Larson

Cleveland photographer Peter Larson, whose work includes this work, part of his "Falling" series, will photograph Clevelanders posed like caryatids holding up the ceilings of the RTA station platform at Tower City Center.

The images will be wrapped on the columns on the station platform in heat-applied vinyl, curator Fred Bidwell said.

"It will be literally uplifting," he said.

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Brendan Monroe

San Francisco artist Brendan Monroe, shown here with one of his creations, is bringing his talents to Cleveland for the Inter | Urban art installation project in June. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Ellen Rutt

Detroit artist Ellen Rutt, shown here at work, is bringing her penchant for bold, geometric outdoor murals to Cleveland for the Inter | Urban project. Her works include zingy outdoor basketball courts painted at Detroit's Campus Martius. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Nosego

An example of work by the Philadelphia artist known as Nosego, who will participate in the Cleveland Inter | Urban public art project along the RTA Red Line in June. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Hebru Brantley

Chicago artist Hebru Brantley at work in his studio. Brantley is part of the Inter | Urban team headed to Cleveland in early June to create a dozen installations along the RTA Red Line. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Ryan Jaenke

Cleveland artist Ryan Jaenke, an example of whose work is shown here, is part of the local contingent working on Inter | Urban. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Darius Steward

Darius Steward, a Cleveland native who earned a master of fine arts degree in 2010 from the University of Delaware, also holds a degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art and has shown at the William Busta Gallery and other venues, according to his online biography. He's part of the Inter | Urban team. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Alan Giberson

Alan Giberson of Cleveland, who specializes in hand-painted signs and gold-leaf lettering, is a member of the Inter | Urban art team. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Rose Marincil

Osman Mohammad

Cleveland artist Osman Mohammad, shown here at work, will contribute to the Inter | Urban project. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Jasper Wong

Honolulu artist Jasper Wong, an example of whose work is shown here, co-curated the Inter | Urban project and will also participate as an artist. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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Makhulu

Faith47

Faith47, based in Cape Town, South Africa, is an internationally respected street artist who will participate in Inter | Urban. (Photo courtesy LAND Studio.)

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