Call for artists: Sell your work at Let's Glow! BART Anime Festival on September 6

Promotional image for Let's Glow! BART Anime Festival featuring two anime characters, one resembling a blue-haired person and another shaped like a BART train, with text announcing the event at Warm Springs/South Fremont Station on September 6, 2025, from 4:30 to 8 PM.

BART is seeking artists to sell their work at BART’s upcoming anime festival, Let’s Glow! The festival will be held at Warm Springs/South Fremont Station on Saturday, September 6, from 4:30pm to 8pm.  

We are looking for 15 to 20 artists of all skills, styles, and mediums to table at this first-of-its-kind celebration of BART, art, and anime. Tabling is free! 

Artists must apply to sell at the event, and BART’s anime team will select the roster of vendors from the applicant pool. While art need not feature transit, strong preference will be given to work that does. We encourage artists to make BART-themed artwork to sell, but we ask that the fan art does not contain the BART logo to distinguish it from official communications. Art must be appropriate for an all-ages audience.  

Some examples of the type of work we’re looking for: 

  • A print, postcard, or bookmark depicting a BART station in the artist’s preferred style
  • T-shirts, tote bags, keychains featuring a train operator character
  • A download code to an album of train departure melodies  

Surprise us! We are looking for originality and creativity.  

 

Submit your work at https://bart-anime.notion.site/216b53326cb280dd8549e02d7d3d615e  

Deadline: Sunday, August 17, 2025, 11:59pm  

 

More on Let’s Glow! 

This is a first-of-its-kind celebration of BART, art, and anime that will feature food and boba stands, lantern decoration, live DJ group AniClover, wotagei lessons from SanFlare, itasha decorated cars, and more. We will release additional details soon. This is a free, un-ticketed event. 

Let us know you're coming - RSVP here: https://bartletsglow.eventbrite.com 

Read about the BART Anime Project at bart.gov/anime