'Spectacle of Speed' project lines up 31 sponsors

The project will raise funds for local arts and cultural organizations.
WARREN -- All sponsors have been lined up for the Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County's public art project, "A Spectacle of Speed."
Spectacle of Speed is designed to increase community spirit, promote the arts and raise funds for local arts and cultural organizations. The idea is modeled after similar projects in other cities, such as Chicago's Cows, Cleveland's Guitars and Youngstown's Penguins.
Spectacle of Speed features an icon that promotes Trumbull County's heritage with the automobile: the Goddess of Speed, a hood ornament available on the Packard car from 1926 to 1950.
This hood ornament is being transformed into statues measuring 6 feet tall by 8 feet 6 inches long. The statues will be made of fiberglass and transformed into works of art by area artists.
A total of 31 sponsors have been secured for the 31 statues. Sponsorships cost 3,000.
A call for artists is now being conducted. Interested artists may download the application at www.TrumbullArts.org. The postmark deadline for artists applications is Jan. 5.
Picking an artist
Sponsors will have the opportunity to select their artist at a sponsors party set for Feb. 1. Sponsorship underwrites all costs associated with creating the Goddess of Speed statues into works of art. Sponsors will be acknowledged on a plaque that will be permanently affixed to the completed statues along with the name of the artist.
The list of sponsors, according to FACT:
AVI Food Systems
Bedner, Baker and Associates
Alan & amp; Nancy Brant
Butler Wick
J.J. Cafaro
Cole Valley
Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley
Embarq
First Place Bank
Geauga Trumbull Solid Waste District
Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell
Hill, Barth & amp; King
Humility of Mary -- St. Joseph's Hospital
Kenilworth Steel
Lane Funeral Homes
Jay Leno
Franklin Manios & amp; Family
Packer Thomas & amp; Co
Paige & amp; Byrnes Insurance
Phillips Family
Saratoga Restaurant
Diane Sauer Chevrolet
Sky Bank
Eugene Tareshawty
Tribune Chronicle
Trumbull County Tourism Bureau
Nancy VanFossan
W.D. Packard Concert Band
City of Warren
Warren Glass and Paint
WYTV Channel 33