Eight artists have been announced in the first round of the Melbourne Art Trams initiative for the Melbourne Festival.
"It's such a novel way of paying homage to one of Melbourne's great icons and to bring art into the public space," says Melbourne Festival Creative Director Josephine Ridge.
Ms Ridge says 117 artists submitted designs to the competition and the final decision was tough.
"We wanted to make sure they were representative of a range of styles and approaches."
Melbourne Indigenous artist Bindi Cole will see her work Lakorra, the Wathaurung word for "sky" emblazoned on a tram for the first time in October.
Her work looks back at a time before Melbourne was built up and you could see the whole sky.
She says she wants the public to relive that experience even in the depths of the CBD.
Ms Cole says she's looking forward to seeing how people react to the tram art, "I want people to go 'oh I hopped on the cloud tram today'... that kind of engagement is exciting."
The decorated trams will come online from the opening weekend of the Melbourne Festival on 11th October.
The final eight artists are Brook Andrew, Jon Campbell, Bindi Cole, Luke Cornish, Joining Forces (an artist collective comprising Zahra Zainal, Brendan Ninness, Jeffrey Phillips, Gemma Flack, Rhiannon Thomas and Sebastian Berto), Rose Nolan; and David Wadelton.
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