The Metro Rail Art Tours were recommended by Downtown News readers as “Best Downtown Tours” in last week’s annual Best of Downtown recognitions. Tours are led by the dedicated volunteers of the Metro Art Docent Council, who are celebrating 20 years of teaching the public about artwork in Metro stations [continue reading]
Three artists, selected by a panel of nationally recognized curators, local arts professionals and community members from the Purple Line Extension Section 1 area, are currently working on site-specific artwork designs for the Wilshire/Fairfax station. Artworks will be integrated into the walls of the entrance plaza, escalator landing, concourse and [continue reading]
A landmark mural celebrating Hyde Park community stories was unveiled Saturday at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue. The project began with area youth collecting the stories of [continue reading]
From intimate concerts in the beautiful North Patio of Union Station to a celebration of the storied station’s 80th anniversary, here’s your guide to the many Metro Art events happening [continue reading]
Artists Jamex and Einar de la Torre and George Evans have been hard at work developing designs for future artworks at Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station since their selection by a community-based art advisory group and pop-up events with riders and community members. The artworks are part of a range of improvements currently underway [continue reading]
A new exhibition in Union Station, Far Out: Movement through Form and Color, features abstract artworks by six artists interpreting themes of energy, transition and movement. The work will be on [continue reading]
Get your adventuring on with Metro Art Moves as we tour around town to check out the artworks in Metro stations. Here’s your guide to the September offerings, including a [continue reading]
In celebration of the Metro Red Line’s 25th birthday and the agency’s 25th anniversary, we are pleased to present Life Underground, an immersive media installation and interactive web documentary featuring subway rider stories from all over the globe at Union Station from January 30 to February 5 from 7 a.m. to 9 [continue reading]
A project focused on the Crenshaw/Slauson area was selected from a pool of over 130 applications nationwide for a creative placemaking grant from Transportation for America’s Cultural Corridor Consortium program. Led by the local non-profit LA Commons, with technical assistance provided by Metro Art, the grant will fund the gathering [continue reading]
Students from the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project area have been mentored by artist Carlson Hatton for more than a year as he crafted artwork designs for Hyde Park Station. Last week [continue reading]
