Here are five things to know about the artworks-in-progress for the future Leimert Park Station. The artworks will contribute to a welcoming environment for riders and connect the station to surrounding neighborhoods. Ingrid Calame– Glass Entrance Pavilion The artwork designs are composed from rubbings that Ingrid and local youth have made from textures found in the [continue reading]
UPDATE: Metro artist Faith Ringgold has been named winner of the 2017 Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement by the prestigious College Art Association. Born in Harlem in 1930, the artist, feminist, activist, and educator works in a variety of media, including painting, quilts, sculpture, performance, and children’s books. She [continue reading]
Art and transit lovers were treated to scenes from Shakespeare as part of a special Valentine’s Day art tour of the Metro system. The Metro Art Moves series of tours highlights Metro’s diverse collection of artworks, heightens the passenger experience in fun and engaging ways and boosts public perceptions about transit. [continue reading]
The Metro Art Presents series of arts and cultural events featured the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Union Station. The six-piece, Los Angeles based band led a spirited musical procession through the station for Mardi Gras, dazzling rush hour commuters and unsuspecting passersby, who stopped to listen and dance [continue reading]
Experience Black History Month and Mardi Gras with musical panache at Union Station! The New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band will perform on Mardi Gras day (Fat Tuesday, February 9) and spice things up for transit riders during rush hour. The six-piece group is based in Los Angeles and includes musicians from New [continue reading]
Keep your eyes peeled for poetry on your next bus ride and may poet Robin Coste Lewis’s words inspire your mind. Robin’s poem (pictured above) was selected by our long-time collaborator, Poetry Society of America, as part of Poetry In Motion/LA™, a Metro Art program that places poetry directly in the path of more than [continue reading]
The Metro headquarters building opened 20 years ago this week, and along with it came several new artworks to brighten the public spaces in and around the building. The HQ is connected to Union Station East, and the artworks are located within both spaces and spread around Patsaouras Bus Plaza. Come on down [continue reading]
The public is invited to participate in a photo shoot with artist Kenturah Davis on Sunday, November 8, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Davis is one of 14 artists [continue reading]
Inspired by its popular Union Station art and architecture tours, Metro will launch the first in a series of free Spanish-language tours of the station beginning on Saturday, October 10. [continue reading]
Local high school students are invited to attend a series of free workshops beginning next week to help design light pole art banners that celebrate the neighborhood surrounding the downtown Inglewood Station. Students [continue reading]
