Go Avenue 26 – A little paint and a lot of listening
How a small project by a local non-profit stands for so much more A little over a year ago, Metro’s First and Last Mile Planning team sat with LA-Más to talk about [continue reading]
Go Metro to Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA
Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles / Latin American, a long-standing art initiative led by The Getty Foundation, returns this week with a launch big enough to satisfy any art enthusiast. [continue reading]
Here are the Metro Art events happening in September
From an artist-led tour of Union Station’s newest light box exhibition to a rush hour concert centered around the cimbalom, here’s your guide to the Metro Art events happening in September. [continue reading]
Free interactive workshop with artist Audrey Chan in Little Tokyo during Nisei Week
Join artist Audrey Chan, whose work will be part of the future Regional Connector Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, for an interactive workshop on Aug. 19 and 20. Explore images from [continue reading]
Art banners brighten up construction areas of the Regional Connector Transit Project
In an effort to mitigate visual impacts during project construction phases, temporary artwork banners have recently been installed along two Regional Connector Transit Project construction sites. The banners can be [continue reading]
Crenshaw/Slauson area awarded creative placemaking grant in anticipation of Metro Rail
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]
New Union Station exhibition celebrates artists’ unique interpretations of L.A. neighborhoods
A new exhibition in Union Station, Journeys: LA Communities Through the Eyes of Artists, and a special series of artist-led tours will kick off a year of activities to celebrate [continue reading]
Community Connections: Metro Art crafting workshop for the Purple Line Extension
Metro Art recently hosted a free family workshop to help inspire artworks for Phase 1 of the Purple Line Extension project. Community members were invited to tell us what they [continue reading]
Young Artist Spotlight: Students mentored by Hyde Park Station artist
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]
Artists pop-up at Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station
The artist George Evans and artist team of Jamex and Einar de la Torre participated in two Metro pop-up events at Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station, sharing their past artworks and interacting with riders and community members. These conversations are intended to help inform the artists’ artwork designs for the station, which [continue reading]