February is not just Black History Month, but also Black Futures Month – a chance to not just highlight important past figures and histories, but to creatively explore what tomorrow [continue reading]
Expressions of connection and care during challenging times — and beyond — are at the heart of Silver Linings, a new series by Metro highlighting six local artists that are [continue reading]
In one sense, 2020 was the toughest of years for mass transit across the United States. Lives were lost. At LA Metro and across the nation, ridership plummeted due to safer-at-home orders. Service was reduced and — depending on location — restored to varying degrees. Agencies’ finances were upended. I [continue reading]
Inspired by his childhood memories of Southern California’s former transit system, Metro-commissioned artist Mark Steven Greenfield has created a site-specific artwork for the Regional Connector Transit Project that pays homage to the Pacific Electric Railway streetcar. Fondly known as the Red Car, the streetcars [continue reading]
What is the varied experience of a pedestrian walking 12.2 miles of Vermont Avenue? Sometimes it helps to ask an artist— especially an artist who is a dancer, social worker, [continue reading]
Metro’s Arts & Design group has been working on two recently completed projects adjacent to Union Station, the Cesar Chavez Transit Pavilion and the Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station. Each project [continue reading]
The Metro Art Docent Council consists of 30 volunteers who are passionate about the art at Metro Rail stations and in Union Station. In normal times the docents gave free [continue reading]
Starting this week, a brand-new artwork is on view inside the Rosa Parks Customer Center as part of the new improvements at the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station. Here are five things [continue reading]
The artist Mariana Castillo Deball has been selected to design a site-specific, integrated glass tile artwork for the concourse level of the future Wilshire/La Cienega Station, part of the Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project’s on the Westside. Castillo Deball was recommended for the commission by a panel of nationally [continue reading]
Over the past three days, a new artwork in the form of 32 massive sandstones were lifted, delicately threaded and placed at the Downtown Santa Monica Station on the E [continue reading]
