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]
As some Eastsiders may know, Metro and the developer McCormick Baron Salazar are partnering on a new affordable housing project at 1st and Boyle in Boyle Heights across the [continue reading]
Celebrate the Day of the Dead and honor the lives of those who have passed on a special Día de los Muertos themed art tour on Sunday, Nov. 1. The free, one-night-only tour [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]
Learn about the diverse history of Los Angeles at these upcoming film screenings at Union Station! The fall series of screenings is part of a collaboration between Metro and Echo Park Film [continue reading]
With great sadness, Metro Art shares the news of the passing of artist Tony Gleaton. His 2003 artwork at Sierra Madre Villa Station in Pasadena depicts several area residents in [continue reading]
Local high school students have been meeting this summer to help design a monumental mural for the Crenshaw/Expo Station construction fence that will celebrate the surrounding neighborhood. Through the nonprofit organization artworxLA and under the guidance of professional artist Michael Alvarez, workshops have been staged at nearby Lula Washington Dance Theatre, where students [continue reading]
