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  • The Yellow Car and Los Angeles at Union Station

    TOUR: The Yellow Car and Historic Union Station (at capacity)

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    Union Station 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This tour reached capacity within 48 hours! An additional tour will be offered this summer--details to be announced. While the Pacific Electric Railway’s Red Cars are one of the best-known fixtures of Los Angeles rail history, whose name evokes trolley trips to the beaches or mountains for Angeleno history buffs, the Yellow Cars of the Los Angeles Railway Corporation (or LARy) were equally important. Featuring materials sourced from the Metro Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive, Metro Art’s exhibition in the Union Station Waiting Room Gallery, The Yellow Car and Los Angeles, offers a fond look back at two foundations of public transit in the region: the Yellow Cars and the transition to LA’s first years of bus service. Together, these early rail and bus lines shaped the Metro system we have today. Learn about the history of the Yellow Cars, how the system connected to Union Station, and the experience of this LA architectural landmark in its early years. This tour will be co-led by Chris Salvano, Digital Resources Librarian in the Metro Dorothy …

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  • ON VIEW: Here: Arts & Culture Along the K

    Museum of African American Art Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Level 2, Suite 283 3650 W Martin Luther King Jr Bl, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    ON VIEW THROUGH FEBRUARY 25, 2024: The Here: Arts & Culture Along the K art exhibition presented by Metro Art shares the work of artists, cultural producers and culture bearers connected by the K Line. The K Line serves the neighborhoods of Crenshaw, West Adams, Jefferson Park, Baldwin Hills, Leimert Park, Hyde Park, Inglewood, Westchester, El Segundo and more.

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  • ON VIEW: Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939 (你所處的位置: 唐人街 1880 年至 1939 年)

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    Union Station 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Union Station stands at the site of Los Angeles’ original Chinatown. This once vibrant community of families, businesses, and associations with roots going back to the middle of the 19th century was a place where residents persisted, grew rapidly, and thrived.  Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939 invites participants into the center of the vibrant community through a multi-dimensional experience. Installed in the Union Station Waiting Room Gallery, view the exhibits' historic photographs, listen to oral history recordings, and use augmented reality to see artifact materials superimposed within locations around Union Station. Audiences can explore the site’s historic layers, formerly a collection of alleyways, streets, and buildings, and home to thousands of Chinese residents in the late 19th to early 20th century Los Angeles.

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  • Celebrating In Our Ancestors’ Footsteps

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    Union Station 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join Metro Art on February 15, 2024 from 5PM to 7:30PM in the Union Station Waiting Room for a celebration of the exhibition, Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939. Kicking off with a dynamic performance of a traditional lion dance by local students of the East Wind Foundation, the event continues with an exhibition walk-through led by Metro Art.

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  • Journeys by Bike: Community Ride from East Hollywood

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    Hollywood/Western Station 5450 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Metro Art x Metro Bike Share present a community bike ride on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 10:30am-1pm. This multimodal ride celebrates Bike Month and will include walking, cycling, and riding Metro rail as a group.

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  • Metro Art Tours and Artist Poster Signings during Rare Books LA at Union Station

    Union Station 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Saturday, October 5, 10am-6pm & Sunday, October 6, 11am-4pm Metro Art will offer tours of the exhibition Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939 你所處的位置: 唐人街 1880 年至 1939 年 in the Union Station Waiting Room Gallery. Tours will leave from the Metro Art table at 1pm and 2pm daily. Additionally, artists commissioned as part of the Through the Eyes of Artists program will sign free copies of artwork posters celebrating neighborhoods throughout LA County, which are typically exhibited onboard Metro bus and rail. Meet artists Emily Kiwa Tanaka (Harbor Gateway) and Roberto Benavidez (El Sereno) on October 5 from 12-2pm, and Fabio Coruzzi (Redondo Beach) and Jeaneen Carlino (Downey) on October 6 from 12-2pm.   Event Details October 5 from 12-2pm - Meet the Artists: Emily Kiwa Tanaka (Harbor Gateway) and Roberto Benavidez (El Sereno) October 6 from 12-2pm - Meet the Artists: Fabio Coruzzi (Redondo Beach) and Jeaneen Carlino (Downey) Los Angeles Union Station Ticketing Concourse 800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Ticket Information Purchase tickets here and learn more! This is a ticketed event with single-day admission …

  • Artist Pop-up at Metro Art Passageway Gallery

    Union Station Passageway Art Gallery 800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, United States

    Celebrate Arts, Culture & Creativity Month with us at the Metro Art Passageway Gallery! Stop by to meet the artists and take home a signed Through the Eyes of Artists collectible poster featuring L.A. neighborhoods served by Metro. 

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  • Metro Art Poster Signing: Hawaiian Gardens Through the Eyes of Artist Felix Quintana

    Furgeson Elementary School 22215 Elaine Ave, Hawaiian Gardens, United States

    Collect your FREE signed artwork poster celebrating LA neighborhood, Hawaiian Gardens, at City of Hawaiian Gardens Anniversary Carnival Youth Night at Furgeson Elementary School for a special signing pop-up featuring Metro Art-commissioned artist Felix Quintana.

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  • LA on the Move Exhibition Walkthrough and Milkweed Giveaway

    Union Station Waiting Room 800 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    On Saturday, April 18, join Metro Art and collaborators ArtCenter College of Design, Data Vandals, and Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, for a special Earth Month public program at Los Angeles Union Station’s Waiting Room Gallery.

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