The We Are… rider portrait exhibition celebrates diversity and the community of transit riders across multiple formats and sites including buses, trains and stations in Los Angeles County and online. Tag your selfie #SomosWeAreLA to join in Metro’s portrait exhibition and share your journey, too!
Project Description Quita and Victor, Northwest Pasadena celebrates the deep affection and respect between these two siblings and longtime Northwest Pasadena residents. Depicted in front of the beloved former Cinema 21, the portrait honors their commitment to social and racial justice and recognizes the complicated cultural history embedded in Northwest Pasadena’s development that they experienced while growing up there. About the Artist DEBORAH ASCHHEIM makes installations, sculptures, and drawings about memory and place for buildings, parks, hospitals, transportation, and social media platforms. She has explored themes of collective memory, oral history, and social justice in vernacular history projects that blend participant interviews with drawing to bring the stories of diverse communities to life. Deborah earned a BA from Brown University and an MFA from the University of Washington.
