Project Description

On display in Union Station Passageway Art Gallery, June 2017-August 2018

Each artwork displayed in this passageway focused on a particular neighborhood or city within Los Angeles County “through the eyes of artists.” The artists captured the look and feel of each place from a personal perspective, highlighting special, surprising, unexpected or lesser-known facets of those communities. Lush urban gardens, backyard barbecues, street parades, cemeteries and even a fantastical underwater world are among the subjects for these idiosyncratic works of art.

Following in the tradition of colorful travel destination posters, the artworks are part of a series—typically presented on posters inside buses and trains—that encourages riders to explore communities throughout the expanding Metro transit system.

Learn more about the Through The Eyes of Artists series.

Featured Artists

• Aaron Rivera, Lakewood
• Artemio Rodríguez, East Los Angeles
• Christine Nguyen, Long Beach
• Edith Waddell, Glendale
• Jane Gillespie Pryor, Whittier
• Jonathan Anderson, Gardena
• Mary Ann Ohmit, Azusa
• Sam Pace, Leimert Park
• Sarajo Frieden, Venice
• Shizu Saldamando, Little Tokyo
• Wakana Kimura, Inglewood
• Walter Askin, Pasadena

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