Ms. Assata Umoja
Ms. Assata Umoja celebrates the South LA activist for her empowering presence in the Hyde Park community.
All Artworks
Mothership Opera
A golden spaceship awakens after a thousand-year stasis and blasts off toward its planet of origin.
Morning
“You start every day and try to keep on moving, but when you find yourself in an environment where meaning shifts and you have the opportunity to question its essence, it is like looking at reincarnation from aside: how process involves different states of being and perspectives.”
Monday Morning
Her portraits explore the lives of individuals who are part of her community and personal life.
Modern Prometheus
Project Description Modern Prometheus represents various creative fragments within a community that forge together to build a person. Just as bodies are made up of many cells that work together for survival, individuals are activated and built stronger through the support and inspiration of one another. About the Artist DAVE VAN PATTEN is a Long Beach/Los Angeles-based artist working in illustration, comics, and murals. Van Patten has done album artwork for bands such as the Grateful Dead and Les Claypool. His work has appeared in publications such as Juxtapoz, Vice and NPR.
Miracle of La Brea
Mark Dean Veca’s artwork concept for the station platform draws from the art deco details of the nearby Wilshire Tower building and the past and present geology of the Miracle Mile neighborhood through stylistic references to barley fields and tar.
Mining the Archive: S. Charles Lee, Architect
Todd Gray’s artwork concept for the station’s glass entrance plaza and escalator landing walls juxtaposes archival architectural drawings by S. Charles Lee and historic photographs of the nearby Saban Theatre (formerly the Fox Wilshire Theatre) with a multicultural selection of iconic textile patterns.
Migrations
With particular emphasis on the often-overlooked migrations of Black Americans, Clarence Williams’s deeply personal artwork, Migrations, for the platform of this downtown station pays tribute to the area’s legacy as a place where scores of migrants first made their way to Los Angeles.
Mga Bayani Sa Ating Paligid (Heroes In Our Midst)
Mga Bayani Sa Ating Paligid (Heroes In Our Midst) shines a light on Filipino American caregivers Teresita, Jade, Marlon and Joan.
Red Line Opening Poster Series: John Huggins
Metro rail poster series commemorating the opening of the Metro Red Line, now B Line (Red), features the work of John Huggins.
Green Line Opening Poster Series: Patssi Valdez
Metro rail poster series commemorating the opening of the Metro Green Line, now C Line (Green), features artist Patssi Valdez.
Green Line Opening Poster Series: Mitchell Syrop
Metro rail poster series commemorating the opening of the Metro Green Line, now C Line (Green), features artist Mitchell Syrop.
Green Line Opening Poster Series: Noni Olabisi
Metro rail poster series commemorating the opening of the Metro Green Line, now C Line (Green), featuring Noni Olabisi.
Green Line Opening Poster Series: Hirokazu Kosaka
Metro rail poster series commemorating the opening of the Metro Green Line, now C Line (Green), features artist Hirokazu Kosaka.
Blue Line Opening Poster Series: Frank Romero
Artist Frank Romero was commissioned to create a commemorative poster in 1990 for the grand opening of the Metro Blue Line, now known as A Line (Blue).
Metro Manners Trading Cards
Metro Manners Trading Cards are a series of collectibles that depict public transportation etiquette in a variety of whimsical scenes.
Metro Loop
Set in a not so distant future, we envision the streets of Los Angeles unhindered by the inefficiency and congestion of the internal combustion engine.
Metro Art Bookmarks, 1996 & 1997
In 1996 and 1997, Metro Art initiated and developed bookmark projects in a creative effort to encourage transit customers to use the Metro system to travel to local libraries. Visual artists and poets were invited to form teams and submit collaborative designs of text and imagery for bookmarks to be distributed in “take one” holders on board 2,000 Metro buses, and at public libraries countywide.
Memory and Perspective
Memory and Perspective is influenced by the artist’s memories riding the light rail to Del Amo Station.
Memories in Between
Between the texts are holes where the sunrise peeks through the paper. When the sun sets, only the dots appear but when the sun rises, the light penetrates the paper to reveal the texts – the memories in between.
Maravilla Hearts of Token
Project Description The primary artwork features a series of aluminum almond shaped panels that echo the shape of the platform canopy. The panels contain images from the past and present-day Boyle Heights community, and are cut out to depict images of historic transit tokens and landmarks in a style reminiscent of papel picado (cut paper) and Japanese wood block prints. Laminated glass canopy skylights also include artist selected images of local history and iconic travel imagery. On the west end of the station landscape area, large metal sculptures forming the words “TO…”, evokes the famed Hollywood sign and creates a new landmark. Artist Statement “I am striving to create an exciting day environment. I was inspired by images of transportation tokens from all transit periods in Los Angeles and how this element of our collective histories carries with it personal stories of travel. I intend to use local architectural landmarks which will also bring a familiar image of travel to the station experience.” About the Artist JOSE LOPEZ is nationally recognized for his innovative light-based designs, creating stage …
MacArthur Park, Urban Oasis
Sonia Romero created 13 artworks documenting her observations of MacArthur Park as an urban oasis.
MacArthur Park site (1991-92)
This temporary construction fence, which consisted of 30 painted plywood panel murals, was erected around the drained lake in MacArthur Park in an effort to mitigate construction of MacArthur Park Station.
Lucky California
Phung Huynh designed terrazzo paving areas and porcelain enamel steel panels for station platforms. The completed works display ‘lucky’ Chinese cherubs with California poppies, and Chinese cherub pilots in a surreal yet travel-friendly atmosphere of airplanes, birds and flying oranges.
Los Angeles Seen
For the Wilshire/Vermont Station, Shire created Los Angeles Seen, a series of sculptures that float throughout the entrance conveying a theatrical, circus-like atmosphere.