Join Metro Art commissioned artist, Geoff McFetridge, and Ride-On! Bike Shop/Co-Op on a 5-mile community bike ride from Ride-On! in Leimert Park to Westchester/Veterans Station.
Image above: Detail of Francesco Simeti’s in-progress station artwork design. Francesco Simeti is one of four artists commissioned for the under construction Westwood/VA Hospital Station. Learn about Simeti’s artwork in-progress and create sketches and collages inspired by the garden. Participants may choose to have their work considered for inclusion in the artist’s final design for the station. RSVP by May 19. Art supplies and lunch will be provided to all who RSVP. > To RSVP and for more information, please email metroart@metro.net or call 213.922.4278 Francesco Simeti sketch and collage workshop at the West LA Veterans’ Garden Tuesday, May 23, 2023 11am-2pm 100–138 Davis Av Los Angeles, CA 90049 (Located behind the Jackie Robinson Stadium on Davis Av. Note: Map apps call it the “Grow Native Veterans’ Garden”)
Join Metro Art and Metro Bike Share for a special multimodal community ride celebrating Bike Month through art!
Hosted at Los Angeles Union Station, MAPPING Performance: 10 Years of Metro Art Presents will celebrate with percussion-driven music and dance drawing from Southeast Asian and Afro-Brazilian traditions, bringing the community together in the heart of Los Angeles at the heart of the LA Metro transit system.
Day 1 will feature Southeast Asian traditions and diasporic artists who bring their cultural backgrounds into contemporary practices.
Hosted at Los Angeles Union Station, MAPPING Performance: 10 Years of Metro Art Presents will celebrate with percussion-driven music and dance drawing from Southeast Asian and Afro-Brazilian traditions, bringing the community together in the heart of Los Angeles at the heart of the LA Metro transit system.
Day 2 – which will be highly participatory – will highlight Afro-Brazilian traditions, such as capoeira, which blends music, dance, and acrobatics, as well as samba-reggae.
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 …
Join Metro Art commissioned artist Gala Porras-Kim on Saturday, August 12th, for a tour of her exhibition, The weight of a patina of time, at The Fowler Museum at UCLA, next to the future Westwood/UCLA Station.
Join Metro Art commissioned artist Gala Porras-Kim on Saturday, August 12th, for a tour of her exhibition, The weight of a patina of time, at The Fowler Museum at UCLA, next to the future Westwood/UCLA Station.
Meet three of the five Metro Art commissioned artists creating artworks for the under-construction Westwood/VA Hospital Station. Come see their designs in progress, learn about their inspiration and process, and get information about future art opportunities with Metro Art.
All aboard! This is a FREE event for all ages. Tickets are not required! Grab your family and friends and join us at #TrainFestival2023 at Union Station September 9 and 10, 2023 to celebrate the past, present and future of train travel with activations and programs throughout the iconic Los Angeles landmark.
Next stop: Little Tokyo/Arts District Station community celebration!
Metro Art invites you to explore these downtown Los Angeles communities that are now easily accessible via rail. This free event, Celebrating Connections, includes food, interactive workshops, tours highlighting neighborhood cultural organizations and businesses and a Metro Art Presents music festival on Saturday, September 9, 2023 between 12:30-4:30pm.
Go Metro and take the A or E Line to Little Tokyo/Arts District Station.
All aboard! This is a FREE event for all ages. Tickets are not required! Grab your family and friends and join us at #TrainFestival2023 at Union Station September 9 and 10, 2023 to celebrate the past, present and future of train travel with activations and programs throughout the iconic Los Angeles landmark.
