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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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  • Meet the Artists of the future Westwood/VA Hospital Station (Part 1)

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    West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Multipurpose Room 1281 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    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.

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  • Train Festival 2023

    Featured Train Festival 2023
    Union Station 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    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.

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  • Celebrating Connections at Little Tokyo/Arts District Station

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    Little Tokyo/Arts District Station 402 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    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.

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  • Train Festival 2023

    Featured Train Festival 2023
    Union Station 800 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    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.

    Free

  • 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 Connections: Historic Broadway Station

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    Historic Broadway Station 202 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Hey, LA! Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 28, and get ready to embark on a vibrant journey of community and culture! Come celebrate one of Metro’s newest rail stations, Historic Broadway. The station is part of Metro’s Regional Connector, creating smoother, faster, transfer-free rides all through LA’s downtown core!

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  • Meet the Artist Eamon Ore-Giron

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    HEXI at The Deco Building 5209 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Meet Metro Art commissioned artist Eamon Ore-Giron, who will give a talk about his art practice and his artwork for the future Wilshire/La Brea Station. He will be joined by Josh Kun, cultural historian, USC Vice Provost for the Arts, and USC Annenberg Professor, who will present on the cultural and architectural history of the Wilshire Corridor and how it relates to Ore-Giron’s design for the station. Following the presentation, Ore-Giron and Kun will lead a short walking tour of four of the historic buildings that inspired the artwork. 

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  • Talk: Art In Transit

    The Broad 221 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    The Broad and Metro Art present Ann Hamilton, Pearl C. Hsiung, and Mungo Thomson in conversation. Moderated by Broad Curator and Publications Manager Ed Schad. Tickets free with reservations.

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