Metro Art

Phone 213.922.4278
Email metroart@metro.net
Website https://www.metro.net/art

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  • Deadline @ 5pm: Veterans Legacy Art Project RFQ

    Virtual Event

    Deadline: Friday, August 27 at 5:00pm (PST) via SlideRoom Metro Art invites arts organizations to submit qualifications for community programming and artwork design services for an original mosaic mural artwork at a site adjacent to the forthcoming Westwood/VA Hospital Station as part of the Westside Purple (D Line) Extension Project. For complete information, and the application link, visit: https://art.metro.net/artist-opportunities/veterans-legacy-art-project/

  • Metro Art Presents Poetry O’ Clock

    Union Station Historic Information Booth 800 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles

    Metro Art Presents Poetry O’Clock, a poetry exchange pop-up in the historic Union Station Information Booth, on Friday, December 10 from 1:00-7:00 pm.

    Free

  • Raised on Records with Deke Dickerson + The Whippersnappers

    Featured
    Virtual Event

    On the Move Riders Program and Metro Art Presents are proud to bring you their latest installment of Raised on Records, a holiday edition, as we welcome back an annual tradition through this livestreamed virtual concert event. Featured artist: Deke Dickerson + The Whippersnappers...plus dancers Adolfo & Cat of Time 2 Swing The 1 hour livestream concert will be broadcast from Union Station’s historic Ticketing Hall. Join a fun watch party hosted by On the Move Riders Program on Zoom to take part in a mini-dance lesson in your own home led by Adolfo and Cat, then enjoy the rockabilly and Western Swing with Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers.  The concert and performance will also be accessible via Union Station’s YouTube Channel. RSVP on Eventbrite. Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers. Photo Credit: Spike Marble Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers IG: https://www.instagram.com/dekedickerson Deke Dickerson has devoted his long career to keeping America’s roots music alive while interjecting new creativity into genres of music that flourished in decades previous. Dickerson has been carrying the torch since he …

  • Crenshaw/LAX High School Neighborhood Art Contest

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    Calling artistic and creative in South LA high school students grades 9-12 with roots in the Crenshaw District, Inglewood, Westchester, the LAX Community and vicinity.  LA Metro is seeking eight students to create eight artworks that celebrates the communities along the route of Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project. Selected artists will receive $500 and their artwork will be transformed into a commemorative pin distributed free of charge to the public at the opening of each new Crenshaw/LAX Transit Line station.

  • We Are… Portrait Activation

    Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join us to create a unique representation of your image inspired by LACMA’s Black American Portraits, an exhibition that reframes portraiture to center Black American subjects, sitters, and spaces, and Metro Art’s We Are… Portraits of Metro Riders by Local Artists, a multi-site exhibition featuring transit riders throughout L.A. County that presents personal and universal stories and invites broad public participation. Guests will be invited to create their own portraits using artistic techniques inspired by the process of artists in the LACMA and LA Metro exhibitions. Artist Chelle Barbour, whose work is featured in both exhibitions, will facilitate the workshop. Co-presented in partnership with LACMA. Health screening required. Attendees will be required to wear a mask when participating in the workshop. For more info, please visit LACMA.org.

    Free

  • Virtual Art Tour with On the Move Riders Program and Metro Art

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    Zoom

    Join AARP Los Angeles for a virtual tour of Metro's current art exhibit and rider portrait series ?? ???…????????? ?? ????? ?????? ?? ????? ???????.

    We'll chat with contributing artist, Yolanda González, about her portrait in the exhibit and learn more about the ?? ???... program courtesy of Metro Art's Senior Manager Transportation Planning Mayen Alcantara who oversaw the project.

    Free