2014 ARTIST WORKSHOPS

Metro Art

Systemwide Design Principles

• Contemporary architectural design

• Elegant, streamlined palette of materials

• Systemwide identity

• Legibility

• Functionality and adaptability

• Improved signage and wayfinding

• Highly durable materials

• Variability through art program

Metro Art Overview

• 0.5% of construction costs • 25 years • 2nd largest transit art collection in country • 100+ stations and many more under design • 300+ artists commissioned • Permanent and temporary programs • 50+ awards

Art Program Goals

• Provide world class art program

• Transform and enhance the customer’s journey

• Strengthen Metro’s ties with communities

• Champion contemporary artworks by established and emerging artists

• Create safe, durable and easily maintainable artworks

Materials and Locations

Sonia Romero MacArthur Park, Urban Oasis Westlake/MacArthur Park Station, Metro, LA

JOYCE KOZLOFF The Movies: Fantasies and Spectacles Westlake/MacArthur Park Station, Metro, LA

ROY NICHOLSON Solar Shift: San Bernardino and Santa Monica Union Station, Metro, LA

MICHAEL MASSENBURG All in a Day Farmdale Station, Metro, LA

JIM ISERMANN Failed Ideals 5th Street Station, Metro, LA

MERGE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN Out of Sight Willow Station, Metro, LA

ROB NEILSEN About Place About Face Pico/Aliso Station, Metro, LA

DANIEL MARTINEZ For Your Intellectual Entertainment El Segundo Station, Metro, LA

DONALD LIPSKI Time Piece El Monte Station, Metro, LA

MARTIN DURAZO Vamos Juntos/Juntas El Monte Station, Metro, LA

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Typical Artwork Opportunities

Platforms

TYPICAL ABOVE GRADE PLATFORM ELEVATIONS

MARGARET LAZZARI Owensmouth/Canoga Park Sherman Way Station, Metro, LA

KEN GONZALES-DAY Western Imaginary Canoga Station, Metro, LA

LISA ADAMS A Glimpse of Stoney Point Park Chatsworth Station, Metro, LA

CHRISTOFER C. DIERDORFF The Intimacy of Place 23rd Street Station, Metro, LA

PORCELAIN ENAMEL

ARTWORK

TILE ARTWORK

PORCELAIN ENAMEL ARTWORK

TYPICAL SUBWAY PLATFORM LEVEL ELEVATIONS

PORCELAIN ENAMEL ARTWORK

ROY LICHTENSTEIN Times Square Mural Times Square/42nd St. Station. NYC MTA

FRANZ AKERMAN The Great Journey Georg Brauchle Ring Station, U-bahn, DE

PIERRE GABORIAU and PIERRE OSTERRATH Hommage aux Fondateurs de la Ville de Montréal Montreal, CA

Intermediate Landings & Concourse Walls

TYPICAL LANDING ELEVATION

TILE ARTWORK

TYPTYPICAL LANDING ELEVATION

TILE ARTWORK

TILE ARTWORK

TYPICAL CONCOURSE ELEVATIONS

TILE ARTWORK

NOBUHO NAGASAWA Landings Soto Station, Metro, LA

RICHARD WYATT People Coming People Going Wilshire/Western Station, Metro LA

STEPHEN JOHNSON Universal Delights Universal City/Studio City, Metro, LA

SOL LEWITT Whirls and twirls (MTA) 59th St-Columbus Circle, NYC MTA

ANNE LINDBERG Curtain Wall GSA Richard Bolling Federal Building Kansas City, MO

ROBERT KUCHNER 4 Seasons Seasoned 77th St, NYC MTA

DOUG & MIKE STARN See it Split, See it Change South Ferry Station, NYC MTA

SARAH SZE Untitled – proposal in development East 96th Street, NYC MTA

BOB ZOELL No Title Wilshire/Vermont Station, Metro, LA

FRANK ROMERO Festival of Masks Parade Wilshire/Normandie Station, Metro, LA

Pavilion Glass

TYPICAL PAVILION ELEVATIONS

GLASS ARTWORK GLASS ARTWORK

TYPICAL PAVILION ELEVATIONS

LARRY KIRKLAND American Chestnut Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

OLAFUR ELIASSON Panoramic Awareness Pavilion Des Moines Art Center, IA

CORINNE ULMANN Croton-Harman Croton-Harman Station, MTA NYC

GORDON HUETHER Gotta Go Jackson International Airport

GUY KEMPER Rain Steam and Speed Mount Baker Light Rail Station, Seattle Sound Transit

Plazas

WILLIE MIDDLEBROOK Portrait of My People #619 Avalon Station, Metro, LA

PAUL BOTELLO Syncretic Manifestations Indiana Station, Metro, LA

DOUG & MIKE STARN See it Split, See it Change South Ferry Station, NYC MTA

BEATRICE CORON The Melody 853 Macy Place, The Bronx, NYC

Temporary Construction Artwork

MAN ONE Construction Fences Soto Station Site, Metro, LA

Construction Mitigation MIGUEL ANGEL REYES Construction Fences Hollywood/Argyle Site, Metro, LA

Construction Mitigation

PATRICK NAGATANI & ANDRE TRACEY Alamogordo Blues CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, VA

Huntington Library and Gardens- Japanese Garden Restoration San Marino, CA

Art in Transit Federal Requirements

• Artwork must be integrated - not freestanding

• Federally funded projects require national procurement

• Focus on customer experience/environment (joint development may require plaza modifications)

Daniel Gonzalez

La Cienega/Jefferson Station

How to Apply to Our Calls for Artists

Visit metro.net/art

Click on “Artist Opportunities”

to register for our email distributions and to download Calls to Artists

Key Items You Need To Submit

• Artist statement • Professional resume • 10 Images of previous work • Annotated image descriptions

• References

SlideRoom

• Free to apply

• Applicants can save their submittal in progress & come back later to finish

• Support technicians are available to help applicants

• Fully web-accessible for applicants who rely on assistive technology like screen-readers

• Capability to convert image files such as TIFF into JPG

metroart.slideroom.com

Application Tips

• Keep your contact information up to date

• Join SlideRoom & give yourself time to ‘rehearse’

• Include only relevant professional experience

• Keep all text formatting simple

• Let your references know that you are applying

• Proofread all materials

• Do not submit proposals for new artwork • Preview your images on a large screen, pay attention

to image cropping, alignment, shadows & glare • Do not include visuals other than artwork • Submit only images of artwork for which you are the

lead artist - ideally your most current work • Consider using a professional photographer • Obtain review & feedback before submitting

Selection Process

Artist Selection Criteria

Artistic Merit

Competence: as evidenced by images

• Skill: mastery of techniques and materials

• Design: superior use of the elements & principles of design

• Content: communication of a unique concept or perspective

Professional Recognition

Credentials: as evidenced by statement & resume

• Education & training as an artist

• Exhibition record in museums; art galleries; &/or non-profit art spaces

• Public or private commissions

• Awards, artist-in-residencies, or other activities demonstrating professional practice

Curatorial Advisory Panel

• High profile Los Angeles area museum curators with expertise in contemporary visual art

• Advise and assist staff with outreach to artists

• Review submissions to prequalify pool of established and emerging artists

Artist Selection Panel

• Local arts professionals, artists & community representatives

• Review submittals from prequalified artists & select finalists for stations

• Evaluate finalist proposals & recommend artists for station commissions

Artists Engaging the Community

Other Resources • Americans for the Arts- Public Art Network http://www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/networks-and-councils/public-art-network • FTA Best Practices for Integrating Art http://www.apta.com/resources/standards/Documents/ATPA-SUDS-UD-RP-007-13.pdf • Center for Non Profit Management http://cnmsocal.org/education/# • GSA Art in Architecture overview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPrxy6MFITY

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Visit metro.net/art

Click on “Artist Opportunities”

to register for our email distributions and to download Calls to Artists

Meet a Metro Artist…

MICHAEL MASSENBURG All in a Day Farmdale Station, Metro, LA

Workshop Schedule

February 10: 1019 West- Artist Studios (Inglewood)

February 24: Rio Hondo College (San Gabriel Valley)

February 26: Japanese American National Museum (Little Tokyo)

March 7: Vincent Price Art Museum (East LA)

March 10: Broad Art Foundation (Santa Monica)

March 17: Museum of African American Art (South LA)

March 24: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Miracle Mile)

Questions and Answers