Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Art

This (in-progress) detail by artist Jaime Scholnick will feature in a larger panel of scenes running along one of the underground walls at the Expo/Crenshaw station. Source: Jaime Scholnick

Art, the Crenshaw/LAX Line, and the Stories We (Don’t) Tell at Train Stations

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 1, 2018 | No Comments

Given the role public investment can have in reshaping marginalized communities, what responsibilities does Metro have as an entity that seeks to tell stories about the places it moves people through?

Eyes on the Street: DIY Painting Between the Cracks in Silver Lake

By Joe Linton | Oct 13, 2014 | 12 Comments

L.A.’s Department of Do-It-Yourself has been busy piloting some non-Highway-Design-Manual-approved pavement treatments at an undisclosed intersection somewhere in Silver Lake. SBLA is not going to name the streets for fear that it would make it marginally easier for official city forces to overlay their gray-heavy official design motifs there. Streetsblog Communities Editor Sahra Sulaiman reports: […]

Photo Exhibit Brings Human-Scale Public Art to Olympic Blvd. in Boyle Heights

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 24, 2014 | No Comments

Take a ride along Olympic Blvd. in Boyle Heights, and you will be struck by how unwelcoming it can feel to humans. The street is quite wide and busy at certain times of the day, often supporting heavy truck traffic. The industrial sites that populate the area are generally windowless and sometimes rather noisy. At […]

Opening Tonight: Ghost Bikes of L.A. Art Exhibit

By Damien Newton | Oct 25, 2013 | 2 Comments

Ghost Bikes L.A., a local art show honoring a decade of art, advocacy and community opens tonight 7 pm at Red #5 Yellow #7 in the Hel-Mel Bike District in East Hollywood. “Through visually stunning art installations we aim to inspire viewers,” explains Nona Varnado, the curator of the exhibit. “We explore in depth the […]

Final Weeks to See Never Built Los Angeles at A+D Museum

By Dana Gabbard | Oct 1, 2013 | 2 Comments

Sunday afternoon I finally took in the New Built Los Angeles exhibit at the Architecture and Design Museum on Wilshire at Ogden (one block east of Fairfax). The always thoughtful Christopher Hawthorne of the Los Angeles Times provides a good overview of the exhibit and notes it may hold lessons for a city grappling with […]

“Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening” Art Train Visits Union Station Next Week

By Streetsblog | Sep 20, 2013 | No Comments

We picked up this news tidbit from The Transit Coalition Newsletter. Visit their website to sign up for the newsletter, join the coalition, or make a donation. In New York, “Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening” art train kicked off and started its trek across the nation. This brain child of video artist Doug Aitken uses an […]

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