The Public Art Event Series: Amy Hausmann

Amy Hausmann from MTA Arts for Transit

7:00 Friday, May 29, 2009
SPACE Gallery, Portland

The New York City subway system hosts more than tracks and trains; for over two decades temporary and permanent artworks have graced stations throughout the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Arts for Transit’s (AFT) public art commissions create a preeminent underground art museum with more than 200 projects including work by Roy Lichtenstein, Elizabeth Murray, Al Held, Romare Bearden, Nancy Spero, Jacob Lawrence and many more. The AFT hosts a constantly growing collection of works that utilize the materials of the system — mosaic, ceramic, tile, bronze, steel and glass.

AFT Assistant Director Amy Hausmann will discuss the program’s growth and the process by which artists are selected. She will present a survey of permanent art projects, highlighting recent work by Sol Lewitt at 59th Street/Columbus Circle, Jean Shin at the Long Island Railroad Broadway station and the Starn Studio installation at South Ferry.

This talk is sponsored by Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance

Image: See it split, see it change (2008) ã Doug & Mike Starn, South Ferry, 1 line, MTA New York City Transit. Commissioned and owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit.
Photo: Gaudéricq Robiliard.