Public art plays an integral role in the Foothill Gold Line program. In fact, very early in the planning for the project – and years before the procurement process even began to hire the design-builder – each station-city appointed a committee of local officials and citizens to review qualifications of artists, conduct interviews, select a short list of three candidates and recommend the finalist to their respective city councils. Once the artists were approved, the committees continued to work with their selected artist(s) to refine the art concept for the station to capture elements of their city’s history, culture and environment into the public art.
Photo – left to right: Foothill Gold Line CEO Habib F. Balian; Foothill Gold Line Art Program Manager Lesley Elwood; San Dimas Station Artist Team of Eugene Daub and Anne Olsen Daub; Glendora Station Artist Michael Hillman; La Verne/Fairplex Station Artist Blue McRight; Pomona North Station Artist Stephen Farley; and Alignment Artist Christie Beniston
In the years leading up to project construction, the selected station artists remained actively engaged in the project planning. They participated at community meetings where they showed their art plans to the general public and received feedback. They took that feedback and, as needed, further refined their plans. And once the design-build team was hired, each worked as part of the design-build team to ensure their artwork fit with the final design for the stations, met all required design criteria and, that once fabricated, would not only be beautiful but also durable. They then, in the final months of construction, oversaw the fabrication and installation of each piece at the new stations.
To provide more details in their own voices, including what they hope riders will feel and think when experiencing the art at the stations, the Construction Authority is releasing this series of videos that highlight the stories of each station’s artwork, featuring the artists themselves as they narrate the journey of their art from research to concept and final design, and from fabrication to installation.
We hope you enjoy these videos and come away with a deeper understanding of not only the art itself, but the pride, care and attention put in by these talented and acclaimed artists to making the art meaningful and specific to the community, and in doing so, enhancing the station environments for generations of Metro A Line riders to experience.
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Glendora Station Art:
“Glendora Home: A Slice of Sunshine”
By Michael Hillman
Click here or below to watch.
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San Dimas Station Art:
“A Sense of Place”
By Eugene Daub and Anne Olsen Daub
Click here or below to watch.
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La Verne/Fairplex Station Art:
“Connectivity”
By Blue McRight
Click here or below to watch.
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Pomona North Station Art:
“The Power of Pomona is People”
By Stephen Farley
Click here or below to watch.
