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What is Arts In Transit?
In 2004, the CTA and the City of Chicago Public Art Program installed nine permanent works of art at eight renovated rail stations on what is now known as the Pink Line. The CTA has since created an ongoing program to showcase permanent works of art in conjunction with the City of Chicago Public Art Program. The Arts in Transit Program is funded by the Federal Transit Administration, and creates opportunities to develop original artwork for station reconstruction projects along the CTA Red and Brown Lines. Artists were selected for each of the stations included in the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project.
As part of the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project, original artwork was installed in each of the 18 renovated stations along the CTA's Brown Line. By combining the visibility and accessibility of the city's mass transit system with the creativity of Chicago's art resources, this program resulted in a successful public display of professional works of art designed with input from nearby communities. This program provided high profile locations for public art in stations that serve as a gateway to communities served by the Brown Line. Media under consideration included, but was not limited to, mosaics, art glass, ornamental fencing, mixed-media artwork, and freestanding sculpture and furniture.
The CTA and the City of Chicago Public Art Program, administered by the Department of Cultural Affairs, encourages and facilitates collaborations between artists, government agencies, the community and other partners. The City of Chicago Public Art Program accepted qualifications from local and national professional artists or artist teams capable of creating permanent public works of art for the CTA Arts in Transit Program for the renovated Brown Line stations.
 
Completed CTA Arts In Transit Projects
   
Montrose - Brown Line   Kedzie - Brown Line   Central Park - Pink Line
 
 
Artist Selection Process
The CTA Arts in Transit Program is open to all living professional artists regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability or residency. Artists working in appropriate materials are encouraged to apply. Currently, there are no active submission opportunities.
To qualify for a commission for artwork, artists submitted their qualifications to the City of Chicago Public Art Program through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Submissions included a current resume, slides of completed representative projects, a written statement detailing previous experience, and supporting documentation including reviews and other press materials. The CTA and Public Art Program then began a selection process in collaboration with members of the Brown Line communities.
The CTA Arts in Transit program reviewed submitted qualifications and issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to up to four artists per station to complete site-specific proposals for artwork. Artists receiving the RFP were asked to submit a comprehensive proposal including a maquette. Artists who submit a comprehensive proposal received a $500 design fee. The proposal became the property of the CTA. The CTA Arts in Transit program reviewed proposals and selected artists for the commission of permanent artwork for each designated transit station. Fabrication and installation occurred in accordance with station construction schedules.

 
To obtain a Request for Qualifications form:
Web site: www.cityofchicago.org/publicart (see "Applications" link)
Telephone: 312-742-1161
Para más informacíon, contacte a Fabi Ramirez de el Programa de Arte Publico al 312-742-1156.
 
Artists currently registered with the City of Chicago Public Art Program may use their current file for the CTA Arts in Transit Program by submitting only the completed registry form and addendum to be added to their file. However, artists are encouraged to update their file with recent work reflective of their capabilities for the CTA Arts in Transit Program.
 
Timeline

The Brown Line Arts in Transit program consisted of three phases. The first phase included Kimball, Kedzie, Francisco, Rockwell and Western stations and have completed installations. The second phase comprised Damen, Montrose, Irving Park, Addison, Paulina, Southport, Wellington, Diversey, Armitage, Sedgwick and Chicago stations. Most of this work has been installed. Artwork for the remaining Brown Line stations, Belmont and Fullerton, was selected and installed as part of the third phase.

Artists that submitted RFQs by January 20, 2006, were eligible for projects occurring in all three phases.

 
Phase 1

Artwork for Phase 1 stations was selected and has been installed. selected artists

 
Phase 2

Artwork for Phase 2 stations was selected in August and December 2006 and was installed in accordance with station construction schedules. selected artists

 
Phase 3

Artwork for the remaining Brown Line stations, Belmont and Fullerton, was selected and installed as part of the third phase.

Meetings for these stations were held July 21 & 24, 2008, January 27 & 29, 2009, and June 9, 2009.

To qualify for a commission for artwork for Belmont and Fullerton stations, artists submitted their qualifications to the City of Chicago Public Art Program through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Submissions included a current resume, slides of completed representative projects, a written statement detailing previous experience, and supporting documentation including reviews and other press materials.

 

Information about the CTA Arts in Transit Program and the Artist Registry application may be found at www.cityofchicago.org/publicart.

 

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* Artwork from the Arts in Transit Program has been installed in the following Brown Line stations:

Kimball: Josh Garber – functional sculpture at station entrance
Kedzie: Anne Marie Karlsen – art glass inside stationhouse
Francisco: Ellen Harvey – tile mosaic at station entrance
Rockwell: Thomas Skomski – sculpture/art glass inside stationhouse
Western: Ellen Rothenberg – art glass in station façade
Damen: Ron Baron – functional sculpture on platform
Montrose: Jason Pickleman – wall-mounted sculpture inside stationhouse
Irving Park: Juan Carlos Macias – tile mosaic inside stationhouse
Addison: Gregory Gomez – exterior-mounted sculpture on elevator tower
Paulina: Barbara Cooper – suspended sculpture and tile mosaic inside stationhouse
Southport: Elizabeth Freiberg – glass mosaic inside stationhouse
Wellington: Martin Donlin – art glass in station façade
Sedgwick: Carlos ‘Dzine’ Rolon – glass tile inside stationhouse
Armitage: Jonathan Gitelson – photographic tile inside stationhouse
Chicago:
BJ Krivanek – exterior-mounted sculpture at platform level

 

Diversey: Dennis Oppenheim – free-standing sculpture at station entrance
Fullerton:
Derick Malkemus – bronze sculpture
Belmont: David Lee Csicsko - mosaic


 
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kimball brownline complete
kedzie brownline complete
Francisco complete
Rockwell complete
Western complete
Damen closure
Montrose complete
Irving Park closure
Addison complete
Paulina paulina status
Southport closure
belmont belmont status
Wellington blank
Diversey closure
Fullerton blank
Armitage blank
sedgwick complete
Chicago blank
 
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