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Morgan Lyons
Mark A. Ball
November 29, 2010
A stroke of genius
Green Line creates new wing of growing public art gallery
The December 6 opening of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Rail Green Line means more
than just transportation from 15 new locations, it is the addition of 15 new pieces to the transit
agency's acclaimed public art collection.
Just as the painter draws from his palette of colors to paint on the canvas, the local station artist and
the design professionals draw from the palette of a community's visions to express those visions not
on a canvas, but on a station. The article below from the Fall 2010 issue of Inmotion provides
commuter and art lover alike a look at a regional treasure spread among 55 rail stations. For a
printed guide to the Green Line Art & Design Program, email kptacek(UDART. org. View the guide
online at www.DART.orp/PublicArt.
The Green Gallery
As you tour the new Green Line, you'll discover the latest installations to DART's
growing public art collection - inspiring works in mosaic tile, steel, bronze, brick
pavers, glass and mixed-media. Best of all, admission is free.
DART's Station Art & Design Program was launched in 1988 to involve the
community in the development of the light rail system that opened its first lines in
1996. Now the Green Line adds another new wing to the "DART Gallery."
Enhancing the Travel Experience
For decades, transit agencies have been incorporating public art into their facilities
as a way of creating inviting environments and a feeling of neighborhood ownership.
But it's the depth of community involvement and the extent to which each station
reflects the surrounding neighborhood that sets DART's program apart from many
others.
A Celebration of Community
DART's program approaches each station project in two unique ways. First, neighborhood
committees and design artists start working with planners, architects and engineers at the earliest
stages of the station planning. Second, the neighborhood committees not only provide input about
the history, character and values that shape their neighborhoods, they decide what themes they
want to emerge in the station designs. Because of this, the program does not merely create art for
public places; it creates the places themselves.
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Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark. Green Line creates new wing of growing public art gallery, text, November 29, 2010; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1226696/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).