SF Arts Commission Working to Beautify the New Central Subway Project

I meant to mention this last week while I was talking about the new Central Subway construction on Fourth Street. The San Francisco Arts Commission has announced the 19 finalists in the Central Subway Public Art Program. The finalists will be competing for space to display their work at all of the new subway stops along the Central Subway Route.

Nineteen recognized local and national artists and artist teams were selected by community-based artist selection panels to create proposals for one of six permanent art opportunities at the Chinatown, Union Square/Market and Moscone stations. In the spring, the artists’ proposals will be displayed for review and comment on the SFAC’s website and at public locations in the three station neighborhoods for which the proposals have been prepared.  In the future, other artists will be selected as additional art opportunities are identified for each of the stations and the adjacent vicinity.

At the Moscone Station, the candidates for the landmark artwork are Brian Tolle (Brooklyn), Joyce Hsu (Oakland), Catherine Wagner (San Francisco) and for the wayfinding artwork, Tom Otterness (New York), Mildred Howard (Berkeley) and Michele Oka Doner (New York).

For more information about the Central Subway Station plan, click here. For more information on the SF Arts Commission, check their website here.