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The Arts Center station is at the intersection of West Peachtree Street at 15th Street on MARTA's north-south line.
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MARTA stations display student art
Jun 17, 2009
Normally, kids aren’t encouraged to draw or paint on the walls of the local train station.
But the MARTA train system is proudly displaying the eye-popping colors and brushwork of patchwork murals created by students from six metro Atlanta elementary schools.
Students created artwork on the theme “My Destination: Where I Can Go on MARTA” as part of an arts education program developed Creating Pride, a local nonprofit arts and education organization, and MARTA to encourage student creativity while learning more about the transit system.
MARTA riders traveling through one of six stations will be able to glimpse the lively and colorful works created by students from Morningside Elementary School, Carter G. Woodson Elementary, College Park Elementary, Renfroe Middle School, Sequoyah Middle School, and North Springs Charter School of Arts and Sciences.
Each school developed one “Patchwork Painting” that combined artwork from all the students showing how local commuters, metro residents and visitors can get around using MARTA. Stations displaying the art include the Arts Center, Bankhead, College Park, Decatur, Doraville, and Sandy Springs rail stations, all of which are near the schools that created the work.
"We are thrilled to share their artwork with our customers,” said MARTA General Manager/CEO Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D., who thanked the students at a special presentation. “This program was a wonderful opportunity for MARTA to give back to the communities" by supporting programs "that inspire creativity and a sense of accomplishment in our young people."
"This program offers students the chance to participate in the arts while learning about the importance of public transit and the impact it has on improving the environment.” said Morningside Elementary School Assistant Principal Myana K. Brown.
- by Diane Loupe, Atlanta Reporter for HelloMetro
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Diane LoupeA resident of Decatur, Ga., and a native of New Orleans, Diane has a M.A. in Journalism from the University of Missouri. She has worked for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Associated Press, the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Yale Medical School. A freelance writer and editor, her work has appeared in The Sunday Paper, Women's eNews, the Agnes Scott College alumni magazine, eSchool News, and PTO Today.
