Artmaking at the New York Transit Museum
Sat, July 27, 2024
10:30 am–2:30 pm
Installation view of Making It Here: New York and the Whitney Biennial, June 2024. West 4th Street Subway station.
Jane Dickson, Save Time, 2020. Oil stick on linen, 62 3/8 × 72 3/8 in. (158.4 × 183.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Marcia Dunn and Jonathan Sobel 2022.203. © Jane Dickson. Photograph by Timothy Schenck
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New York Transit Museum
99 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
The Whitney Museum is coming to Brooklyn for a special artmaking project at the New York Transit Museum. Participants of all ages are invited to create colorful signs and sticker tile images in a project inspired by artist Jane Dickson’s stunning pieces: Save Time (2020) and Fascination Sign 1 (2020), included in the 2022 Whitney Biennial, and Revelers (2008), currently on view at the Times Square-42nd Street subway station as part of the MTA Arts & Design program.
This event is part of the Whitney Museum’s efforts to bring contemporary American art and artists outside its galleries and directly to New Yorkers. So far, hundreds of New Yorkers have participated in Whitney Museum artmaking activities at the Union Square subway station and the New York Botanical Garden. These events featured artists included in the MTA Arts & Design program and exhibited in the Whitney Biennial, showcasing what’s new and exciting in contemporary American art and a part of the NYC cultural landscape since 1932. The 2024 Biennial is currently on view at the Whitney through August 11.
To explore further, check out our map showing where Biennial artists are on view in the subway system.
