Arts & Culture Commission
Metro Light Rail Stations Display Art Elements
Councilmembers & Art Commission Tour Stations
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Goodyear Arts and Culture Commission toured several Valley
Metro light rail stations on March 14, 2009. Joining the Commission were City
Councilmembers Frank Cavalier and Georgia Lord along with City Public Art
Specialist, Dianne Cripe.
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Commissioners April Wesley
and Alex Kohli point out intricate contemporary references on a "Mayan"
statue at the Encanto/Central Avenue light rail station. Jaimex and Einar de
la Torre, brothers who have studios in California and Mexico, sculpted the
project.
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Bruce Birnel of the Arts and
Culture Commission rotates one of the bronze boxes with pictorial sentences
by the de la Torre brothers. With him are Councilmember Frank Cavalier and
Alex Kohli.
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Alex examines a glass inset
with pre-Columbian motifs. The glass is set in carved canterra stone walls
that crest the entrance planters at the Encanto/Central station entrance.
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Last Updated: 5/8/2009