Recent Press Coverage

Featuring AFT programs, artists, and artworks in MTA’s subway and rail systems:

• Reed Seifer, optimism, 2009
  • MetroCard as Art, The New York Times (November 20, 2009)
  • Your MetroCard May Be Sending You a Secret Message, The New York Times (November 20, 2009)
  • The Days May Be Grim, but Here's a Good Word to Put in Your Pocket, The New York Times (November 19, 2009)
• Art and the Subway, The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC (September 18, 2009)
• Sol LeWitt, Whirls and twirls (MTA), 2009
  • Subway Riders Are Greeted by a Blast of Sol LeWitt Color, The New York Times (September 13, 2009)
  • Sol LeWitt's "Whirls and Twirls", WNYC (September 16, 2009)
  • Subway mural gives New Yorkers a splash of color, Time Out New York Kids (September 14, 2009)
• Next Stop-Underground ART!, msnbc.com
• Taking Subway Directions, Literally, From a Song of the City, The New York Times (April 30, 2009)
• Jean Shin, Celadon Remnants, 2008
  • Art in the Everyday, The New York Times (April 12, 2009)
  • Because Everyone Deserves a Trophy, The New York Times (April 12, 2009)
• Ebony Hillbillies, Music Under New York
  • One in 8 Million, New York Characters in Sound and Images, The New York Times   (January 30, 2009)
• New York Voices: Music Under New York (Thirteen/WNET) receives 2008 Cine Golden Eagle Award.
• Nitza Tufiño, Westside Views, 1989
  • 20 Years Later, Subway Mural Project Is Still a Source of Pride for the Artists, The New York Times   (January 5, 2009)
• Cadence Giersbach, From Earth to Sky, 2006, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues
  • Best of 2008 Awards, Myrtle-Wyckoff Station Rehabilitation, New York Construction
    (December 2008)
• Bill Brand, Masstransiscope, 1980 (Restored 2008), DeKalb Avenue
  • Attention Passengers! To Your Right, This Trip Is About to Become Trippy, The New York Times   (January 1, 2009)
• Doug & Mike Starn, See it split, see it change, 2008, South Ferry
  • Crit: South Ferry Terminal, The Architect's Newspaper (January 21, 2009)
  • See it Split, See it Change, and See it All for the Price of a Subway Ticket, Metropolis (January 15, 2009)
  • Making Artistic Connections at a Subway Station, The New York Times (December 14, 2008)
• Daniel Hauben, The El, 2007, Freeman Street
  • Set in Glass, Artist’s Ode to Bronx Life Is Acclaimed, The New York Times (August 13, 2008)
  • Bronx Subway Station's Successful Public Art Work, Gothamist (August 13, 2008)
• Takayo Noda, The Habitat for the Yellow Bird, 2007, Sutter Avenue
  • Beautifying Brownsville With Stained Glass, The New York Sun (July 14, 2008)