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We’re excited to announce that three MTA Arts & Design projects were recognized by this year's CODAawards! Merit Winners in the Transportation category include: "Outlook" by Diane Carr, at the Broadway (N) station, fabricated by Glasmaleri Peters; "The Arches of Old Penn Station" and "The Arc of Gadiva" by Diana Al-Hadid, at 34 St-Penn Station (1,2,3), fabricated by Mayer of Munich; and "Roaming Underfoot" by Nancy Blum, at 28 St (6) station, fabricated by Miotto Mosaics". CODAworx celebrates the commissioned projects that most successfully integrate art into interior, architectural, or public spaces. Congratulations to the award winning #MTAArts artists and fabricators, as well as the Transportation Winner + People's Choice Winner: "Barbara Walker Crossing," in Portland, Oregon, by Ed Carpenter.

"A bit of color brightens up any day, which is why we’re so charmed by “Outlook,” a newly installed permanent artwork by Diane Carr at the Broadway station in Astoria, Queens.”

Image: Diane Carr, “Outlook” (2018), laminated glass fabricated by Glasmaleri Peters, at Broadway station.

Stephen Westfall for “Perasma I & II; Dappleganger” (2018), laminated glass fabricated by Depp Glass, at 30th Avenue

William Wegman, “Stationary Figures” (2018), glass mosaic fabricated by Mayer of Munich, at 23 Street (F/M) station.

Capturing the fleeting atmosphere of a moment in place, “Outlook”, Diane Carr’s newly installed laminated glass artwork at the Broadway (N,W) station in Astoria, is an imaginary and color-filled landscape that references the past and present of the neighborhood surrounding the elevated station. Carr drew inspiration from the native flora in the area, and the deciduous woodlands, ponds, swamps, wetlands, meadows, and conifer forests that were once dominant features in the location. While working closely with Peters Studios to translate her original landscape paintings into hand-painted glass, Carr chose a palette inspired by the saturated colors currently visible in the neighborhood, including those found in the existing architecture, storefronts, restaurants and public spaces.