Historical May 1989 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Joan Mondale will be the featured speaker in the kick-off event for Metro Link’s neighborhood programming.
The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, in the Art Museum Auditorium.
This will be the first in a series of activities to occur over the course of Metro Link’s development. Metro Link is St. Louis’ 18-mile, 20-station light rail project.
The $288 million system is scheduled to begin service in 1993. Along its route, running from Illinois to Lambert International Airport, Metro Link will provide convenient access to Laclede’s Landing, St. Louis Center, Busch Stadium, Union Station, and the McDonnell Douglas Corporation.
There will be stations on DeBaliviere and Delmar at Des Peres.
The Metro Link system is unique for the way artists have been included in the initial phases of the project.
The six design team artists are truly “team” Members, equal partners with architects and engineers. Selected in a national competition, the artists for the project are Alice Adams, Gary Burnley, and Jody Pinto of New York, Leila Daw and Michael Jantzen of St. Louis, and Anna Valentina Murch of San Francisco.
For station design, the artists will be working with Kennedy Associates, Architects, Inc., of St. Louis.
Mrs. Mondale will speak about art in transportation and will introduce the award-winning film Arts on the Line.
A panel discussion and dialogue with the audience will follow the film. Members of the panel will be: Joan Mondale; Stephen E. Willis, Deputy General Manager of Metro Link Engineering and Construction; Gary Burnley, a Metro Link design team artist; and Jill McGuire, Regional Director of the Regional Arts Commission.
This event is being sponsored by Arts in Transit, the organization that implemented the participation of artists in the design of Metro Link System.
All those who live in Metro Link neighborhoods and anyone who would like to learn more about the Metro Link project and its innovative arts program are encouraged to attend.
This event is free and open to the public.
For further information contact: Arts in Transit, 982-1470.
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Joan Mondale. The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, May 1989, printed page 7. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, May 1989.
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