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The interactive art map features temporary and permanent public artwork across the transit network. Click the icons on the map to learn more about each work.
Points of Interest Map for StArt Projects
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5 artworks, 2024
Artist: Jasmine Iona Brown
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; North side of station, adjacent to east headhouse (facing west)
Overview: Brown’s pieces include a nod to the tech industry with two mosaic panels, as well as porcelain enamel panels that celebrate a menagerie of local animals and a portrait of her son.
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A Drop of Sustenance, 2009
Artist: Tad Savinar
Location: 1 Line — Tukwila International Boulevard Station; Concourse
Overview: Suspended from the station ceiling, this oversized water drop represents the vital importance of water to all life.
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A Molecule for the Region, 2009
Artist: Tad Savinar
Location: 1 Line — Tukwila International Boulevard Station; Concourse
Overview: This monumental water atom illustrates, on a molecular level, its companion A Drop of Sustenance and includes quotes from community members.
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A Relic in the Garden, 2008
Artist: Gale McCall
Location: 1 Line — Columbia City Station; Platform
Overview: Bronze baskets and larger-than-life magnifying glasses bookend the station platforms, celebrating the importance of gardens in the Columbia City community.
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A Sound to Mountain, 2024
Artist: Christine Nguyen
Location: 1 Line — Federal Way Downtown Station; Garage façade
Overview: Inspired by the natural resources in Federal Way, A Sound to Mountain is a celebration of the diverse flora, fauna, and ecology of the Puget Sound, and the city’s view of Mount Rainier.
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A Walk in the Neighborhood, 2023
Artist: Barbara Earl Thomas
Location: 2 Line — Judkins Park Station; Platform
Overview: Using images made with her unique paper-cutting technique, Thomas’s work features portraits of people important to her life and the cultural life of the city of Seattle. Eight tactile plaque artworks designed by Thomas are installed on the platform nearby, and echo parts of her story for blind and low-vision riders.
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Air Grove, 2025
Artist: Nova Jiang
Location: 2 Line — Marymoor Village Station; Garage stairwell
Overview: Imaginary airships, inspired by the seed dispersal strategies of trees native to the Pacific Northwest, are anchored within the staircase and suggest a new mode of transportation ready to take flight.
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Artifact Clocks, 1990
Artist: Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Pioneer Square Station; Mezzanine
Overview: The clocks mounted at each end of the station were a collaboration between the artists and a mason and are made from rubble extracted from the station’s site.
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As Above, So Below, 2008/2015
Artist: Linda Beaumont
Location: N Line — Mukilteo Station; Plaza and pedestrian bridge
Overview: Honoring the Indigenous history of Mukilteo, Beaumont’s two terrazzo canoes rest on the station platform. A third fiberglass canoe, suspended above the pedestrian bridge walkway, was installed in 2015.
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Benches, 1990
Artist: Jack Mackie
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Westlake Station; Mezzanine wall
Overview: Black granite benches with carved sweaters recognize the area’s history as a garment district.
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Between Kelp and Canopy, 2024
Artist: Angelina Villalobos
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; Tail-track area (facing south)
Overview: With organic shapes inspired by kelp, seaweed, leaves, and wildlife, each piece in Villalobos’s series flows with bright colors and natural movement, evoking the region’s energy, spirit, and beauty.
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Between Now and Then, 2021
Artist: Shaun Peterson
Location: S Line — Puyallup Station; Garage elevator tower
Overview: The iconography in the artwork by Qwalsius (Shaun Peterson) reflects Puyallup mythology and incorporates stories and figures with deep significance to the Puyallup Tribe.
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Bicycle Series/Traveler Series, 2024
Artist: Julie Paschkis
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; Straddling 166th Ave NE (on west side, facing north)
Overview: Paschkis’ two series—Traveler Series and Bicycle Series—marry her whimsical, folk style with a tribute to travel and Redmond’s bicycle culture.
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Bitstreams, 2024
Artist: Cable Griffith
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; Straddling 166th Ave NE (facing south)
Overview: Inspired by specific locations within the nearby Redmond Watershed Preserve, Griffith’s mosaic series translates the unique landscape and light of the Pacific Northwest into digitally informed abstractions.
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Bridge Between Cultures, 1999
Artist: Fernanda D’Agostino and Valeria Otani
Location: S Line and N Line — King Street Station; Weller St Bridge
Overview: This decorative cut-metal screen incorporates references to transportation, history, and the International District.
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Building Blocks, 2021
Artist: R & R Studios
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Roosevelt Station; Platform
Overview: R & R Studio’s playful, towering sculpture exuberantly marks what the artists’ hope will be a new, vital meeting place in the Roosevelt neighborhood.
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Butterfly Garden, 2023
Artist: Nancy Blum
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; Northwest end of tail track (facing east)
Overview: Blum’s series depicts 11 different varieties of flowers and plants native to the Pacific Northwest. The specific flowers chosen attract pollinators, thereby supporting the general ecosystem of the region.
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Cairns, 2003
Artist: Ingrid Lahti
Location: T Line — Convention Center Station; Platform
Overview: In describing her Cairns, Lahti says, “To find cairns in hiking is to know you're on the [correct] path. They answer our hope for safety, the right direction and, perhaps, for emotional balance and tranquility.”
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Cambium, 2024
Artist: RE:site
Location: 1 Line — Kent Des Moines Station; Curtain wall
Overview: Cambium celebrates the diversity and natural beauty of Kent and Des Moines. The artwork is inspired by two branches that have interwoven over time, evoking notions of embrace, friendship, and crossing divides.
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Celestial Navigations, 2010
Artist: Fernanda D’Agostino
Location: 1 Line — SeaTac/Airport Station; Plaza
Overview: Inspired by a navigational quadrant, an 18-foot-high glass and metal sculpture serves as a projection screen for D’Agostino’s video about the SeaTac area and studies of flight. The pavement around the sculpture is enhanced with terrazzo and bronze inlays with airplane symbols.
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Circulations, 2007
Artist: Christine Bourdette
Location: Totem Lake Freeway Station; Pedestrian walkway
Overview: A sequence of stone and stainless-steel sculptures straddle the edge of the pedestrian walkway, referencing transportation’s relationship to time, daily cycles, and movements that connect us with the rest of the world.
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City Hummingbird and Kitchen Window Curtain, 2023
Artist: Claudia Fitch
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Lynnwood City Center Station; Plaza
Overview: City Hummingbird honors the rich history of neon road signs that once lined Highway 99. Its companion, Kitchen Window Curtain, acts as its backdrop, turning the plaza into an enormous backyard on a warm summer afternoon.
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Cloud, 2016
Artist: Laura Haddad
Location: 1 Line — Angle Lake Station; Platform
Overview: Hundreds of suspended discs twirl and shimmer, illuminated by sunlight during the day and by artificial light at night.
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Come Dance with Me, 2008
Artist: Augusta Asberry
Location: 1 Line — Othello Station; Plaza
Overview: These lyrical and flowing figures grew out of Asberry’s passion for dress design coupled with her interest in African art.
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Common Threads, 2009
Common Threads, 2009
Artist: Carl Smool
Location: 1 Line — Beacon Hill Station; Plaza
Overview: Textile patterns representing the diverse cultures of Beacon Hill appear in metal banners and granite pavers along the plaza, announcing the station entrance.
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Companion Garden, 2024
Artist: RYAN! Feddersen
Location: S Line — Auburn Station; Station canopies
Overview: Recognizing the intimate connection between health and traditional foods, Companion Garden features six indigenous edible and medicinal plants: salal, strawberry, oregon grape, nettle, and wild rose. Feddersen’s designs reference Plateau Pictorial Beadwork traditions from the Interior Salish region.
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Cornucopia, 2002
Artist: Lydia Aldredge
Location: S Line — Kent Station; Plaza and garage façade
Overview: Aldredge’s expressions of abundance can be found throughout Kent Station, with sculptures, mosaics, paving, and screen elements in the plaza and on the garage façade.
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Crossed Pinkies, 2016
Artist: Ellen Forney
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Capitol Hill Station; Entrance
Overview: Forney's powerful mural depicts a simple gesture to celebrate the vibrancy and cohesiveness of the Capitol Hill community.
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crossing, 2022
Artist: Beliz Brother
Location: 2 Line — Mercer Island Station; East station entrance
Overview: Brother’s second work, crossing, is modeled after the work boat of small craft water travel in the United States.
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Crosstown Traffic (It's So Hard To Get Through To You), 2022
Artist: Hank Willis Thomas
Location: 2 Line — Judkins Park Station; Entrances
Overview: Thomas’s murals at each station entrance celebrate Seattle native Jimi Hendrix, capturing both the hope of youth and the fleeting nature of success.
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Cultural Storyboards, 2008
Artist: Peter Reiquam
Location: 1 Line — Multiple locations between Beacon Hill and Othello Stations
Overview: Reiquam worked with five artists from diverse backgrounds to translate their drawings—inspired by culture, community, change and journey—into laser-cut metal banners.
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Cyclorama, 2023
Location: Bellevue Downtown Station; East entrance ceiling
Overview: The Cyclorama is a 20-foot-diameter, 360-degree backlit structure designed to showcase temporary artwork installations by both emerging and established artists.
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darner's prism, 2021
Artist: Mary Anne Peters
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Northgate Station; Platform
Overview: Peters uses the green darner dragonfly to symbolize the Thornton Creek Natural Area nearby. At the mezzanine’s north staircase, the dragonfly guides passengers in and out of the station, while the window above the train tracks celebrates its energy, speed, and brilliance.
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Dragon and Phoenix, 2023
Artist: Louie Gong
Location: 2 Line — Spring District Station; Platform
Overview: These cut-metal murals by Gong (Nooksack) use crescents, ovals, and trigons (three-pointed convex triangles) from Coast Salish visual traditions, coupled with floral, plant, and animal forms reflecting his Chinese heritage as well.
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Dragonfly, 2009
Artist: Darlene Nguyen-Ely
Location: 1 Line — Rainier Beach Station; Platform
Overview: Nguyen-Ely’s winged sculpture is inspired by dreams of flight, the wind and the artist’s immigrant experiences.
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Eat Drink and Be Merry, 2003
Artist: Ries Niemi
Location: Operations and Maintenance Facility; Plaza
Overview: A trio of stainless-steel sculptures, inspired by the shopping, dining, and entertainment options near their original downtown location, are temporarily sited at the Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) in Seattle.
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End of the Line, 2008
Artist: Ilan Averbuch
Location: S Line — South Tacoma Station; Platform
Overview: A curving granite ribbon runs the length of the station platform and leads passengers to the south entrance of the station. At its end, the granite ribbon emerges from the concrete and takes the shape of a large, hemispheric granite stone.
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Family, Life of the Salmon, Fresh Food, Wolves, 2024
Artist: Chris Duenas
Location: S Line — Tacoma Dome Station; Platform
Overview: Blending contemporary design with traditional art, these pieces by Duenas (installed alongside porcelain enamel artworks by his brother, Anthony Duenas, and Daniel Baptistia) show that the Puyallup People are still here and still practice their traditional ways.
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Fishmobile Crossing, 2008
Artist: Mauricio Robalino
Location: 1 Line — Rainier Beach Station; TPSS building
Overview: Large glass mosaics inspired by Robalino’s Ecuadoran heritage adorn the substation and service building.
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Flores, 2008
Artist: Mauricio Robalino
Location: 1 Line — Rainier Beach Station; TPSS building
Overview: Large glass mosaics inspired by Robalino’s Ecuadoran heritage adorn the substation and service building.
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FLOW, 2024
Artist: Buster Simpson
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — South Shoreline/148th Station; Garage and plaza
Overview: This sculptural installation is an active demonstration of sustainable development as imagined with the wit of a prankster. Collected rainwater from the garage roof watershed feeds two fountains that, in turn, irrigate rain gardens before flowing on to join Thornton Creek.
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Flying Sails, 2010
Artist: Werner Klotz
Location: 1 Line — SeaTac/Airport Station; Platform
Overview: A pair of 35-foot-high stainless-steel sails span the spaces between the station’s two escalators. Louvers on the northern sail contain the names of Coast Salish tribes; the southern sail contains the names cities on the same latitude or longitude as Seattle.
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Four Corners Extruded, 2023
Artist: Phillip K. Smith III
Location: 2 Line — Wilburton Station; Plaza
Overview: An x-shaped column of mirrored surfaces, Smith’s station landmark responds to the color of the sky and changing light over the course of a day into night.
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Fragment Brooklyn, 2021
Artist: Lead Pencil Studios
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — University District Station; Platform
Overview: Lead Pencil Studio’s subterranean cityscape is a nod to the University District’s original designation as the Brooklyn neighborhood and refers to the real-life happenings directly above ground.
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Full House, 2003
Artist: Joyce Kohl
Location: DuPont Park and Ride; Plaza
Overview: Kohl’s assemblage sculpture incorporates industrial artifacts such as wheels, gears, and farming equipment into a house-like structure whose panels capture and channel rainwater.
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Garden Windows and Gate, 2008
Artist: Juan Alonso-Rodriguez
Location: 1 Line — Columbia City Station; TPSS building
Overview: Alonso-Rodriguez's backlit panels depict organic, plant-like forms spreading out like the human circulatory system, freeways, rivers, and roots.
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Gate, 2008
Artist: Mauricio Robalino
Location: 1 Line — Rainier Beach Station; TPSS building
Overview: Large glass mosaics inspired by Robalino’s Ecuadoran heritage adorn the substation and service building, which evolve into a metal pattern on an adjacent gate.
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Gates, 1990
Artist: Jim Garrett
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Pioneer Square Station; Northwest entrance
Overview: Garrett’s symmetrical, and geometric designs for the guard rails and grille work evoke historic ornament, the most recognizable of which is a Romanesque “meander” motif.
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Gather, 2024
Artist: Eroyn and Tory Franklin
Location: 1 Line — Star Lake Station; Platform
Overview: Edible plant motifs weave through a colorful landscape, blending ingredients from indigenous and immigrant foodways to honor the diverse cultures that have shaped the region.
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Generational Confluence, 2023
Artist: Preston Singletary
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Lynnwood City Center Station; Platform
Overview: The platform windscreens by Singletary are inspired by his family, as seen through the lens of his Tlingit heritage. Eagle, Killer Whale, Sun, and Moon welcome travelers in the morning and evening, as they make their way to or from home.
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Gertie's Ghost, 2019
Artist: Sean Orlando
Location: S Line — Tacoma Way and Pacific Ave; Greenspace
Overview: Gertie’s Ghost is a cluster of eight enormous arches, designed to evoke classic railroad truss bridges and honor the local legend of a large octopus believed to live under the ruins of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
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Ghost Ship Migrations, 2008
Artist: Julie Berger
Location: Mercer Island Transit Center; Plaza
Overview: Ships were once the only way to access Mercer Island, and Berger’s stainless-steel sculptures allude to this memory of the island’s past.
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Global Garden Shovel, 2009
Artist: Victoria Fuller
Location: 1 Line — Columbia City Station; Plaza
Overview: Images of plants, fruit, and vegetables from around the world intertwine to form this 36-foot-tall bronze shovel, suggesting a gardener’s hope of new beginnings and possibilities.
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Grove, 2002
Artist: Bruce West
Location: S Line — Auburn Station; Plaza
Overview: A nod to Auburn's agricultural past, Grove’s larger-than-life pear and strawberry sculptures are meant to mirror the economic prosperity brought to the city by these fruits.
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Handwerke, 2009
Artist: Verena Schwippert
Location: N Line — Everett Station; Plaza
Overview: Five hand-carved granite boulders grace the Everett Station walkway and plaza leading to the train platform.
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Heron and Changer, Frogs, Looking Down, Ancestral Relations, 2024
Artist: Daniel Baptistia
Location: S Line — Tacoma Dome Station; Platform
Overview: Blending contemporary design with traditional art, these pieces by Duenas (installed alongside porcelain enamel artworks by Chris and Anthony Duenas) show that the Puyallup People are still here and still practice their traditional ways.
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Hi-Five, 2006
Artist: Miles Pepper
Location: 1 Line — Federal Way Downtown Station; Park-and-Ride landscape
Overview: Often in motion, two waving hands offer commuters a hello or goodbye as they arrive at or depart from Federal Way Downtown Station.
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Hops Trellis, 2003
Artist: Ellen Sollod
Location: S Line — Sumner Station; Plaza
Overview: Trellis-like structures throughout the station plaza offer contemporary interpretations of hops kilns. Each structure’s roof features a hops vine pattern, casting shadows on the sidewalk below.
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Hoshi-1, 2021
Artist: Kenji Hamai Stoll
Location: T Line — Old City Hall Station; Rooftop
Overview: The imagery and motifs for Stoll’s Hoshi series are pulled from landmarks, history, and stories from each station’s neighborhood. This artwork is inspired by local folklore of Downtown Tacoma’s legendary “Shanghai Tunnels” and the ways in which the railroad industry shaped the City of Destiny.
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Hoshi-2, 2021
Artist: Kenji Hamai Stoll
Location: T Line — S 4th Station; Rooftop
Overview: The imagery and motifs for Stoll’s Hoshi series are pulled from landmarks, history, and stories from each station’s neighborhood. This artwork is inspired by the nearby Half Moon Yards and a legendary ancient petroglyph located underneath it.
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Hoshi-3, 2021
Artist: Kenji Hamai Stoll
Location: T Line — Stadium District Station; Rooftop
Overview: The imagery and motifs for Stoll’s Hoshi series are pulled from landmarks, history, and stories from each station’s neighborhood. This artwork is inspired by Tacoma’s Wright Park (which hosts about 145 unique tree species) and its historic botanical conservatory.
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Hoshi-4, 2021
Artist: Kenji Hamai Stoll
Location: T Line — Tacoma General Station; Rooftop
Overview: The imagery and motifs for Stoll’s Hoshi series are pulled from landmarks, history, and stories from each station’s neighborhood. This artwork is inspired by the area’s nearby medical facilities and Division Avenue, a historic social and economic dividing line in the city.
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Hoshi-5, 2021
Artist: Kenji Hamai Stoll
Location: T Line — 6th Ave Station; Rooftop
Overview: The imagery and motifs for Stoll’s Hoshi series are pulled from landmarks, history, and stories from each station’s neighborhood. This artwork is inspired by the nearby Evergreen State College Tacoma campus, its vibrant mural, and its unique place in the community.
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Hoshi-6, 2021
Artist: Kenji Hamai Stoll
Location: T Line — Hilltop District Station; Rooftop
Overview: The imagery and motifs for Stoll’s Hoshi series are pulled from landmarks, history, and stories from each station’s neighborhood. This artwork is inspired by the many local leaders, community members, and institutions who have fought for peace, equity, and justice over generations.
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Hoshi-7, 2021
Artist: Kenji Hamai Stoll
Location: T Line — St Joseph Station; Rooftop
Overview: The imagery and motifs for Stoll’s Hoshi series are pulled from landmarks, history, and stories from each station’s neighborhood. This artwork is inspired by local neighborhood staples such as the nearby Malcolm X Center (now People’s Center) and The Fish House Cafe.
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How the Crow Created the World with Lightning, 2009
Artist: Barbara Earl Thomas
Location: S Walden St and Martin Luther King Jr Way S; TPSS building
Overview: In thinking about the electrical station her artwork would shield, Thomas conceived a narrative in which crows harnessed lighting into their beaks and the world of mountains, trees, and water they created.
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Imaginary Landscape, 2014
Artist: Sheila Klein
Location: S Line — Tukwila Station; Drop-off plaza
Overview: Inspired by formal gardens, Imaginary Landscape incorporates sculpture, landscape plantings, mirrors, and lighting to create a dynamic experience for visitors.
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Immerse, 2016
Artist: Jill Anholt
Location: 1 Line — Angle Lake Station; Plaza and garage
Overview: Abstracting the movement of a falling raindrop, Anholt’s sculpture emphasizes both the power and delicacy of water in motion.
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In The Still Point, 2011
Artist: Nancy Chew and Jacqueline Metz
Location: Mountlake Terrace Freeway Station; Platform
Overview: Set on the southbound station platform is a cast bronze tree trunk—a reference to the region’s forested landscape, history of logging, and nearby greenspaces.
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Increment, 2008
Artist: Eugene Parnell
Location: 1 Line — Rainier Beach Station; Platform
Overview: Four bronze columns with bas-reliefs designs depict height comparisons and measurement systems from around the world.
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Inheritance, 2024
Artist: Michelle de la Vega
Location: 1 Line — Kent Des Moines Station; Plaza
Overview: Thousands of stainless-steel tubes comprise this sculpture by de la Vega, whose unique latticework structure is created from community members’ drawings of family trees. The sculpture’s shape—a house—is a symbol of how family and community are home.
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Jet Kiss, 2016
Artist: Mike Ross
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Capitol Hill Station; Platform
Overview: Two retired Navy jets, transformed into organic bird-like forms, almost meet for a kiss above the station platform.
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Johnny Leggz, 2023
Artist: Ken Gonzales-Day
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; East of east headhouse (facing west)
Overview: Part of his “Pandemic Portraits” series, Gonzales-Day celebrates break dancer Johnny Leggz’s virtuosity by isolating his moves in a series of connected photographs.
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Journey and Connection, 2019
Artist: Kate Sweeney
Location: 2 Line — Redmond Technology Station; Bus Transit Center ceiling
Overview: Sweeney’s colorful ceiling installation is based on the Apollonian gasket, a fractal that generates a pattern of nested circles.
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Juncture and Idiom/Our Own, 1990
Artist: Laureen Mar
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — International District/Chinatown Station; Plaza
Overview: Poetry etched into beams overhead read from both directions as you pass beneath the plaza canopy.
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Landmark, 2008
Artist: Ilan Averbuch
Location: S Line — South Tacoma Station; Plaza
Overview: Averbuch’s Corten steel sculpture Landmark recalls the iconic arches of Tacoma’s Union Station as well as the wheels of the steam trains that were important to the development of Tacoma as a city.
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Landscape Memories, 2004
Artist: Fernanda D’Agostino and Nate Slater
Location: T Line — Union Station; Plaza
Overview: Nine stone and bronze sculptures honoring the tools and technology of Tacoma inhabitants over the centuries are embedded in the station's median, along with native plants. The platform windscreen incorporates poetry, historic maps, and photography for further context.
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Leafy Wader, 2025
Artist: Donald Lipski
Location: 1 Line — Federal Way Downtown Station; Plaza
Overview: An anagram of Federal Way, Leafy Wader is a two-story-tall desk lamp that welcomes visitors and residents to Federal Way and pays homage to the area as the heart of the American Glass Art movement.
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LIGHT RAIN, 2023
Artist: Paul Marioni
Location: 2 Line — Bellevue Downtown Station; North and south platform façades
Overview: In WOVEN LIGHT, a woven pattern of glass creates a dancing background on the westbound platform. In LIGHT RAIN on the eastbound platform, tiny spheres and glass raindrops celebrate the light-bending qualities of the Pacific Northwest’s celebrated rain.
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Lightboxes
Location: 1 Line — Kent Des Moines Station; Garage façade
Overview: The Kent Des Moines Station features a series of seven lightboxes that showcase temporary artwork installations by both emerging and established artists.
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Lightgrove, 2006
Artist: Clark Wiegman
Location: 1 Line — Federal Way Downtown Station; Plaza
Overview: A grove of stainless-steel trees anchor the landscaped area of the station plaza.
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Lock On Tacoma, 2013
Artist: Diane Hansen
Location: S Line — A St Passageway; Underpass
Overview: This interactive community artwork—located on the A Street underpass between 25th and 26th Streets—is inspired by the recent European trend of attaching padlocks to bridges to make a wish, mark an occasion, or honor a loved one.
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Lures, 2004
Artist: Nate Slater
Location: T Line — S 25th Station; Platform
Overview: Paying homage to Tacoma’s industrial fishing history, six enlarged lures are mounted onto the station’s canopy and move in the wind.
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Lynnwood City Center Banners, 2024
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Lynnwood City Center Station; Guideway columns
Overview: The columns underneath the Lynnwood City Center Station trackway display artist-designed banners that enliven the unique space and help make people feel that all are welcome.
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Made in USA, 2006
Artist: Michael Davis
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — SODO Station; Platform
Overview: SODO’s industrial history is reflected in Davis’s station gateway, whose columns and beam are a larger-than-life carpenter’s pencil, bubble level, and square. The companion benches are monumental industrial forms festooned with cast versions of familiar hand tools.
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Manitou Trestle, 2014
Artist: Christopher Paul Jordan, Kenji Hamai Stoll, Claudia Riedener
Location: S Line — 66th St; Underpass
Overview: With the Manitou Trestle mural, South Tacoma's history is represented through a visual story of native flora, topography, and quotes from the community.
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Mo/Mo/Mo/Motion, 2021
Artist: Luca Buvoli
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Roosevelt Station; Entrance and platform
Overview: Buvoli’s station-wide sculptural murals depict people in motion, running and cycling through history, abstracting images from cave paintings to contemporary exercise culture.
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Moto, 2004
Artist: Jerry Mayer
Location: S Line and N Line — King Street Station; Platform columns
Overview: 16 four-foot-square traffic signs are affixed to the columns opposite the King Street Station rail platform. Each, slightly askew, asks passengers to determine what its instruction or warning might be.
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Move Your Boulder, 2020
Artist: Dan Webb
Location: 2 Line — Redmond Technology Station; North entrance
Overview: Three massive carved hands, each modeled on the artist’s own, push boulders together to form this sculpture by Webb.
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MOVING, 2023
Artist: Paul Marioni
Location: 2 Line — Bellevue Downtown Station; Tunnel Access Portal Building
Overview: With the simple addition of mirrored tiles, Paul Marioni adds playfulness to an otherwise utilitarian structure.
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Nails, 2019
Artist: Christian Moeller
Location: Operations and Maintenance Facility East; East Rail Corridor Trail
Overview: As you approach Moeller’s palisade of nail sculptures, it forms an almost solid wall of color, animating the trail edge and partially screening Sound Transit’s Operation and Maintenance Facility (OMF) East.
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Octavia's Garden, 2024
Artist: Mary Lucking
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — North Shoreline/185th Station; Entrance and platform
Overview: Lucking’s imaginary garden grows throughout the station, honoring Octavia Butler - celebrated author, Lake Forest Park resident, transit rider, and dreamer of strange worlds.
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Onigawara 1-5, 2024
Artist: Kenji Hamai Stoll
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; Tail-track area (facing north)
Overview: These five works by Stoll are inspired by video gaming and Japanese Onigawara roof tiles, referencing the latter’s architectural elements featuring Oni: supernatural figures believed to ward off bad luck and evil spirits.
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Overlay, 2021
Artist: Cris Bruch
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Northgate Station; Plaza north wall
Overview: Both geometric and irregular, Bruch’s sculpture expands across the wall like crystalline growth. Inspired by climbing plants, the artwork acts as a trellis for the vines planted at the foot of the wall.
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Paper Chase, 1990
Artist: Sonya Ishii and Dave Layton
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — International District/Chinatown Station; Platform
Overview: Starting at the north end of the station, nine large, painted steel origami panels show each step in the folding process that creates two stylized figures meeting at the center.
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Parable, 2009
Artist: Buster Simpson
Location: 1 Line — Rainier Beach Station; Plaza
Overview: Simpson’s still life sculpture resembles either a bowl of pears or a pile of wrecking balls. Parable is an allegory of a semi-rural community transformed as it is incorporated into a growing city.
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Patron Saints/Curious Commuters, 1990
Artist: Garth Edwards
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Pioneer Square Station; Prefontaine Place Park
Overview: Eight silhouetted figures mounted on a gate welcome passengers to the station.
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Photo Synthesis, 2021
Artist: Vicki Scuri SiteWorks with Alexandr Polzin
Location: 2 Line — Sound Bellevue Station; Trackway
Overview: Scuri and Polzin’s 900-foot-long mural along the elevated train tracks celebrates the Mercer Slough: composed of a complex repeating pattern of abstracted images, the artwork gradually changes to reflect the slough’s seasonal colors.
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Pinwheel, 2008
Artist: Mauricio Robalino
Location: 1 Line — Rainier Beach Station; TPSS building
Overview: Large glass mosaics inspired by Robalino’s Ecuadoran heritage adorn the substation and service building.
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playFORM, 2023
Artist: Yuki Nakamura
Location: 2 Line — Overlake Village Station; Plaza
Overview: Nakamura intends these colorful, organically shaped concrete sculptures to be interactive, encouraging people to lounge on them as they wait for the train or their rides home.
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Point of Connection, 2024
Artist: Yegizaw “Yeggy” Michael
Location: 2 Line — Marymoor Village Station; Transit Center wall
Overview: Honoring Redmond’s Indigenous roots as a hub for trade and collaboration, Michael’s artwork evokes the four seasons to depict the city’s history and connections between past, present, and future.
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Pollination, 2025
Artist: Eroyn and Tory Franklin
Location: 1 Line — Star Lake Station; Breezeway
Overview: By magnifying pollen to a heroic scale, the Franklins invite viewers to appreciate their intricate beauty and reflect on the vital role they play in sustaining life and the environment.
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Portals, 2009
Portals, 2009
Artist: Dan Corson
Location: 1 Line — Beacon Hill Station; Platform
Overview: Exploring themes of scale in one of North America’s deepest transit stations, Corson’s 55 glass hemisphere portals display images sourced from outer space, deep sea, and microscope.
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Portals, 2023
Artist: Juliana Kang Robinson
Location: 1 Line - Angle Lake Station; The Roadhouse
Overview: Robinson’s colorful mural is inspired by the diversity of South King County and reflects The Roadhouse’s mission to connect and transport us through music and live performance.
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Pride, 2009
Norie Sato
Location: 1 Line — Columbia City Station; Plaza
Overview: Stone, brick, and bronze lions from different cultures guard the south station entrance plaza, ensuring a safe, welcoming journey for riders.
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PRISMATIC, 2025
Catherine Widgery
Location: 1 Line — Federal Way Downtown Station; Platform
Overview: Widgery’s dichroic glass artwork transforms the station platforms into an interactive space full of subtle color and illumination.
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R-ail, 2007
Artist: Western Neon
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Operations and Maintenance Facility Building; Entrance
Overview: The iconic “R” from the Rainier Brewery that once stood at Forest Street and Airport Way was salvaged and incorporated into the Link Operations and Maintenance Facility building signage. (Rainier “R” used with permission.)
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Railing Project, 2000
Artist: Gerard Tsutakawa
Location: N Line — Edmonds Station; South platform
Overview: Like Standing Wave nearby, this railing designed by Tsutakawa evokes the movement of water on Puget Sound.
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Rain, Steam and Speed, 2009
Artist: Guy Kemper
Location: 1 Line — Mount Baker Station; Platform
Overview: Vibrant, colorful blown glass forms on the northbound platform by Kemper work to counteract Seattle’s grey skies.
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Rainier Valley Haiku, 2008
Artist: Roger Shimomura
Location: 1 Line — Othello Station; Plaza
Overview: Shimomura’s 13-foot-tall sculpture of stacked objects—a creamsicle, a rice bowl with chopsticks, a wingtip shoe, a graduation cap, a wooden sandal—is intended as a short poem about immigrant culture in America.
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Reeds, Bangles, 2009
Artist: Norie Sato and Dan Corson
Location: 1 Line — Poles between Beacon Hill Station and south of Rainier Beach Station
Overview: The tops of the overhead catenary system poles along Martin Luther King Jr. Way resemble reeds bending in an eastern breeze. Poles on either side of each station are wrapped with metal ‘bangles’ and visually indicate the approaching station.
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ReforeStation, 2023
Artist: Kipp Kobayashi
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Mountlake Terrace Station; Underpass
Overview: Kobayashi's roots emerging from the ground form a visual foundation for the station and mark the site as a point of convergence.
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Restless, 2010
Artist: Christian Moeller
Location: 1 Line — SeaTac/Airport Station; Concourse
Overview: A series of red bird-deterring propellers slowly rotate in the pedestrian bridge’s ceiling transforming a utilitarian device into a dynamic abstract sculpture.
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Rhythms of Emotion, 2023
Artist: Abraham Awalom
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; Northwest end of tail track (facing west)
Overview: This series created during the 2020 pandemic brings positive, swirling energy together with imagery representing the concerns of the time: air, breath, space, and freedom of movement.
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Ripple, Power, Eternal, Resilience, 2024
Artist: Anthony Duenas
Location: S Line — Tacoma Dome Station; Platform
Overview: Blending contemporary design with traditional art, these pieces by Duenas (installed alongside porcelain enamel artworks by his brother, Chris Duenas, and Daniel Baptistia) show that the Puyallup People are still here and still practice their traditional ways.
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RIPPLES, 2023
Artist: Paul and Marina Marioni
Location: 2 Line — Bellevue Downtown Station; East entrance floor
Overview: Using a painterly technique of their own invention, Paul and Marina Marioni’s terrazzo floor ripples outward from the center of the station lobby in a pattern of loose concentric circles.
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Rock/Paper/Scissors, 2024
Artist: Lauren Iida
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; East of east headhouse (facing east)
Overview: Inspired by family history, Iida drew upon historic photos from the Densho Digital Repository for her mosaic images of children playing rock, paper, scissors in a World War II-era incarceration camp for Japanese Americans.
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Route Map, 2016
Artist: Ries Niemi
Location: Operations and Maintenance Facility; Train yard
Overview: 15 hand-forged sculptures represent points along the initial Link light rail segment. The stainless-steel works are nestled in front of the Maintenance of Way building at the Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF).
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Safety Spires, 2003
Artist: Norie Sato and Dan Corson
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Operations and Maintenance Facility Building; Train yard
Overview: Through color and a simple pattern, Sato and Corson transformed the Operations and Maintenance Facility’s overhead catenary system poles into a collection of horsetail reeds.
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Seattle Sunrise, 2009
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Shift, 2023
Artist: Claudia Fitch
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Lynnwood City Center Station; Plaza
Overview: Fitch’s two matching sculptures—inspired by the shape of oil lamps, or a gear crankshaft—originally marked the Lynnwood Transit Center's entrances, intended to promote pedestrian safety by marking key crosswalks. In their current location, the sculptures help guide passengers to the south station entrance.
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Shimmering Shadowlines, 2009
Artist: Norie Sato and Dan Corson
Location: 1 Line — Tukwila Guideway
Overview: Recalling the iconic Sparkletts water delivery trucks, strips of mylar disks create shimmering panels that call attention to and celebrate the architecturally refined Tukwila guideway columns.
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Sky Within, 2009
Artist: Guy Kemper
Location: 1 Line — Mount Baker Station; Platform
Overview: Vibrant, colorful blown glass forms on the northbound platform by Kemper work to counteract Seattle’s grey skies.
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Slough Wave, 2022
Artist: Katy Stone
Location: 2 Line — Sound Bellevue Station; Garage roofline and façade
Overview: Stone imagines the Mercer Slough as a place in constant motion. Her sculpture for the garage roofline is reminiscent of grasses waving in the wind while her designs for the garage screens suggest currents in water or dappled light moving through willow trees and reeds.
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Social Intricacy/The Beach, 2011
Artist: Carolyn Law
Location: Kirkland Transit Center; Plaza
Overview: Two groupings of large granite blocks emerge from the ground, creating a terraced seating area for the public to gather, rest, and engage.
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Sound of Light, 2009
Artist: Richard C. Elliot
Location: S Hudson St and Martin Luther King Jr Way S; Retaining wall
Overview: Using sequential panels of primary colors and geometric patterns, Elliot’s composition of bicycle reflectors makes for an ever-changing visual symphony.
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Sounding Wall/Urban Canyon, 1990
Artist: Laura Sindell
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Pioneer Square Station; Mezzanine stairwell
Overview: Sindell’s tile mosaic includes figures from Coast Salish basket designs, a marine architect's drawings of a dugout canoe, and a vintage quilt pattern from the 1800s.
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Soundings, 2009
Artist: Clark Wiegman
Location: 1 Line — Tukwila International Boulevard Station; Plaza
Overview: Wiegman’s sculpture—an abstracted hazelnut—was inspired by the Duwamish name for Tukwila, k'ap'uxac, which means "place of hazelnuts." A ribbon of blue light along the neck of the sculpture, transforming it into a medicine rattle, traces the pattern of the Duwamish River as it passes through the city.
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Space Forms, 2009
Space Forms, 2009
Artist: Dan Corson
Location: 1 Line — Beacon Hill Station; Platform
Overview: Installed above the station platform, Corson’s other-worldly sculptures are inspired by deep sea creatures and microbes. Like Portals nearby, the artwork explores themes of space and scale.
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Speed the Plow, 2001
Artist: Gloria Bornstein
Location: S Line — Puyallup Station
Overview: Peppered throughout the station, Bornstein’s seven decorative archways tell the story of the region’s agricultural history through imagery of farming tools overlaid on berry and hops patterns.
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Standing Wave, 2000
Artist: Gerard Tsutakawa
Location: N Line — Edmonds Station; Plaza
Overview: With its scalloped edges and shimmering surface, this 15-foot-tall sculpture by Tsutakawa evokes the movement of water on Puget Sound.
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Station garment, 1990
Artist: Vicki Scuri
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Westlake Station; Mezzanine wall
Overview: Glazed-white porcelain tiles engraved with geometric patterns and shapes found in clothing and other garments cover the lower section of the station’s walls.
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Stormwater Project, 2009
Artist: Brian Goldbloom
Location: 1 Line — Othello Station; Platform
Overview: Inspired by stonework from Osaka Castle in Japan, Goldbloom’s eight granite catch basins include interlaced water channels and carved versions of everyday objects.
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Street clock, 1990
Artist: Heather Ramsay
Location: 3rd Ave and University St
Overview: The 14-foot pendulum clock by Ramsay includes a small brass mouse running up the side, a reference to the "Hickory-Dickory Dock" nursery rhyme.
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stroke, 2022
Artist: Beliz Brother
Location: 2 Line — Mercer Island Station; West station entrance
Overview: stroke is a collection of paddles and oars inspired by those that might have been used to cross Lake Washington in the days before bridges and light rail.
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Subterranium, 2016
Artist: Leo Saul Berk
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — University of Washington Station; Mezzanine
Overview: Berk’s perforated metal panels clad the walls and ceiling of the 110-foot-deep station, imbuing the space with ambient light and patterns inspired by the actual geologic layers passengers descend through on their way to the train platform.
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Temple of Music, 1998
Artist: Erin Shie Palmer
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Symphony Station; Tunnel exit
Overview: The immersive tunnel artwork by Palmer features bronze handrails—whose ends are violin scrolls—etched with braille and wall tiles, all set against a neon-lit curved ceiling.
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Terracotta park, 1990
Artist: Jack Mackie
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Westlake Station; Mezzanine wall
Overview: Over 1,200 handmade terracotta tiles carved in the shapes of leaves, vines, and flowers drip from the upper sections of the station’s walls like a hanging garden.
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The Beltline, 1990
Artist: Vicki Scuri
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Symphony Station; Platform
Overview: Granite wall tiles are arranged in patterns along the station platforms, highlighting wayfinding signage and benches.
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The Mexica Journey: A Beacon of Unidad, Resistencia and Hope, 2009
Artist: Carl Smool
Location: 1 Line — Beacon Hill Station; North wall
Overview: A Mesoamerican-inspired pattern on the north wall of the station is dedicated to the nearby El Centro de La Raza, which provided its title: The Mexica Journey… A Beacon: Unidad, Resistencia and Hope.
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The Northern Lights, 1990
Artist: Bill Bell
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Symphony Station; Mezzanine
Overview: Embedded “lightsticks” by Bell are programmed to create images visible when viewers’ eyes move rapidly from side to side.
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The Roadhouse
The Roadhouse
Location: 1 Line - Angle Lake Station; Garage
Overview: This community performance space features cultural programming supported by the Sound Transit Art Program that is free and open to all ages.
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The Southern Lights (Electric Lascaux), 1990
Artist: Robert Teeple
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Symphony Station; Mezzanine
Overview: A series of LED screens display over 100 animated symbols such as faces and animals, as well as phrases in English and Spanish.
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The Woodcarver's Bench, 2017
Artist: Jermey Mangan
Location: S Line — Tacoma Trestle; Underpass, E 26th Street
Overview: Mangan’s painting, produced in porcelain enamel, depicts a driftwood beach scene containing fanciful surprises relating to Tacoma life.
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Transpire, 2008
Artist: Mark Calderon
Location: S Line — Lakewood Station; Plaza
Overview: This flame-like bronze sculpture with its three intertwining spires was inspired by campfires and the way they can gather a community.
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Traveling Stories, 1990
Artist: Laureen Mar
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — International District/Chinatown Station; Plaza
Overview: Poetry etched into beams overhead read from both directions as you pass beneath the plaza canopy.
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Tree Museum, 1990
Artist: Garth Edwards, Maren Hassinger, Virginia Paquette, Susan Point, Dyan Rey
Location: Sidewalk above Downtown Seattle Tunnel
Overview: Artist-designed tree grates inspired by different trees frame the trees along the sidewalk above the Downtown Seattle Tunnel from north to south.
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Tree Zoo, 2001
Artist: Elizabeth Conner
Location: South Hill Park and Ride; Plaza
Overview: Patterns in the concrete transit plaza include stamped concrete representations of tree canopies.
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Understory, 2003
Artist: Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle
Location: Issaquah; Sunset Way Trailhead
Overview: Eight hand-forged steel sculptures line the trail crossing under I-90 near the Tradition Plateau trailhead of Tiger Mountain. Ranging from seven to ten feet tall, their unexpected color and scale mark significant points along the trail.
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Understory, 2021
Artist: Cris Bruch
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Northgate Station; Plaza
Overview: Inspired by structures that grow from a central column, Bruch’s tree-like sculpture acts as a natural gathering spot and playful station entrance marker.
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Untitled (Vinework), 2002
Artist: Jean Whitesavage and Nick Lyle
Location: S Line — Auburn Station; Garage façade
Overview: A cluster of powder coated steel vines creep and advance along the façade of Auburn Station Garage overlooking A Street SW.
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Untitled mural, 1990
Artist: Fay Jones
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Westlake Station; Southbound platform
Overview: One of three porcelain enamel murals on the station platform, Jones’s characteristically bright, graphic style depicts a sunny Seattle in all its glory.
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Untitled mural, 1990
Artist: Roger Shimomura
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Westlake Station; Southbound platform
Overview: One of three porcelain enamel murals on the station platform, Shimomura’s collage of American pop culture icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Donald Duck alongside East Asian cultural references such as a samurai and geisha.
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Untitled mural, 1990
Artist: Gene Gentry McMahon
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Westlake Station; Northbound platform
Overview: One of three porcelain enamel murals on the station platform, McMahon’s stylized figures highlight the glamor associated with shopping and fashion.
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Untitled, 1989
Artist: Maggie Smith
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — International District/Chinatown Station; 5th Ave and Jackson St
Overview: 4th and 5th graders from Beacon Hill and Bailey Gatzert elementary schools created the colorful tiles installed on the kiosk at the north station entrance.
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Untitled, 1990
Artist: Brian Goldbloom
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Pioneer Square Station; James St entrance
Overview: Goldbloom’s massive granite beams over this entrance staircase suggest structural components in motion.
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Untitled, 2021
Artist: Kenji Hamai Stoll
Location: T Line — TPSS Building
Overview: Sound Transit’s T Line TPSS security fence artworks by Stoll comprise of repeated geometric forms that are drawn from work as a tattoo artist.
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Veiled Nature, 2008
Artist: Gordon Huether
Location: Issaquah Transit Center; Garage
Overview: This series of glass boxes containing treated madrona branches is integrated into the parking garage façade. The translucence of the glass, with its dichroic elements, lends the work a soft, dreamlike quality.
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Verdant, 2021
Artist: Leo Saul Berk
Location: 2 Line — Overlake Village Station; Pedestrian bridge
Overview: Along this bridge, Redmond’s forested areas are depicted and hand-painted in the palette of green phosphorescent monitors with marks evoking low-resolution graphics of early computers. Commissioned by Sound Transit in collaboration with the City of Redmond.
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Voices of Tukwila, 2009
Artist: Tad Savinar
Location: 1 Line — Tukwila International Boulevard Station; Concourse
Overview: Savinar worked with community members to reflect the city’s identity and connect transit riders to the people that call Tukwila home. Their voices are memorialized throughout the station in quotes etched in granite pavers.
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Walking Fingers, 2016
Artist: Ellen Forney
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Capitol Hill Station; Entrance
Overview: Forney's powerful mural depicts a simple gesture to celebrate the vibrancy and cohesiveness of the Capitol Hill community.
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Wandering Line, 2021
Artist: Patrick Marold
Location: 2 Line — BelRed Station; Platform guardrail
Overview: The undulating lines created by the individual shapes of these guardrail pickets create silvery reflections and cast subtle shadows on the station platforms.
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We Are All Immigrants, 2024
Artist: Malayka Gormally
Location: 2 Line — Downtown Redmond Station; North side of station, adjacent to east headhouse (facing west)
Overview: Inspired by her family history and commonalities universal to the immigrant experience, Gormally worked with local immigrant communities to create this portrait series using drawing and watercolor techniques.
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Westlake Project Space
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — Westlake Station; Mezzanine
Overview: This newly renovated Sound Transit art venue, the Westlake Project Space, enlivens transit trips and fosters connection through rotating art exhibitions, projects, and partnerships with cultural institutions and artists.
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What the Nake Molerat Saw, 2009
Artist: Bill Bell
Location: 1 Line — Beacon Hill Station; Tunnel
Overview: When approaching Beacon Hill Station, light rail passengers may see a flash of electric light – electronic playing cards and signal flags, depending on the time of day, on the tunnel walls.
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Windswept, 2006
Artist: Barbara Grygutis
Location: Bellevue Transit Center; Plaza
Overview: The branch-like sculpture appears windswept (as its title suggests), subtly changing color to amplify its implied movement.
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Windvanes, 2000
Artist: Ned Kahn
Location: S Line and N Line — King Street Station; Platform shelters
Overview: Sitting atop the canopies, these small sculptures interact with the wind blowing through the station.
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WOVEN LIGHT, 2023
Artist: Paul Marioni
Location: 2 Line — Bellevue Downtown Station; North and south platform façades
Overview: In WOVEN LIGHT, a woven pattern of glass creates a dancing background on the westbound platform. In LIGHT RAIN on the eastbound platform, tiny spheres and glass raindrops celebrate the light-bending qualities of the Pacific Northwest’s celebrated rain.
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Zodiac, 1990
Artist: Sonya Ishii
Location: 1 Line and 2 Line — International District/Chinatown Station; Plaza
Overview: Brick patterns based on the 12 symbols of the Chinese zodiac form a square in the central plaza facing the Historic Chinatown Gate at the corner of 5th Avenue South and South King Street.