Phase 2 of the collaboration will consist of decorating various Metrorail stations with juried student work, including paintings, drawings, digital media and graphic design, to coincide with the Art Basel Miami Beach celebrations. These works will be enlarged and duplicated with the goal of extending the installations throughout the city.

“This partnership is a wonderful expansion of our Art en Route program that will further beautify our Metrorail stations while giving local young budding artists in our community an opportunity to exhibit their works,” MDT Director Harpal Kapoor said.

The busiest Metrorail station, Government Center, will exhibit a collection of large-format prints with the theme of “Sillas” (“Chairs”).   Developed by visual artist Mauricio Gonzalez, an NWSA sophomore, this unique series of drawings/paintings depicts the chair as an icon for human personification. To the viewer, this series will remove the chair from its static environment and will transform it into a work of art.

New World School of the Arts was created by the Florida Legislature as a center of excellence in the performing and visual arts and is an educational partnership of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College and the University of Florida.

For more information, please contact Jeff Bechdel at 305-776-3020 or [email protected].