The Rail Quilt - Pavonia/Newport Station, with Harold Olejarz
Some of the more than sixty Jersey City art students
whose work is included in the project.
Map showing location of station.
In 1996 New Jersey Transit issued a call for proposals for public art for the planned Bergen-Hudson Light Rail Line. The Rail Quilt, my proposal for a "Windscreen Enhancement" was selected for the Newport Mall station. A windscreen is a roofed shelter located on a station platform with glass block walls on three sides. The enhancement is a design that is etched onto the glass block walls. For this project I designed a rail motif that frames drawings done by students from Visual Arts High School in Jersey City.
Two windscreens were installed in the Newport Mall Station located in Jersey City, NJ in August, 2000. Links to images of the windscreens, student drawings and architectual drawings of the windscreen are below.
Special thanks to the students of the Visual Arts High School Program and Jersey City Art Educators John Bradford, Amy Fairweather, Nancy Healy, Carolyn Lorenzo, Ann Marley and Claire Wejnert.
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