Since 2002, the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) has incorporated public art in various capital improvement projects. Encouraged by the Federal Transit Administration policy circular 9400.1A, the Art in Transit program is to add visual quality with a profound impact on transit patrons and the community at large. CATS commits 1% of design and construction costs for the integration of art, which includes stations and surrounding areas, park and ride lots, transportation centers, maintenance facilities, and passenger amenities.[1]
The following list are artists that have contributed to the Art in Transit program.
| Artist | Work | Location | Year | Summary | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landscape and hardscape | 2007 | Responsible for the design of the scoring patterns marking stations called Evergreen Encyclopedia and Celtic Calendar. Additionally, she is responsible for the relief images placed on walls along the route.[2] | ||||
| Maria Artemis | Tectonic Suite | 2018 | Station artwork includes boulders, granite benches, and laminated windscreen glass.[3] | |||
| Nancy Blum | Dogwood | Lynx Blue Line | 2007 | 24 bronze drinking fountain basins, located in 13 stations.[4] | ||
| Carolyn Braaksma | Walls & Bridges | Lynx Blue Line | 2018 | Responsible for all walls, bridges and piers along the Blue Line extension. Creating 17 different designs, including the Calico Kudzu on various walls, the leaf railing and color on the Old Concord Road bridge and the Pitcher Plant Bridge Piers.[5] | ||
| Susan Brenner | Red Tree | 2018 | Elevator tower.[6] | |||
| Susan Brenner | Waterfall | 2018 | Elevator tower. | |||
| Shaun Cassidy | Ebb & Flow | 2018 | Etched windscreen glass, passenger shelter columns, art benches and fencing.[7] | |||
| Shaun Cassidy | Mosaics and windscreens | 2007 | Gingko leaf design and mosaic columns cladding features a four-color overlapping leaf pattern.[8] | |||
| Shaun Cassidy | Seating fabric and ceiling art | Lynx Blue Line | 2007 | Design of both the seat fabric and ceiling graphics in each Siemens S70.[9] | ||
| Shaun Cassidy | Track fencing | Lynx Blue Line | 2007 | Design and fabrication of 40 sections of fencing to be utilized at 10 station platforms. Each section will resemble a leaf from a tree species native to the neighborhood where the station is located. Additionally, the tree veins on each leaf will be designed to replicate the street layout of the neighborhood where the station is located.[10] | ||
| Jackie Chang | (T)HERE | JW Clay Blvd/UNC Charlotte | 2018 | Stainless steel inlays, laminated windscreen glass, passenger shelter columns.[11] | ||
| Chandra Cox | Locomotion | 2018 | Kinetic finials, orb sculpture, laminated windscreen glass, passenger shelter columns.[12] | |||
| Sharon Dowell | Halcyon Idyll I, Halcyon Idyll II, Coexist | 11th St & Brookshire Fwy Underpasses | 2018 | Murals and signal house wrapping.[13] | ||
| Sharon Dowell | A City of Optimists | 2018 | Mosaics, painted railing and benches, laminated windscreen glass, passenger shelter columns.[14] | |||
| Richard C. Elliott | Tower of Light | 2007 | Acrylic reflectors on elevator tower.[15] | |||
| Darren Goins | The Sun Guided the Road Bike Shelter, The Geometric Abstract Bicycle (on the horizon) Rack | Lynx Blue Line | 2018 | Bicycle parking at nine stations, eight of which include shelter.[16] | ||
| Hoss Haley | River Rock | Lynx Blue Line | 2007 | Hand-polished steel and concrete benches located at five stations.[17] [18] | ||
| Doug Hollis | UMBRA | 2018 | Tensile fabric canopies, curved glass windscreens, benches, and blue glass aggregate platform.[19] | |||
| Leticia Huerta | Pavers, mosaics, windscreens | Lynx Blue Line | 2007 | Design of the platform pavers, mosaic tiles, and the glass etching designs at all 11 stations between the I-485/South Boulevard and Carson stations.[20] [21] | ||
| Mikyoung Kim | The Nexus Project | 2018 | Stainless steel, programmed lighting, paving, and landscape.[22] | |||
| Andrew Leicester | Bobbins | 2007 | Brick bridge columns and pavers.[23] | |||
| Ruth Lyons | Welcome to Nodaland | 2018 | Station color, smalti glass mosaic, granite bench, laminated windscreen glass, and passenger canopy columns.[24] | |||
| UMBRA | 9th Street | 2018 | Tensile fabric canopies, curved glass windscreens, benches, and blue glass aggregate platform. | |||
| Nancy O’Neil | Windscreens | 2015 | Current and historical maps, photos, and manuscripts on glass, on 11 passenger shelters.[25] | |||
| Reconstructed Dwelling | 2007 | Steel, aluminum, wood, vinyl, and lettering.[26] | ||||
| Jody Pinto | Light Station | 2008 | Green and red fiberglass canopies and benches, steel, fluorescent lighting, and paving pattern.[27] | |||
| Coming Home To Cherry | Midtown | 2008 | A series of portraits, on five passenger shelters, of Cherry residents representing family, community, and education.[28] | |||
| Marek Ranis | Walls and bridge enhancements | Lynx Blue Line | 2007 | Design and color of Retaining walls and bridge columns in the south corridor.[29] | ||
| Thomas Sayre | Furrow | 2007 | Six large concrete and steel sculptures cast from Carolina earth, pays tribute to Scaleybark's agricultural past.[30] | |||
| Paul Sires | Welcome to Nodaland | 36th Street | 2018 | Station color, smalti glass mosaic, granite bench, laminated windscreen glass, and passenger canopy columns. | ||
| Tom Stanley | A Place Called Home | 2018 | Laminated windscreen glass, passenger shelter columns, art benches and fencing.[31] | |||
| Thomas Thoune | Camden Wall | 2007 | 33 mosaic cogs on a 360feet wall.[32] | |||
| Michele Turner | On the Move | Sprinter | 2010 | Etched glass at passenger shelters along the Sprinter (express bus) route between Uptown Charlotte and Charlotte Douglas International Airport.[33] | ||
| David Wilson | Along the Way | Beatties Ford Road | 2013 | Collage on glass at six passenger shelters along Beatties Ford Road, between Interstate 485 and LaSalle Street. | ||
| Dream Keepers | 2007 | Four small bronze sculptures symbolizing the growth and mystery of our lives.[34] |