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1. METGAP_200418_020.JPG: Every leaf surrenders to air we dance we flutter we touch the earth
2. METGAP_200418_022.JPG: Georgia Ave-Petworth Plaza intersection of New Hampshire & Georgia Avenues. New Leaf, 2006 Lisa Scheer Bronze, granite base 8' l x 5.5' h x 4' d This large bronze sculpture rests atop a two-step platform and is inscribed with the following poem by E. Ethelbert Miller: every leaf surrenders to air we dance we flutter we touch the earth This project was made possible in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and was donated to WMATA. Lisa Scheer works and lives in Maryland and Washington, D.C. She received a BA from Bennington College and an MFA in sculpture from Yale University. New Leaf is representative of Lisa Scheer's work - primarily large-scale abstract sculptures constructed out of metal and fabricated sheet metal. Scheer said, "My goal is to have a mixture of really interesting references, oftentimes stemming from the sort of program or the site in which I'm installing the work. The piece at Petworth is a sort of abstracted form, but it also looks a tremendous amount like a leaf, or something very organic and growing, and I do mean to do that because I mean to evoke metaphors of growth and change and seasonal time shifts." E. Ethelbert Miller is a writer and literary activist. He is the board chair of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a progressive think tank located in Washington, D.C. Miller is the founder and former chair of the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. "E. Ethelbert Miller Day" was proclaimed in D.C. on September 28, 1978. In 2003 Miller's poems were selected for sculpture installations at the Petworth and DuPont Circle Metro stations. On April 19, 2015, Mr. Miller was inducted into the Washington DC Hall of Fame.
3. METGAP_200418_039.JPG: Georgia Ave-Petworth Inside passageway wall and focal wall by fare vending vestibule. Homage to a Community I & II, 2002 Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves Acrylic on aluminum panels, Terra Cotta tiles I: 130' l x 6' h II: 30' l x 7' h Created by Florida artists Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves, the artwork consists of two components. The 130-foot-long stylized painted mural by Andrew Reid illustrates the rich history of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth community. The bold design of the contoured mural is a flowing chronology of defining events in the community in the context of local and world histories. The high energy of the handmade clay and cracked tiles of the accompanying frieze, by Carlos Alves, captures the spirit and promise of the community Georgia Avenue-Petworth station. This project was made possible in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. Andrew Reid achieved renown as a graphic artist in his native New Zealand and New York before moving to Miami in 1991. Since that time he has explored a variety of media, including painted and carve murals, sculpture and three-dimensional wall pieces. The piece "March of Progress" is designed to provide insight into the breadth and depth of Red Rocks and engage visitors; spurring them onto a voyage of discovery. Carlos Alves has been serious about art since he was a child, and it shows in his passion for making things out of clay, glass, metal, salvaged artifacts, and recycled objects. Drawing from his Cuban roots and his Miami, Florida upbringing, Carlos' themes encompass love, hope, history, culture, politics, nature and a kinship with the sea. He graduated with a BFA from the University of Miami, an MFA from Illinois State University, and received a scholarship to the Lorenzo de' Medici School (Scuola Lorenzo de' Medici) in Florence, Italy.
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Description of Subject Matter: Georgia Ave-Petworth
Inside passageway wall and focal wall by fare vending vestibule.

Homage to a Community I & II, 2002
Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves
Acrylic on aluminum panels, Terra Cotta tiles
I: 130' l x 6' h
II: 30' l x 7' h

Created by Florida artists Andrew Reid and Carlos Alves, the artwork consists of two components. The 130-foot-long stylized painted mural by Andrew Reid illustrates the rich history of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth community. The bold design of the contoured mural is a flowing chronology of defining events in the community in the context of local and world histories.
The high energy of the handmade clay and cracked tiles of the accompanying frieze, by Carlos Alves, captures the spirit and promise of the community Georgia Avenue-Petworth station.

This project was made possible in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.

Andrew Reid achieved renown as a graphic artist in his native New Zealand and New York before moving to Miami in 1991. Since that time he has explored a variety of media, including painted and carve murals, sculpture and three-dimensional wall pieces. The piece "March of Progress" is designed to provide insight into the breadth and depth of Red Rocks and engage visitors; spurring them onto a voyage of discovery.

Carlos Alves has been serious about art since he was a child, and it shows in his passion for making things out of clay, glass, metal, salvaged artifacts, and recycled objects. Drawing from his Cuban roots and his Miami, Florida upbringing, Carlos' themes encompass love, hope, history, culture, politics, nature and a kinship with the sea. He graduated with a BFA from the University of Miami, an MFA from Illinois State University, and received a scholarship to the Lorenzo de' Medici School (Scuola Lorenzo de' Medici) in Florence, Italy.

The above was from https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/art-in-transit/ait-georgia-ave.cfm
Wikipedia Description: Georgia Avenue–Petworth station
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Georgia Avenue-Petworth is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green Line and Yellow Line.

Location

Georgia Avenue–Petworth station is located at the border of the neighborhoods of Petworth, Sixteenth Street Heights, and Park View in Northwest.
Transit-oriented development

Like many other Washington Metro stations, Georgia Avenue-Petworth has catalyzed nearby development. The District of Columbia Office of Planning has divided development proposals into four localities near the station:

Park View. Composed of three blocks along Georgia Avenue south of the station — 3200 West, 3400 East, and 3500 East — Park View development is mainly limited by a 50-foot (15 m) height limit to infill residential or four- to six-story mixed-use development.
Pleasant Plains. Further south, sites at 2700 West and 2900 West on Georgia Avenue are also subject to the low height restriction but with more emphasis on apartments and row houses.
Petworth-Metro. To the north, this is the largest neighborhood by sites available and height, with a restriction of 65 ft (20 m). It contains a series of blocks on Georgia Avenue from Princeton Place to Shepherd Street, with the 3700 West block already developed as Park Place, containing 148 condos and 17,000 sq ft (1,579 m2) of street-level retail space.
Upshur. The northernmost of the four regions, it is centered on Upshur Street near Kansas Avenue. As with Pleasant Plains, the Planning Office has focused on residential development for Upshur.

History

Georgia Avenue-Petworth opened on September 18, 1999, as part of a connecting extension of the Green Line between U Street and Fort Totten, allowing trains to travel between Anacostia and Greenbelt.

The station's west entrance closed on December 11, 2006, to accommodate construction of a mixed-use development. Bus stops, bike racks, and lockers were moved, and the entran ...More...
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