Community Subway Elevator Program

This project showcases local artists’ work inside the A train’s 181 and 190 Street subway elevators, transforming a cold unwelcoming space into an art gallery traveling 17-stories under the city. 

Artists: David Kaminsky, Diane Drescher, Francis Hsueh, Ife Felix, J Gregory Coutinho, Jason Fuentes, Kaé Sato, Len Cicio, Lyndell Brookhouse-Gil, Michael Louis Johnson, Rebecca Darlington, Samantha Vassallo, Takashi Harada, Tony Serio, Yael Ben-Zion

Curated by Artists Unite and NoMAA.
Authorized by MTA New York City Transit.

Made possible with support from Columbia University Medical Center Neighborhood Fund.

Jason Fuentes, Omw uptown now!, 2023, digital image (181 St Station)

Samantha Vassallo, 190th Street Station, 2023, digital image, 40" x 40" (181 St Station)

Kaé Sato, Sky Odessy, 2018, pigments, mika, Nikawa glue on cotton canvas, 24" x 48" (181 St station)

Ife Felix, Asphalt Beach, 2011, appliquéd, hand and machine quilted cotton fabrics, tulle, organza metallic and cotton thread, 38" x 36" (181 St station)

Lyndell Brookhouse-Gil, Henry Hudson Bridge, 2021, oil on canvas, 48" x 36" (181 St station)

(left) Michael L. Johnson, Fountain Border, 2022, oil pigment stick and charcoal on canvas, 25" x 61"
(right) Tony Serio, Fall River View, 2022, oil on canvas, 12" x 36"(181 St Station)

Diane Drescher, J Hood Wright Park, 2020, oil on canvas, 26" x 20" (181 St station)

Francis Hsueh, Looking Down the Stairs, 2022, watercolor on paper, 22" x 30" (190 St station)

Yael Ben-Zion, Bridge no. 3, 2020, digital c-print (181 St station)

Rebecca Darlington, In the Park, 2023, digital print, 60"x40" (190 St station)

David Kaminsky, Cloisters Critturz, 2022, pen and ink and Copic marker, 5" x 7" (190 St station)

Len Cicio, Dyckman St. Train Station, 2023, colored pencil on paper, 11" x 14" (190 St station)

Takashi Harada, Universe String Quartets Op59 No2 Rasumovsky, 2021, pigments and Nikawa glue on cotton, 36" x 36" (190 St station)

J Gregory Coutinho, Autumn Over New York, 2021, oil on linen, 12"x 24" (181 St station)