Going for the Gold: California Stories on the Los Angeles Metro Gold Line: Communities, Public Art, and Placemaking.: Background Information on the Project

This collaborative project between the USC Libraries and researcher Michael Several is titled  “Going for the Gold: California Stories on the Los Angeles Metro Gold Line: Communities, Public Art, and Placemaking.”  The project was funded in 2008-2009 by the California Council for the Humanities through its California Story Fund.  It documents the creation of public art on the Los Angeles County light-rail Gold Line through oral histories of artists, administrators, and youth who were involved in the project.  Tapes and transcripts from the project are  archived at the USC Libraries.

To read the entries by Michael Several about the history of public art on the Gold Line, follow the tabs above.