2009 Public Art Network Year in Review Project

Indian School Stories is part of a larger art project called Here We Are that will be installed at the Indian School Station on the new light rail line in Phoenix in 2008.

The project consists of three parts:

At fifteen points on the train platform, I installed sets of "memory markers" based on oral histories about the area. Mounted on the station's vertical columns, each memory marker consists of between 3 and 5 baked enamel panels. Each 5 in. x 7 in. panel will feature a black-and-white historic photograph of a place near the station, with text and silhouettes printed on top. The text will describe a memory of an event that happened at that site, and the silhouettes will illustrate that memory in action. A long arrow will connect each series of panels, and point in the direction of the memory's location.

Near the ticket machines at the north and south entrance to the station, I designed two 8 ft. x 10 ft. terrazzo "murals" that were installed in the ground. Each mural features a photograph of Central Avenue as it looked in 2004 -- one looking north, the other looking south, before the light rail was installed.

22" x 30" glass panels were mounted in a fence that runs along side the entry ramps to the platform. There are two groups with six panels in each: one at the north end of the platform, and one at the south. Since passengers will be seeing them as they walk both to and from the platform, each group is meant to be read left-to-right and right-to-left (or, as seen on this webpage, top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top).

For more information, please visit: http://www.indianschoolstories.com/index.php