Arts in Transit | Cross County

Construction of the Cross County MetroLink Extension began in the spring of 2003 and was funded 100% locally from the Proposition M sales tax passed in both St. Louis City and St. Louis County in August of 1994. The Cross County Extension adds 8 miles to the existing rail system, which currently spans 38 miles from Shiloh, Illinois (at Scott Air Force Base) to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

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Thanks to our judges: Edmund de Chasca, senior editor of Boulevard magazine; Loy Ledbetter, recent past president of the St. Louis Poetry Center; Serena Muhammad, founder and executive director of America Scores, a program that teaches poetry and soccer to children; Darlene Roy, associate editor of Drumvoices Revue; Paulette Schmidt, teaches poetry and translation at Webster University.

Poetry in Motion is sponsored by Arts in Transit in partnership with the Poetry Society of America's Poetry in Motion Program.
Funding is provided by the Regional Arts Commission (RAC) and the Missouri Arts Council (MAC).

In keeping with our mission to draw positive attention to and to improve the Metro transit environment, AIT issued a call seeking 2D public art proposals. The project was open to artists within 100 miles of St. Louis.

Selections on the project were made by a panel of artists, arts professionals, and a member of the AIT Advisory Council. Selections were based on visual and conceptual excellence and the ability to impact Metro riders and the general public in a positive fashion.

AIT received more than 95 proposals, making it very difficult for us to narrow it down to a select few. The artists selected are: Jon Cournoyer, Deanna Dikeman, DB Dowd, Cary Horton, August Jennewein, and Susan Pittman.