#ArtOnLink Changes How We Discover Art & Our Cities

“Look at everything as though you are seeing it either for the first or last time, then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” — Betty Smith, Author, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn That’s our aspiration for #ArtOnLink. To give local artists a platform for their vision. To let citygoers see their city for the first time, over and over again, through those perspectives. When thinking about the dynamic places we call home, we recognize that how something is seen depends on who’s looking. As art lovers and city enthusiasts who happen to program the largest network of street-level digital screens in the world (convenient!), we saw an opportunity to share the work of local creators with unique and diverse perspectives at metropolitan scale. <iframe frameborder="0" height="778" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/BMBfPYfhHsH/embed/?cr=1&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com" title="No shade, these are all my dream cities. But I think I'm ready for...Beirut." width="680"></iframe> #ArtOnLink artist Mari Andrew depicts the personalities of cities. We started #ArtOnLink in 2017 with LinkNYC, and expanded the program with the launch of LinkNWK and LinkPHL in 2018. Since then, we’ve featured more than 100 artists, and seen more enthusiasm to participate and positive feedback than we could have ever dreamt up. Interspersed with local <a href="https://medium.com/@LinkNYC/the-linknycfacts-trends-that-defined-2018-69976695f415" rel="noopener">facts</a>, transit updates, advertising, and more, #ArtOnLink has become a defining feature of Link and the streetscapes we inhabit. <a href="https://medium.com/@LinkNYC/artonlink-changes-how-we-discover-art-our-cities-977b5cc99e9f">Read More</a>