Forte (Quarropas) © Barbara Takenaga 2020 Metro-North Railroad White Plains Station, White Plains NY
commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts & Design
Materials: hand-glazed ceramic tile and Byzantine glass smalti
Photographs: Steven Bates
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In 2020, Barbara Takenaga was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of Fine Arts, and was commissioned by New York MTA Arts & Design to create a permanent installation of mosaic and laminated glass for the Metro-North Railroad White Plains Station.
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