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DESCRIPTION: multiple-component ceramic mosaic station art:
Two pairs of Hillman's free-standing mosaic "art columns" are mounted on the station platform. Another two pairs are mounted at the Glendora Avenue intersection to the east and the Vermont Street intersection to the west, serving as Glendora rail station landmarks.
Hillman's station art will be fully visible when the Glendora Station officially opens to service on September 19, 2025. Of additional interest are Hillman's nearby mosaics:
- 4 pairs of free-standing 18-foot high by 3-foot diameter oval-shaped sculpted concrete "art columns" or plinths with glass tesserae tile mosaic
- 14 18-inch by 12-inch hand-glazed cuerda seca ceramic tile mosaics, mounted onto the station platform's canopy column bases
Two pairs of Hillman's free-standing mosaic "art columns" are mounted on the station platform. Another two pairs are mounted at the Glendora Avenue intersection to the east and the Vermont Street intersection to the west, serving as Glendora rail station landmarks.
Hillman's station art will be fully visible when the Glendora Station officially opens to service on September 19, 2025. Of additional interest are Hillman's nearby mosaics:
- Historic Glendora Depots (2014), created with Citrus College students, at Glendora Avenue and W. Ada Avenue (one block to the northeast)
- Glendora Monument Wall (2007) at the northwest corner of Grand Avenue and Route 66, Glendora
- Pride of the Foothills (2014) at the southwest corner of Grand Avenue and Highway 66, Glendora
LOCATION: station platform and two nearby street corners, GLENDORA STATION, 410 S. Vermont Avenue, Glendora, California, USA
VERMONT AVE. "ART COLUMNS":
GLENDORA AVE. "ART COLUMNS":
STATION ARTIST MICHAEL HILLMAN OVERSEES INSTALLATION OF "ART COLUMNS" AND ART PANELS:
CITRUS-THEMED PATTERNS, DESIGNED BY ALIGNMENT ARTIST CHRISTIE BENISTON, ARE INCORPORATED THROUGHOUT THE FOUR-STATION PROJECT, IN GLASS CANOPY PANELS, ON CONCRETE BARRIER WALLS (SHOWN BELOW), AND ON THE 19 NEW AND RENOVATED BRIDGES.
BELOW, CREWS INSPECT ONE OF THE FIRST BARRIER WALLS EMBELLISHED WITH THE CUSTOM "CITRUS" DESIGNS AT THE GLENDORA STATION.
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