Arts On The Line
Central Square MBTA Station

Station Architect:
Ellenzweig, Moore & Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Commissioned for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
through the Cambridge Arts Council's Arts On The Line program.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Urban Mass
Transportation Administration, and the Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority.

Artists: Dennis Storrs and Dennis Cunningham
Title: Circle Square
Date: 1987
Materials: Ceramic tiles
Dimensions: 100 12" sq. medallions

Storrs and Cunningham collaborated on the carved, bas-relief medallions that are set in the top of the station's interior columns. On each of the medallions is a unique image or symbol which refers to historical facts of the neighborhood surrounding the station and its diverse ethnic population.

Artist: Elizabeth Mapelli
Title: Various
Date: 1986
Material: Fused-glass tiles
Dimensions: 7 murals, each 12' x 4'

The tiles are located on the back of seven seating areas on both platforms. The artist derived her abstract design, colors, and images from the richly diverse Central Square community. Each mural represents an ethnic group, including East Indian, Mediterranean, African, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, English, Scottish, and Polish.