November 26, 2007
Art by track worker Marvin Franklin at Transit Museum
The New York Transit Museum will host a special tribute to one of its own track workers with an exhibition of subway-themed sketches, watercolors, etchings and oil paintings starting in December.
"The Art of Marvin Franklin" will showcase the artwork of the 22-year night-shift veteran, who was killed in an on-the-job accident April 29. From the artists' bio provided by the Transit Museum:
 The night shift was 11PM to 7 AM. After work he
would get on the F train at Jamaica/179th Street, the end of the line in Queens, sketch book in hand, and draw his fellow passengers all the way to 57th Street in Manhattan where he went to school. For more than a decade he attended school at the Art Students League from 9AM to noon. After school he would get back on the F train and
sketch some more on his way home. With twenty two years on the job, he was three years away from retirement. Then he hoped to teach art, exhibit his work to raise awareness about homelessness and sell his artwork to raise money to help
people in need. Franklin's work will be on display at the Transit Museum's main location in Brooklyn from December 18 through March 30. The Transit Museum is located in a former subway station at the corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, map.
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November 26, 2007 09:16 AM in Cheap Stuff, Museums, Sightsology, Transportology
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