The daily commute for La Mesa transit riders just got a lot more colorful, with two new murals now completed at the Grossmont Transit Center. The pieces, done by San Diego artist Maxx Moses, are on the bus and trolley sides of the station and feature unique designs that explore themes of duality, movement and peace. They were created through a partnership between Moses and the Metropolitan Transit System called “Color the Corridor,” a 2022 initiative from Moses to bring more art to the transit system and make it more inviting.
“Each one is very different; it could have been done by two different artists,” Moses said. “I want to show that this artist, Maxx Moses, is diverse. .
.. This artist has a lot to say and a lot to convey.
Like every human being, we all have a lot to say and a lot to express.” Moses came up with the concept for “Color the Corridor” in 2020 while riding the trolley with his son from their Lemon Grove neighborhood. As he took photographs along their journey, he noticed that something was missing: art.
He proposed the mural project to MTS that year, and the agency adopted it in 2022. The murals at the Grossmont station — which serves bus lines 852 and 854 and the trolley’s Orange and Green lines — are also part of the MTS’ Better Transit initiative , which includes building better shade and lighting at transit stops and improving bike racks on the front of buses. Over three and a half weeks, Moses and a small team of artists worked on.