Bus Bench BroadCast
Bring art and poetry to bus stops
BroadCast presents art that is often anonymous, presented in the world to the unsuspecting, and created in the spirit to democratize art. The original term for “broadcast” was used to describe seeds thrown into the air to disperse into the soil. Bus Bench BroadCast also refers to artists and audience as a cast of characters, each playing a generous role.
How to participate
Create art with friends or work solo. Photograph the art and make a digital print to install at a bus stop near you.
A QR code directs to this website and the BroadCast Gallery.
BroadCast started as an art collection, and then as art curriculum in Kim Abeles' college courses. The first class was at ArtCenter College of Design in 1993. Following this, Abeles included BroadCast projects for her classes at University of Southern California, Scripps College, and California College of the Arts.
The first BroadCast exhibit organized by Abeles was displayed at Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA in 1995. Venues that followed included University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA; Fresno City College, CA; and Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Each venue added artworks and conceptual engagements. In 2016, musicians and poets performed alongside the BroadCast installation co-curated with Abeles and Ken Marchionno for Los Angeles’ Keystone Art Studios Gallery. In 2025, Bus Bench BroadCast offered an opportunity to further explore art intended for public and strangers.
Following is a list of the artists who have been exhibited or performed in the BroadCast venues since 1995
Kim Abeles
Margaret Adachi
Lisa Adams
Adeola Davies Aiyeloja
Jerri Allyn
Gloria Enedina Alvarez with Learsi Marie Martinez
Laura Alvarez & Evan Hartzell
David Anselmo
Michael Arata
Mary Artino
Danielle Ashton
Karen Atkinson
Harold Balazs
John Baldessari
Joan Bankemper
Barbie Liberation Organization
The Baseball Reliquary
Cory Bluemling
Bowery Alliance of Neighbors
Rod Bradley
Susan Braig
Anne Bray
Leonardo Bravo
Ben Buchanan
xtine Burrough
Bill Burns
Diane Calder aka Auntie Em
Chusien Chang
Holly Charlon
Libby Clarke
Penny Collins
Robbie Conal
Alejandra Cordero
Ana Cortez
Chris Costan
Jill D'Agnenica
Joyce Dallal
Mark Daybed
Allan deSouza + Yong Soon Min
L Aviva Diamond
Elizabeth Dranitzke
DS Institute (Caitlin Foley, Misha Rabinovich, Zach Dunn)
Cheryl Dullabaun
Ear Meal
Margaret Ecker
Leslie Ernst
Richard Espinoza
Bruce Everett
Fiberistas
Samantha Fields
Diane Fine
Ron Finley Project
Sharon Fliegelman
Nancy Floyd
Jack Lewis Forkey
Freewaves
Dana Fritz
Matt Gainer
Benicia Gantner + Laura Heyman
Suvan Geer + Ruth Ann Anderson
Ed Giardina
Lauren Gohara
Todd Gray
LouAnne Greenwald
Allison Halter
Peter J. Harris
Eric Harsen
Micol Hebron
Robert Hirsch
Marc Hohmann & Akiko Tsuji
Hawley Hussey
Chris Johnson
Callianne Jones
Deborah Joseph
Jubilee Arts
Rev. Myoshin Kaniumoe
Niku Kashef
Dennis Keeley
Karen Kitchell
Jim Krusoe
Brandon LaBelle + Achim Wollscheid
Beverly Lafontaine
Patricio Larrarambebere
Deborah Lawrence
League of Imaginary Scientists
Janice Ledgerwood + Suzanne Haddad
Bonnie Lee
Catherine Lee
Helen Lessick
Joe Lewis
Monica Lidman
José Lozano
Ken Marchionno
Kelly Marie Martin
Cynthia Minet
Thomas McGovern
men of the world
Kathryn Miller
Sean Miller & Connie Hwang
Emberly Modine
Claudia Morales
Susan Mouchette
Christian Mounger
Danny Mydlack
Beverly Naidus
Alan Hiroshi Nakagawa
Oliver + Sabrina
David Orozco
Chris Patiño
Zöe Patiño
Sheila Pinkel
Poetry in Motion
Repohistory
Samuelle Richardson
Liese A. Ricketts
Johnny Rich
Nanci Schrieber-Smith
SeedBroadcast
Denise K. Seider
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Susan Silton
Deborah Small
Barbara Smith
Katherine Staelin
Students of Wildwood School and Central HS Mar Vista Gardens
May Sun
Alicia Vogl Saenz
Pati Tange
Mark Taylor
Sylvia Tidwell
Rebecca Tuynman
Pamela Wells
James White
Tina Wolfe
Judson Wright
Michael Yamamoto
Ward Yoshimoto
Yes Men
Jody Zellen
