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.
The first BroadCast exhibit organized by Kim 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. The 2025 Fall of Freedom 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
Margaret Adachi
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
Cory Bluemling
Bowery Alliance of Neighbors
Rod Bradley
Anne Bray
Leonardo Bravo
Ben Buchanan
xtine Burrough
Diane Calder aka Auntie Em
Libby Clarke
Robbie Conal
Alejandra Cordero
Chris Costan
Jill D'Agnenica
Joyce Dallal
L Aviva Diamond
DS Institute (Caitlin Foley, Misha Rabinovich, Zach Dunn)
Ear Meal
Margaret Ecker
Fiberistas
Samantha Fields
Diane Fine
Ron Finley Project
Jack Lewis Forkey
Freewaves
Dana Fritz
Benicia Gantner
Lauren Gohara
Todd Gray
LouAnne Greewald
Allison Halter
Peter J. Harris
Micol Hebron
Robert Hirsch
Marc Hohmann & Akiko Tsuji
Callianne Jones
Jubilee Arts
Rev. Myoshin Kaniumoe
Niku Kashef
Dennis Keeley
Jim Krusoe
Beverly Lafontaine
Patricio Larrarambebere
Deborah Lawrence
League of Imaginary Scientists
Bonnie Lee
Catherine Lee
Helen Lessick
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
Beverly Naidus
Alan Hiroshi Nakagawa
Chris Patiño
Zöe Patiño
Sheila Pinkel
Poetry in Motion
Repohistory
Samuelle Richardson
Liese A. Ricketts
Johnny Rich
SeedBroadcast
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Susan Silton
Deborah Small
Students of Wildwood School and Central HS Mar Vista Gardens
Alicia Vogl Saenz
Pati Tange
Pamela Wells
James White
Tina Wolf
Michael Yamamoto
Yes Men
Jody Zellen
