Martha Jackson-Jarvis has spent much of her career exploring the qualities of clay bodies, glazes, and firing techniques. In Travelin Time, Jackson-Jarvis embraces the elements of surprise and three-dimensional effects that arise when working with mosaic and sculpture. The artwork encourages riders to look above and explore the sculptures in a non-traditional way of how sculpture is conventionally viewed. "Conceptually, ‘Travelin' Time’ occupies transitional space. It is a space between points, a place of resting, of waiting, of new beginnings and departures," says artist Martha Jackson-Jarvis. "Though Mount Vernon station is indeed public space, it still remains an intimate space where human scale and pace are slowed momentarily. It is a space in which we are asked to wait . . . and while waiting contemplate traveling through time and space to distances unknown, yet familiar."

The artwork has been de-installed.

Martha Jackson Jarvis is a visual artist based in Washington, D.C. She studied at Howard University and received a BFA degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University and an MFA from Antioch University. Jackson Jarvis also studied mosaic techniques and stone cutting in Ravenna, Italy. Her sculptures have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad. Her numerous awards include a Creative Capital Grant, Virginia Groot Fellowship, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.