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Meet the Artist: Tom Arie Donch

Tom Arie Donch boasts an impressive resume in the art world as a sculptor, specifically in public art, spanning over 30 years with projects all over the country. Tom owned and operated Interplay Designs company based here in Vallejo, that worked with municipalities to help them create art for their public spaces.

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Meet the Artist: Geneus1

Originally from Alameda, raised in Union City, and now a Vallejo resident, Gene Buban dabbled in art his entire life. He gravitated to digital art, teaching himself on his home computer in the early 1980s.

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Meet the Artist: Lorenzo Crockett

Lorenzo was raised in Oakland and found his love of art at an early age. Unfortunately, he did not get much of a formal introduction to art in school. He went to barber school in the early 1990s and found an outlet for some of his creativity via cutting hair.

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Meet the Artist: Sophia Othman

Sophia Othman did not take a conventional route to become an artist. Art and creativity were not encouraged by her family in her youth, unlike many artists who discover their love of art early on in their formative years that then develop and mature through practice and training.

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Meet the Artist: Leo Rodas

A native of Guatemala, Leo Rodas, and his family immigrated to the United States in 1971, when he was just 13 years old. He and his family settled in San Francisco, where he finished school. Leo’s love for art began long before he moved to the United States.

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Meet the Artist: Melissa Berrios-Penny MalisBEE

Growing up in Portersville, CA Melissa always knew she would be an artist. She has lived up and down the west coast and landed in Vallejo around 2016. Along the way, she earned her college degree in art and became a teacher before she embarked on her most important role—parent and mother.

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Improvements for SolTrans Riders

SolTrans’ Sereno Transit Center is undergoing a vibrant transformation. Thanks to nearly one million dollars from a California Clean Air Grant secured in October 2023, and the leadership of SolTrans Program Analyst II, Angela Jackson, significant improvements are being made.

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Meet the Team: Rose Llewellyn

Rose Llewellyn's journey with SolTrans began three years ago, marking a new chapter in her life after dedicating thirty years to her family as a wife, mother, and homemaker.

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Life on Broadway

SolTrans recently acquired the lot just north of their current Operations and Maintenance Facility at 1850 Broadway St in Vallejo. The goal for obtaining the property is to support future growth and zero-emission bus fleet infrastructure.

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A Call for Artists

Get ready for a vibrant transformation! SolTrans is once again set to turn one of its buses from the ordinary into the extraordinary with the creative touch of a local artist. Back in 2017, SolTrans unveiled a stunning all-electric bus wrapped in the captivating artwork of Miro Salazar.

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Meet the Artist: Tom Arie Donch

Meet the Artist: Geneus1

Meet the Artist: Lorenzo Crockett

Meet the Artist: Sophia Othman

Meet the Artist: Leo Rodas

Meet the Artist: Melissa Berrios-Penny MalisBEE

Improvements for SolTrans Riders

Meet the Team: Rose Llewellyn

Life on Broadway

A Call for Artists

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