Megan Lewis is a professional Multi- disciplinary illustrator. Known for her bold colors and wearable brand Blk Women Period Lewis Utilizes various mediums, aims to create works of art that focus upon stories that reflect a critical view of social, historical and cultural issues all inspired by Blk Women images. While the North Avenue Rising project is Megan’s first public art commission, she has been an active and well regarded member of Baltimore’s arts community. A past Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Urban Arts Leadership Fellow, Megan began translating her work into public murals in the summer of 2015 through Art@Work an award winning partnership between BOPA and Jubilee Arts.  Since that time, she has been an Art@Work teaching artist four years in a row, and has completed seven murals across the city. Her mural, “Lady Liberty Please Know Thy Self,” made national news when singer-songwriter Alicia Keys visited Baltimore for “Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America” presented by A+E Networks. Megan will begin designing the artwork for the station this fall 2019. The artwork created by Megan Lewis will be the first new artwork commissioned for the Baltimore Metro subway system since the stations were built (over 30 years ago) and will be the first artwork by a black female artist included in Maryland’s  transit system.  Megan joins the ranks of artists Romare Bearden, Patricia Alexander, Paul Daniels, Mary Ann Mears and others who also have artwork commissions located along the Baltimore Metro line.