Artist Joe O Connell will be creating work for a Valley Metro light rail station that was originally slated to feature a Fortoul Brothers design. The news follows allegations of sexual misconduct made against artist Isaac Fortoul, which were first reported by
Gabriel and Isaac Fortoul create artworks together as the Fortoul Brothers. In recent years, their work has been shown at numerous festivals and creative spaces in and beyond metro Phoenix, including FORM Arcosanti and Phoenix Art Museum.
Before allegations surfaced, Valley Metro featured Fortoul Brothers designs on a bus wrap and a temporary mural in Roosevelt Row, and commissioned art for a future light rail station at Central Avenue and Lincoln Street.