At the Elmont-UBS Arena Station, a series of vibrant glass panels and geometric metal railings by the graphic artist Shawna X enliven the first new Long Island Rail Road station built in almost 50 years. Titled "Cyclical Everything", the artwork uses an oval motif referencing the nearby racetrack and arena. The form represents the evolving and transformative nature of Elmont and the many distinctive cultures at home around the historic Belmont Park racetrack.

A series of ten vivid glass panels saturate the station overpass. Bodies in motion appear within pulsating oval forms, referencing the musicians, athletes, and performers at the newly built UBS Area. Tom Patti Designs fabricated the glass artwork transforming Shawna X’s bold colorful shapes into multidimensional colors with varying opacities.

Metal railings on the eastbound platform and ramp of the westbound platform echo the glass panels by abstracting the symbolic track motif into striking rhythmic forms. Fabricated by KC Fabrications, the black metal panels feature lines of varying widths alluding to the constant of the Belmont Park racetrack, a hamlet that has evolved significantly throughout its history, from farmland to the residential neighborhoods of a diverse community and nationally recognized education system. 

Shawna X is an American artist of Chinese descent from Xiamen, China and Portland, Oregon, and based in New York City. The origin of Shawna’s artmaking began while learning English, utilized as a vehicle to communicate with her peers. Using art to communicate complex and simple emotions, she creates projects about cultural identity, the creative process, and motherhood. She has been invited to speak on these topics by Adobe Max, Us by Night, AIGA Keynote speaker, and Creative Independent. She creates experiences in music, fashion, and technology, collaborating with clients such as New Yorker, MINI, Academy Awards, Nike, Google, and Ghostly International.