Nature of Idaho
Boise’s innovative and transformative Traffic Box program challenges emerging artists and established professionals to “wrap” the nondescript utilitarian devices that control our streetlights. The Department of Arts & History commissions illustrations, paintings, digitally designed images, quilts, mosaics, photographs and even photos of sculptures to add a vibrant and unexpected twist to the street corners and intersections of the city. These artist-designed traffic boxes are part of the City of Boise’s Public Art Collection, in partnership with Ada County Highway District (ACHD), Capital City Development Corporation, Energize Our Neighborhoods, and the Neighborhood Investment Program. A special thank you to Trademark Design and Fabrication for fabricating this traffic box design.
The vast majority of the images of the artworks, historical photographs, and other items in the Arts and History Collections are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. Any use or reproduction of such images is governed by the City of Boise’s Terms of Use.
The information about each work is published from the Boise City Department of Arts and History’s collection database. Updates and additions stemming from research and image activities are ongoing, with new content added regularly. Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of works and their images. Please contact the Department of Arts and History if you have further information on the rights status of a work contrary or in addition to the information in our records.