5 New Traffic Box Art Wraps
July 30, 2012
CONTACT | KAREN BUBB, 208-433-5677, BBUBB@CITYOFBOISE.ORG
Five new Traffic Box Art Wraps to be
celebrated this First Thursday!
Boise-Idaho artists created unique designs for seven traffic boxes in downtown Boise, which will be celebrated on First Thursday, August 2. There is no formal tour, however artists will be at their boxes to greet pedestrians and talk about their designs on First Thursday from 6-8pm. For many of the artists this is their first public art project.
New Art Wraps Unveiled Thursday, August 2:
10th & Idaho Streets,
"King of the Road " by Marianne Konvalinka
8th & Myrtle Streets, "Bringin' It Home" by Sandra
Shaw
5th & Jefferson Streets, "Work Promotes Confidence"
by Tim Jones
10th & Jefferson Streets, "Wind Power" by Chad
Carpenter
11th & Jefferson Street, "Meatvertising " by Conrad
Garner
Seven more will be unveiled in the coming month. The program brings public art to the street, decreases graffiti, and increases the unique character of Boise. Forty Four boxes, in and out of downtown, are currently wrapped. To get a walking tour map of traffic box and transit shelter art, visit our website at BoiseArtsAndHistory.org.
The Mayor's Neighborhood Reinvestment Program, Capital City Development Corporation, and Boise City provide funding for the Art Wraps in partnership with the Downtown Boise Association and Downtown Neighborhood Association. Other partners are Ada County Highway District, who owns and cleans the boxes, and Boise's Department of Arts & History, which facilitates artist selection process and project management. Trademark Sign Company fabricates and installs the wraps.
QUESTIONS? Call Karen Bubb at 433-5677 or e-mail her at kbubb@cityofboise.org