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| from sidewalk |
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Traffic Operations and Cultural Arts doesn't seem like a good mix. Just look at it. IMHO, the Cultural Arts Administrator and Commission need to up their game for things to come, like Redmond Town Center and Overlake and downtown buildings with plazas. Box art can be cool (library) but the 2050 goal for equity and inclusion will require a myriad of significant cross-cultural art works.
According to the Cultural Arts Administrator, the utility box artworks were selected from a public art call as part of a pilot program by the City (a partnership between Traffic Operations and Cultural Arts)
The utility box artworks were selected from a public art call as part of a pilot program by the City (a partnership between Traffic Operations and Cultural Arts)
Info on the artist can be found on the Cultural Art web pages -- Arts & Culture | Redmond, WA
and our communications team is working on some stories and posts coming soon. We will also be adding signage next to the boxes in the coming months.
The artists were paid $250 each.
-- Photos and opinion by Bob Yoder, 10/31/2022
click on the photos to enlarge
Art is in the eye of the beholder, so it’s hard to judge. I would say that it would make sense to have the boxes that are next to each other have some sort of theme. At any rate, a painted box is much better than a ugly gray/green box always!
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm not opposed to having artwork on our utility boxes, there should be some continuity of color and style among boxes that are clustered together. For me, the trio of boxes in the picture bring a feeling of disorder rather than an appreciation of purposefullly placed art.
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