Seven New Traffic Box Art Wraps to be Unveiled

Boise-Idaho artists created unique designs for seven traffic boxes in downtown Boise, which will be celebrated on First Thursday, September 1st. There is no formal tour, however artists will be at their boxes to greet pedestrians and talk about their designs on First Thursday from 5-8pm. For many of the artists this is their first public art project.

New Art Wraps:

Location Artist Title
8th & Idaho Streets, Belinda Isley, Change is Good
Capitol Blvd & Bannock St., Jany Rae Seda, Traffic Jam on Bannock & Capitol
Myrtle & Capitol Blvd Willow Socia Super Galactic Space Invaders & Clandestine Pupils of Earth
9th & Jefferson Streets, Ben Love, Boxwood: Natuaral Traffic Control Box
5th & Idaho Streets, Bryan Moore, Quack Snax
9th & Bannock Streets, Rachel Teannalach, Cycle-Boise Through the Seasons
6th and Idaho Streets, Anna Webb, Mnemosyne and Morpheus

Seven more will be unveiled in October and four in November.

The Mayor's Neighborhood Reinvestment Program, Capital City Development Corporation, and Boise City are providing funding for the Art Wraps in partnership with the Downtown Boise Association, Downtown Neighborhood Association, and the West Downtown Neighborhood Association. The project commissions Idaho artists to design murals for Ada County Highway District traffic control boxes in Boise. Boise's Department of Arts & History is facilitating artist selection process and project management.

The program brings public art to the street, decreases graffiti, and increases the unique character of our city streets. This project was initiated by Downtown Boise Association in 2010 as a model project that paved the way for more boxes at prominent intersections to be made into artwork.

QUESTIONS? Call Karen Bubb at 433-5677 or e-mail her at kbubb@cityofboise.org