Such utility box art programs already had been done in a few other cities, notably San Diego, says Patrick Gaffey, cultural programs supervisor for Clark County Parks and Recreation.

Utility box painting as public art has been done in Emeryville, Lake Tahoe and San Diego. This fall, four professional artists, commissioned by the city, will paint nine additional utility boxes ...

Between the cost of materials and the monthly maintenance fees, a painted utility box typically costs about $600. Lena del Sol, the Afro-Puerto Rican artist I saw painting the utility box next to my ...

Burbank’s Cultural Arts Commission is looking for a second batch of artists who would be willing to help beautify the city by painting murals on utility boxes.

BRENTWOOD — A few years after the community embraced a handful of downtown utility boxes that were transformed from eyesores to a pop art-inspired homage to Brentwood”s famous produce, … ...

Mundelein is still looking for artists to liven up the electrical boxes downtown. Last year, village trustees created a committee that oversaw the painting of three of the metal-encased devices ...

Jeannie Tidy is an unlikely art outlaw. It’s undeniable that for the past 11 years she’s paid artists to paint all over those refrigerator-sized, city-owned, electrical utility boxes at stoplights ...

Nearly 300 utility boxes in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes have been transformed into public works of art. Many utility box commissions include portraits of New Orleans musicians, ...