Traffic Light Box Public Art Project Meeting Jan. 19

A traffic light switch box in Somerville was transformed into public art. Photo courtesy Somerville Arts Council.

Turn Traffic Light Switch boxes into Art!

Medford Health Matters (MHM), in coordination with the City of Medford, is embarking on an exciting switch box beautification project. Over the next few months we will be matching local artists and interested students to work together to develop a theme and draft a mural to be painted on the large electrical boxes around the City of Medford. We hope to engage several local artists to collaborate with us and our local students to turn our switch boxes into proud pieces of public art, much like similar successful initiatives in Malden and Somerville.

We will have MHM Project Managers to assist the artists and students in the coordination and development of each MHM Board approved project from start to finish. Local artists will be given a stipend for the supplies (TBD) and their time to complete the project and students will earn community service hours.

We will have an orientation meeting to begin our planning process on January 19 and ultimately have the box project complete by early Spring. Artists and students can be a part of as many box projects as they like. We have 21 switchboxes throughout the city than will be painted. We hope you will be part of this fun and educational city project.

The informational meeting for anyone interested in participating on is Thursday, January 19 at 6:00pm in Room 201 at Medford City Hall.

If you need more information and/or have questions please contact Diane McLeod at 781-393-2501 or at dmcleod@medford.org.

– Information from Medford Health Matters