The city of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department is looking for original artists to beautify five traffic signal control boxes in Santa Maria. Local artists from Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County are encouraged to apply. A stipend of $500, and up to $250 reimbursement for material costs is available for the project.
Phase two boxes are located along Betteravia Road. Artists are asked to incorporate the surrounding business themes in the art designs on the boxes. Photographs of the boxes will be displayed on the city of Santa Maria website and other print and electronic media sources.
The deadline to submit is 5 p.m., July 28. Download the official call for artist information packet as well as an application and box art design template at the city’s website, cityofsantamaria.org. For more info, call 925-0951, Ext. 2260.
This article appears in Jul 13-20, 2017.