Hi everyone,
Tomorrow (Thursday September 10th), the Traffic Signal Box Artwork will be installed throughout the day at 5 different locations along High Street (see end of message for schedule). Without the support of the community & participation in deciding the chosen artwork, this project would have never see an end. That support is on top of the work performed by the CAC Planning & Development Committee with Andrew as the chair & Megan heading up the fundraising effort. This will help to provide some wonderful images representative of the community at the selected intersections.
What started as an idea from a community working in 2013 will finally be a reality. Megan worked with the city & the Greater Columbus Arts Council to get the necessary approval & putting out the call for artists to submit their designs. This led to a survey select the designs that garnered almost 800 responses. With some assistance from Clintonville Inc. & over 40 community members, there was nearly $4,500 raised to support the installation efforts. There was also partnership wit the University District to help split travel costs for the installer to take the community partnership to the next level!
Installation will work its way north on the following High Street intersections – here is the planned schedule by location:
- Como – 7:30-11 AM
- Oakland Park – 7:30-11 AM
- Hollenback – 12-2:30 PM
- Henderson – 12-3:30 PM
- Kanawha – 3:30-6 PM (dedicated to the memory of Nancy Stewart)
These installations will have further promotion via the social media outlets along with Booster & Spotlight write-ups. We will also be sharing artist videos for each of the locations. These will be shared online & have a QR code place on the respective boxes on these are live. Videos courtesy of Amanda form the Planning & Development team – more information will be posted here within the CAC website: https://www.clintonvilleareacommission.org/trafficboxart/
With that – if you are out tomorrow, feel free to come by any of the locations to see work in action. This was all made possible even while facing the unprecedented times that we have seen throughout much of 2020. Again – thanks to everyone in the Clintonville community for your continued support because these types of initiatives can’t happen without you!
