Support Local Artists and the Beautification of Decatur Intersections!
Decatur Metro | July 14, 2016 | 9:00 am
Larry Holland of Fishbone Art and organizer of Secret Doors Decatur is hoping to expand the reach of his already much-celebrated “Decatur Box Project”.
Holland has already organized the painting of three, previously ugly signal boxes at intersections around the city, but is looking to expand the project to include up to 20 more boxes around the city.
But to do it, he’s looking for support to help pay the artists.
The Decatur Arts Alliance and the Downtown Development Authority have already chipped in a respectable $1,500. However, he needs to raise a total of $4,000 to pay the chosen artists and launch the project in full.
So Holland has launched a fundraising page at Indiegogo to help raise the remaining $2,500 from the community. There are plenty of nice perks available, depending on your monetary level of support.
He’s already raised over $400, so we only have a short ways to go to get the project over the top.
So let’s go! Let’s enliven all those sterile boxes sitting anonymously around our community!
Are these boxes covered is some sort of clear coat after decorative painting is added so any graffiti or markings can be removed without having to repaint the box?
They will be clear coated, however, true Graffitti resistant coating would almost double the cost and I was hesitant to raise the target amount that high . Touch ups are expected, but we are hoping for respect of the Art
Great cause! They should have official signage posted around the box while the artist is working for more public awareness. We strolled by one evening while the Catlanta artists were working and admired their work. Had we not read about the project on DM, it would have looked like renegade graffiti artists defacing public property late at night!
What the city of Decatur needs more of: renegade artists
What the city of Decatur needs less of: [self-moderated]
Were you thinking children or breeders?
‘Twas thinking of people who don’t see the benefit of having renegade artists around.