Decatur Box Project – Owl Art At Glenlake Park Entrance Reminds Us of Our Old Friend “Hooty”

Decatur Metro | October 10, 2016 | 2:23 pm

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Diane sends along these pics of the latest Decatur Signal box being decorated at the Glenlake Park entrance as part of resident Larry Holland’s Decatur Box Project.

She ran into artist Krista Jones decorating this signal box over the weekend and recounted the story of “Hooty” – the owl the DM community helped save back in 2009 after local resident Chris Billingsley sent in a pic of the injured owl near this location at the side of the road.  Diane and I saw Hooty off when he was released back into the wild at Decatur Cemetery a month after his accident. (One of the cooler things the DM community has done collectively, I must say. )

Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, it’s nice to now have this reminder of good ol’ Hooty near the spot where he was rescued all those years ago. Thanks Krista!  And thanks Decatur Box Project!

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Decatur Box Project Announces Full List of Artist Participants; More Decorated Signal Boxes On the Way

Decatur Metro | September 1, 2016 | 3:12 pm

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From Andrea at the Decatur Box Project…

The Decatur Box Project, organized by Larry Holland of Fishbone Art, is entering Phase Two! More than thirty applicants hoped for the opportunity to express themselves by embellishing traffic signal boxes located throughout the city.

Adam Crawford has already completed his box of tigers at the corner of East Ponce de Leon Avenue and Ponce de Leon Place, next to Tzatiki’s (photo above). Austin Blue’s box is in progress at the corner of Commerce Drive and East Ponce de Leon Avenue, and Donna Howells is close to finishing her reading themed box near the library.

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Congratulations to all of the Decatur Box Project participants:
Adam Crawford
Adam Toksoz
Alex Santos
Amanda Morris
Austin Blue
Catlanta
Dan Flores
Donna Howells
Gerry “Madness” Gorman
Joe Dreher
Johnny Draco
Julie Fordham
Killamari Yo
Kyle Griffith
Larry Holland
Lauren Pallotta
Laurence Laufer
Nick Madden
Nick Morris
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Ray Geier
Sanithna Phansavanh
Sara Ngyuen
Many thanks to our community supporters: Decatur Downtown Development Authority, Decatur Tourism Board, Decatur Arts Alliance, Brick Store Pub, Thinking Man Tavern, Kimball House, Corner Pub, Twain’s, and all of the generous contributors to our crowdfunding campaign.

Keep your eyes open for some new, fun public art coming to downtown Decatur in the next few weeks. They will be popping up everywhere. Thank you, Larry, for coordinating another project that makes Decatur a leading public art destination!

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Support Local Artists and the Beautification of Decatur Intersections!

Decatur Metro | July 14, 2016 | 9:00 am

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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!

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