Bellevue Beat | Have you spotted these fun, playful and bright utility and signal boxes around Bellevue?
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Have you spotted these fun, playful and bright utility and signal boxes around Bellevue?
See if you can spot them next time you are out in Bellevue.
Utility and signal boxes in Bellevue got an artistic face lift thanks to Bellevue's Arts and Culture and Urban Boulevards programs that both strive to transform the use of our street corridors not only as transportation infrastructure but as vibrant community spaces. Since early 2021, the City has been working with local visual artists living on the Eastside to design artworks in any medium that can be digitally reproduced on a 2-dimensional vinyl wrap for utility and signal boxes. Selected artists receive a stipend ranging from $750 to $4,000.
To date, some 25 utility boxes in Bellevue got the artistic treatments from 17 local visual artists.
Downtown Bellevue
Box 1: Rohini Mathur, Colors of Joy I, II
NE 10th St & Midblock Crossing, northwest corner
Box 2: Carmel Mercado, A Tutti Frutti Crossing
NE 10th St & 108th Ave NE, southwest corner
Box 3: George Tuton, Water Lilly
NE 8th St & Bellevue Way NE, northwest corner
Box 4: Teresa D'Ambrosio, Winter Reflections, Mountain Beauty
NE 8th St & 108th Ave NE, southeast corner
Box 5: Shima Bhamra, Spectrum
NE 8th St & 110th Ave NE, southeast corner (yet to be installed)
Box 6: Soo Hong, Praise for You, Dive with Me
NE 7th St & Bellevue Way NE, northeast corner
Box 7: Rey Daoed, The Shoppers, The Sidewalk, Passerby, 11AM Saturday Morning, The Intersection, The Crosswalk
NE 6th St & Bellevue Way NE, southeast corner
Box 8: Amy Ferron, All Day Long the Earth Sings, The Sun Beckons
NE 4th St & 106th Ave NE, northwest corner
Box 9: Gail Baker, Three Brown Trout
NE 4th St & 108th Ave NE, southwest corner
Box 10: Martha Spieker, Current Events
NE 12th St & 116th Ave NE, northeast corner
Box 11: Soo Hong, Green Pops
Wildwood Park
Video courtesy of City of Bellevue
BelRed
Box 1: Larine Chung, Crossing Paths
NE 10th Street and 116th Avenue NE, southwest corner
Box 2, 3: Juliana Kang Robinson, Better Together, We Belong
NE Spring Boulevard and 120th Avenue NE, northwest corner; NE Spring Boulevard and 121st Avenue NE, northeast corner
Box 4, 5: Marsha Rollinger, Past Present, Urban Tech
NE Spring Boulevard and 123rd Avenue NE, southeast corner; NE Spring Boulevard and 124th Avenue NE, southwest corner
Box 6: Molly Keen, Untitled
NE Spring Boulevard and 132nd Avenue NE, southwest corner
Box 7: Raili Jänese, Canada Geese
NE Spring Boulevard and 136th Avenue NE, southeast corner
Box 8: Vikram Madan, An Utterance Ineffable
Bel-Red Road and 150th Place NE, south corner
All questions should be directed to Manette Stamm on the city’s arts team at 425-452-4064 or mstamm@bellevuewa.gov. More information on the city’s public art program, including a look at the featured artists and works selected for the BelRed utility box art wraps, is available at Public Art and Opportunities.
Published: September 8, 2022
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