Mini Murals — the name given to the many traffic signal control cabinets across Houston that have been painted over by local artists — takes a step forward towards its primary goal to, “bring art to unexpected places, where there would otherwise be blight.”
The City of Bellaire has commissioned UP Art Studio — the brains behind the project — to paint the Metro utility box located across the street from Bellaire’s own Mini Mural which is in the 6800 block of S. Rice Avenue.
Local muralist and street artist Anat Ronen is currently in the process of creating the mural on Metro’s box. Her anticipated end date on the mural is Sunday, weather permitting. Bellaire obtained permission from Metro to make the utility box a mural.
“Bellaire has utility boxes all around the city. Some utility boxes are owned by the city, others by companies like METRO. We are so excited that METRO supported our vision to add their utility box to the Mini Murals project for our city,” said Terry Leavitt-Chavez, Chair Cultural Arts Board for Bellaire in a press release.
“This utility box is centrally located in Bellaire, and is the perfect canvas to showcase public art. Our intention for 2016-17 is to continue to expand the program to all city owned boxes.”
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