NH Artists Turn Traffic Box Into Tribute to the City

The Dover Arts Committee has spearheaded a project to beautify a traffic control box on the corner of Locust and Silver Street that has been a target for graffiti.

The box is now painted with a beautiful mural.

The box is located at the intersection of Locust and Silver Streets.

This past weekend, Holly Wendorf and students from Dover High School first created an outline, then the color was added to make a beautiful tribute to the Garrison City's biggest event of the year, "Apple Harvest Day."

According to fosters.com, Cliff Blake, the Vice-Chair of the Dover Arts Commission said, "This is a traffic control box that is perennially smeared with graffiti, and so it's our effort to kind of go out and cover these hotspots for graffiti with art to discourage any other graffiti."

Cliff Blake told me that the Dover Arts Commission has been trying for a while to get a partnership together to work on projects exactly like this.

Jane Schintzius' design from Dover High Art Honors was chosen for the project.

Sarah Sullivan via Cliff Blake

The Dover Arts Commission had set aside $300 for project supplies and the students had a goal of painting before Winter.

Holly Wendorf hopes that this will be the first of many projects around the city.

It would be wonderful for this to be the first of many projects throughout the City. The art would become part of the Garrison City's identity, much like the Whale Wall did for the City of Portsmouth.

Let us know what you think. Should more of this be done around the City?

Graffiti on the Dover Community Trail

Graffiti is back in Dover along the Community Trail but a committee is being created to deal with the issue and look at whether or not it's the work of artists hoping to be noticed.

Gallery Credit: Dan Alexander