City Growth - Hartford, CT - Artistically Decorated Utility Boxes on Waymarking.com

In 2014 the "Outside the Box" program was organized by Hartford's Marketing, Events, & Cultural Affairs Office (MECA) and Livable Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative. Area artists were selected, and each winning artist was given a utility box on Franklin Avenue to paint, to create a series of painted utility boxes public art along Franklin Avenue.

The utility box on on Franklin Avenue at the intersection of Shultas Street was painted by Claire Cronkhite, who describes herself as a graffiti artist. Her original proposal (q.v. in waymark image gallery) for the utility box was published when the "Outside the Box" program was announced. It was modified, for the better, because the utility box turned out to be up against a chain-link fence.

The along three sided of the bottom is a representation of the skyline of Hartford above a strip of flowers. The front panel contains the image of a fantasy character which towers above the skyline. He has a nest of egg above his right ear. The two sides contain the right profile (title at bottom) and left profile of an elfin-like women. She also towers over the city skyline. The back is painted with a multi-color pattern of dots against a blue-green background.

Name of Artist: Claire Cronkhite Title of the Art: City Growth Year Decorated: 2014

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