Flowers Utility Box (Stella Helpenstill) - Flower Mound, TX
N 33° 00.921 W 097° 04.443
14S E 679896 N 3654636
Stella Helpenstill designed one of the three winning entries in the Town of Flower Mound's 2021 Traffic Signal Box Contest, and her work can be seen on the east side of Flower Mound Rd at McKamy Creek Rd.
Waymark Code: WM14PT8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2021
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The Town of Flower Mound ultimately plans to spruce up twenty of their signal boxes, three per year until the project is complete, and each entry will stand for at least two years before possible changes in artwork. On their
website, the Town provides a little background behind the inspiration:
The Town will accept proposals based on two themes, "The Flowers of Flower Mound" and "Celebrating Cultural Diversity." Artist proposals for the "Flowers of Flower Mound" theme can include any type of flower, with all ranges of styles are welcome. Proposals for "Celebrating Cultural Diversity" can include images of cultural specific celebrations or other significant imagery that reflects the unique beauty of cultures represented in Flower Mound.
You can see Stella posing with her winning entry here. Of course, her design fits into "The Flowers of Flower Mound" theme, and the flowers are big, bold, and colorful. The pattern is repeated on both long sides, and "edited" into the short sides and the three sides of the signal box's "sidecar."