The Hannibal Board of Public Works, Hannibal Arts Council and the Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on June 30 to kick off Hannibal’s newest public art partnership —ART: OUT OF THE BOX!
See the completed wraps here: Traffic Control Box Project – Locations, Pics, Artwork, Artists
Hannibal Board of Public Works allowed select traffic control boxes throughout the City of Hannibal to be wrapped in art to infuse art into public spaces, showcase area artists and Hannibal’s art community and enhance the visual landscape. A total of eleven traffic control boxes were wrapped.
Locations and featured works of art/artists include:
- Broadway and Main Street intersection – “Clearly It’s Me Snorkeling” by Brenda Beck Fisher
- Broadway and Fourth Street intersection – “The Butterfly and the Flower” by Lisa Delcour
- Broadway and Fifth Street intersection – “The Fire Within” by Elizabeth Mannhardt
- Broadway and Seventh Street intersection – “Hummingbird” by Amanda Pendergrass
- Broadway and Tenth Street intersection – “Flag Day” by Tim Judge
- South Maple Avenue (side of Holy Family School) – “Spirit of Truth” by Sheryle Charity
- Broadway and South Grand Avenue intersection – “Roaring to Save the Planet” by Cindy Logan
- Fulton Avenue (behind A.D. Stowell Elementary School) – “Hummingbird” by Brenda Beck Fisher
- 1700 block of Market Street in front of Eugene Field Elementary School – “Under the Sea #1” by Amanda Brown-DeClue
- 2610 St. Mary’s Avenue – “Cardinal” by Kathy Hyer
- 3716 Market Street at Oakwood Elementary School – “Petals” by Elaina Dyke
Sponsors for the inaugural public art project are:
- Chariton Valley
- Commerce Bank
- Dutch Country General Store
- F&M Bank and Trust Company
- First State Insurance Agency
- HNB Bank
- Hannibal Clinic
- Hannibal Machine
- Hannibal Proud
- James O’Donnell Funeral Home
- Oakwood Automotive
- Northeast Missouri Humane Society
- P&D Electric
- Watlow
The Hannibal Board of Public Works, Hannibal Arts Council and Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce would like to give special thanks to HAC Office Manager Kerrie Green-Otten for designing the wraps, Independent’s Service Company for printing the wraps and Golden Ruler for stepping in to install the wraps. Organizers were pleased to be able to stay local for all services vital to the successful completion of the project.
