News Release
WARSAW — Main Street Warsaw and the Public Arts Commission have unveiled artwork that will be installed on two utility boxes in the downtown.
The winning submissions were provided by Amani Rodriguez and Leah Geiger.
The images are bright and colorful and include positive messages. One of the images features a rather hip-looking frog wearing headphones and a sign that reads, “Enjoy the Moment.”
Geiger said she hopes her image “will remind people to look up, scroll less, and be kind to one another.”
Rodriguez added, “I’m seriously honored and thankful to have been selected as an artist for this project. It’s really exciting that I get to leave a mark and express who I am through the artwork.”
The utility box artwork will be on the north side of Center Street between Indiana and Buffalo streets.
“These two artists’ works were exactly what we had hoped for, striking, vibrant colors and positive messages. The artworks provide some whimsey and will welcome our residents and visitors downtown,” said Nathan Underneath Main Street Warsaw Board Member who participated on the selection committee.
“We hope that the public reception will encourage and support more artwork to be displayed in our community, ” said Warsaw Public Arts Commission Co-Chair Andrea Miller.
The utility box murals are funded by Main Street Warsaw and are the first projects to be launched as part of the Downtown Warsaw Cultural Arts District Plan.
“It was great partnering with the Warsaw Public Arts Commission, and we hope to launch a number of additional cultural art projects identified in the plan later this fall,” said Main Street Warsaw Downtown Development Director Terry Sweeney.
This initial installation of artwork is the first opportunity for the Warsaw Public Arts Commission and Main Street Warsaw to share the effort of selecting artwork to display downtown. The call to artists resulted in a wide variety of artworks to choose from and we were excited to see the range of artists’ ages and styles in the submissions.
The utility box murals are scheduled to be installed by Aug. 30.
