Red Bank Public Art Board completes phase 2 student traffic Signal Box Art Project
RED BANK — The Red Bank Public Art Board has announced the official completion of Phase 2 of the Traffic Signal Box Student Art Project, featuring original student artwork now installed on high-visibility utility boxes throughout the city.
They say the initiative transforms ordinary traffic signal boxes into public canvases that celebrate community identity and add beauty to everyday streetscapes.
For this second phase, student artists from Red Bank Middle School and Red Bank High School were challenged to explore and express the theme, “What Inspires You.”
The project invited approximately 110 students from Red Bank Middle School (RBMS) and Red Bank High School (RBHS) to create artwork. Participating students included all seventh- and eighth-grade first-semester art students at RBMS and Art II and Art III students at RBHS.
They say the project was made possible through a partnership with Red Bank art teachers Amy Griffith and Jora Burnett, who each received a $250 stipend from the Public Art Board to help cover classroom supplies.
The selected artists and installation locations are:
- Kyi (Hannah) Evans and Jess (Alexis) Webster – 431 Morrison Springs Rd. at the US 27 North Off-Ramp
- Sheny Samayoa Martinez – 672 Morrison Springs Rd. at the entrance to Red Bank High School
- Ellie Murphy – 243 Signal Mountain Rd. at Baylor School Rd.
- Marisa O’Dell – 4799 Dayton Blvd. at Browntown Rd.
The four selected student artists will receive formal recognition this fall from the City of Red Bank and its Board of Commissioners for their winning designs and contributions to the community.
“What an impressive and talented group of students we have at our Red Bank schools,” exclaimed Stefanie Dalton, Mayor of Red Bank. “We were so excited to work with them on this phase of our traffic signal art project, and they really showed up and showed out. Public art is always a wonderful thing, but working with our own Red Bank students made this project even more special.”
