Council signals art winners

NEWS

Brisbane City Council has announced this year’s winners of the very popular Artforce traffic signal box initiative.

A quirky feature of the city, the project enhances traffic zones, provides splashes of public art and gives residents the opportunity to express their creativity by creating colourful artworks using Brisbane's traffic signal boxes.
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman thanked the artists, who had worked with Urban Smart Projects as part of the initiative in 2010, for helping to brighten up the streets of Brisbane.
“A little over 10 years ago, the suburbs were littered with ugly traffic signal boxes that were an easy target for vandalism,” Cr Newman said. “Today, through the Artforce initiative, they have become a celebration of colour, creativity and community art.”
The 2010 overall winner with a prize of $1000 was Pen Donovan with her three artworks at Woolloongabba: Road to Love, in the City: Cellfire and at Highgate Hill On the Road to Success. Pen’s colourful artworks can also be seen on traffic signal boxes around South Brisbane.
The Best School entry this year went to the Year 7 class of Craigslea State School with their artwork, School Friends.
Urban Smart Projects are looking for more contributions from Indigenous artists next year and also works that reflect on the theme of reconciliation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians.

For more information on the initiative contact
Urban Smart Projects on 3211 7178 or visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/artforce