Tenth Street and Walnut (retired)

Artist: Madeleine LeMieux

Year: 2016

Materials: Acrylic

Location: Tenth Street and Walnut, Columbia, MO

About the art

Madeleine LeMieux’s traffic box retired in 2022 due to maintenance needs and new equipment installed by Public Works department.   

Each year the City of Columbia, Missouri invites local artists to apply for a public art project to create art on traffic signal boxes in the downtown area. The goal of the project is to decrease the instances of graffiti on these surfaces while making them artful objects. Once addressed by artists, the traffic signal boxes have proven to be very resistant to graffiti and vandalism and contribute significantly to the vitality and attractiveness of the streetscape.

Traffic Box Art Tenth Street and Walnut Before
Before
Traffic Box Art Tenth Street and Walnut After
After