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Shelton advances public-art projects: three traffic-box wraps and Civic Center rotating gallery approved for June action
Summary
The council forwarded three traffic-box art installations and approved a Civic Center rotating art gallery rotation; donations from the Martha Reef Foundation and Sierra Pacific Industries will fund three new traffic-box wraps.
The Shelton Arts Commission and Parks & Recreation staff presented two public-art items to the council: recommendations to install three new traffic-box wraps and a rotating exhibition at the Civic Center.
Parks & Rec Supervisor Jordan Ruppels (presented in packet as Jordan Ruppels) reviewed a public call to local artists that produced 19 submissions and a public vote with 1,488 responses. The commission and staff recommended three designs: Brad Lyman’s cutthroat trout for Highway North (replacing a damaged octopus wrap), Brianne Lesman for the Tozier intersection, and Tammy Love-Lines for Arcadia/Chevron. Ruppels said donations from the Martha Reef Foundation and Sierra Pacific Industries would fund the three installations.
Separately, the Arts Commission recommended four artists for the Civic Center rotating gallery (June 3–Aug. 29): Brad Lyman, Sofia Sperling, Deborah Shaba Singer, and Elizabeth Jacobson. The council moved the traffic-box project to the June 3 action agenda for final consideration and unanimously approved the rotating gallery placement during the May 20 meeting.
Jordan told the council the traffic-box program has reduced graffiti at sites since the program began in 2019, and staff said no replacement due to vandalism had been required until now.
