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Santa Fe Springs council directs hire of professional artist for boxcar mural after student contest; city to use student art as inspiration
Summary
Council authorized staff to procure a professional artist to digitize a design for the historic boxcar, using student contest submissions as inspiration, and tasked staff with a maintenance plan for street-level art including signal boxes.
The Santa Fe Springs City Council authorized staff to procure a professional artist to develop and digitize artwork for the city’s landmark boxcar, using student contest sketches as inspiration rather than directly reproducing them. Council members also directed staff to pursue maintenance and quicker-repair alternatives for painted signal/utility boxes along city corridors.
Community Services staff said a student boxcar mural contest ran from February through April and produced 14 initial sketches; 7 submissions were from Santa Fe Springs residents and were…
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