From Glastonbury to York! Street artist brings splash of colour to city centre

The public art project, known as Outside the Box, showcases York’s stained glass heritage with artist Harriet Wood, known as HazardOne, reimagining some of the city’s best stained glass designs for the old exchange boxes. The mini murals have been commissioned by York BID, in partnership with Explore York Libraries and Archives, York Civic Trust & York Glaziers Trust. The project was made possible through a grant from The National Archives, aimed at increasing archive engagement. York exchange boxes transformed in street art project in Stonebow. Photos supplied by York BID It joins the murals on Foss Walk, York Barbican, Coney Street, Queen Street, St Mary’s Square, and Back Swinegate – all commissioned or supported by the BID. Twelve previously tired-looking exchange boxes have been transformed into mini murals that showcase the work of J. W. Knowles & Sons, a family firm of church decorators, glass painters, and stained-glass restorers based in Stonegate in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Much of their work can still be seen in York today, including the extensive restoration of St Lawrence Church and York Minster’s St Cuthbert windows. The firm also worked on St Crux Church (now a parish hall), which stands opposite...