New Hampshire Art Teacher and Students Turn Traffic Box Into a Tribute to the City’s Biggest Event

The Dover Arts Committee has spearheaded a project to beautify a traffic control box on the corner of Locust and Silver Street that has been a target for graffiti. The box is now painted with a beautiful mural. The box is located at the intersection of Locust and Silver Streets. attachment-thumbnail_IMG_4795 loading… This past weekend, Holly Wendorf and students from Dover High School first created an outline, then the color was added to make a beautiful tribute to the Garrison City’s biggest event of the year, “Apple Harvest Day.” According to fosters.com, Cliff Blake, the Vice-Chair of the Dover Arts Commission said, “This is a traffic control box that is perennially smeared with graffiti, and so it’s our effort to kind of go out and cover these hotspots for graffiti with art to discourage any other graffiti.” Cliff Blake told me that the Dover Arts Commission has been trying for a while to get a partnership together to work on projects exactly like this. Jane Schintzius’ design from Dover High Art Honors was chosen for the project. Sarah Sullivan via Cliff BlakeSarah Sullivan via Cliff Blake loading… The Dover Arts Commission had set aside $300 for project supplies and the...