Breaking News!

Phase 2 of Think Outside the Box is being installed throughout Attleboro, MA during 2022 and 2023. Be sure to check out eight additional works of art located at:

• North Main Street and Elizabeth Street – Artist: Andrea Warner
• County Street and Wall Street – Artist: Sandy Coleman
• Kevin J. Dumas Ten Mile River Walkway (Wall Street entrance) – Artist: Kim Gale
• County Street and Olive Street – Artist: Carol Wontkowski
• South Main Street and Maple Street – Artist: Darren Baldwin
• Union Street and Mill Street – Artist: Lisa Granata
• Newport Avenue/West Street and Orr Avenue – Artist: Amanda Sharples
• Thacher Street and Rathbun Willard Drive – Artist: Tracy Korneffel

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Public art enlivens and enhances cities and can turn public spaces into destinations.  Weaving visual art into an urban environment by offering public art encounters brings people together, creates pride-of-place and invites engagement. 

A collaboration between the City of Attleboro, Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Partnership, Keep Attleboro Beautiful, Attleboro Arts Museum, local artists and a downtown property owner has been activated to transform the surface of Attleboro’s sidewalk utility boxes into gallery-worthy works of art.   

Original drawings, paintings and digital creations from a team of artists that live and/or work in Attleboro encase six of the city’s utility boxes in the heart of the downtown. All of the artists, Tim Elliott, David R. Laferriere, Lindsay Nygaard, Abby Rovaldi, Kerry St. Pierre and Jess Tracey (Think Outside the Box Phase 1) have volunteered their time and talent to support the program.  This generosity applies to both Phase 1 and Phase 2 artists.

Each box is marked with a QR code. When viewers scan the code with a smartphone camera they’ll find a statement about the artwork pictured on a given box, background on each artist and an online survey to capture their feedback on the program.

This debut edition of Think Outside the Box serves as a pilot program.  It’s funded by the City of Attleboro, Keep Attleboro Beautiful and a private donation. Organizers hope to expand the program throughout the city and turn other basic, functional structures into contemporary, eye-catching street markers.

SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK! Let us know your thoughts on Think Outside the Box. Complete this brief survey: https://forms.gle/934UHpvyUtnCEvU4A

Sponsorship opportunites for additional boxes are available.  Email office@attleboroartsmuseum.org to learn more. 

Think Outside the Box is produced by (in alpha order): Attleboro Arts Museum, Lisa and Darren Baldwin, City of Attleboro Department of Public Works, City of Attleboro Veteran’s Department, Cool Air Creations, Inc., Consigli, Rick Correia, Laurie Drucker, George Durante, Catherine Feerick, Mim Brooks Fawcett, Mayor Paul Heroux, Brian Hodess, Kathy Ilkowitz, Keep Attleboro Beautiful, Mass Cultural Council, Transformative Development Initiative Partnership – Attleboro, MA.