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If you frequently walk, bike or drive through the Old Fourth Ward, you might have noticed that the neighborhood’s power boxes have been getting a colorful makeover.

The Fourth Ward Alliance initiated the project after seeing the success of a similar project in Decatur. The call for artists went out and funding was secured from the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, The Neighborhood Fund Grant and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.

Artists were chosen to paint 19 of the bland boxes during the month of May at various intersections along Glen Iris Drive, Boulevard, Edgewood Avenue and Ponce de Leon Avenue.

For more photos, visit the Fourth Ward Alliance’s Instagram @fourthwardallianceboard.

The Artists: 

Matthew Evans

Adam Crawford

Amol Saraf

Britt McDermott

David Barios

Sachi Rome

Krista Jones

Lauren Pallotta

Kacie Rushton

Squshipuss

Ruby Chavez

Shannon Willow

Adam Podber

Elaine Stephenson

Greg Mike

Fabian Williams

Locations: 

Wabash & Boulevard

Angier & Boulevard

Ralph McGill & Boulevard

Glen Iris & Ralph McGill

Glen Iris & Morgan

North & Boulevard

Boulevard & Rankin

Edgewood & Randolph

Irwin & Glen Iris

John Wesley Dobbs & Boulevard

Dallas & North Ave

Highland & Boulevard

Boulevard & Edgewood

Boulevard & Auburn

Boulevard & Ponce De Leon Ave

Ponce De Leon Ave & Glen Iris

Highland & Glen Iris

Glen Iris & North Ave

East & Boulevard

Boulevard & John Wesley Dobbs

 

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.