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"Art on the Box": Students Beautify the City Center
More color for the city center: With the project "Art on the Box," the local council, the city of St. Ingbert, together with local partners and dedicated students, bring creative accents to the pedestrian zone. The first artistically designed utility boxes are already receiving positive feedback from residents.
The project was initiated about two years ago by the local council of St. Ingbert-Mitte. The goal is to aesthetically enhance the previously rather inconspicuous electricity and cable distribution cabinets and thus sustainably beautify the cityscape. After an intensive planning phase, the project has now been successfully implemented.
At the start, students from grades five, six, and eleven of the Leibniz-Gymnasium were involved in the project. Under the supervision of the art teachers, Kathrin Bach and Anja Quarz, around 100 creative designs related to St. Ingbert were created. A small selection of these motifs is currently being applied to several control boxes in the pedestrian zone. A jury had previously made a selection.
Local mayor Irene Kaiser is pleased with the successful start of the project: "I am very happy that after the intensive preparation period we have now reached this point and that the students of the Leibniz Gymnasium have taken over the design of the switch boxes. This is a great sign of commitment and creativity in our city."
The young artists designed the book booth at Wilhelm-Chandon-Platz, an electrical box at the entrance to the Bermuda Triangle, as well as a cabinet at the entrance to Kirchengasse. Another electrical box will soon be painted at the entrance to the Im Sumpe parking lot.
Deputy local mayor Fabian Roschy also emphasizes the importance of the project: “This is a great project that shows how vibrant our city is. What is especially wonderful is that many young people engage in conversations with visitors to our city and older generations. I am very pleased that the initiative will continue and that many more electrical boxes will be designed.”
The implementation is carried out in close cooperation between the St. Ingbert-Mitte local council, the Biosphere Municipal Utilities, the city public works department, and the cultural office. The project is financially supported, among others, by the Lions Club St. Ingbert. The control cabinets were professionally prepared in advance and will be permanently sealed after completion.
Feedback from the population has been consistently positive: Many passersby stop, look at the motifs, and express enthusiasm for the creative enhancement and the targeted color accents in the city center.
Image: Florian Jung
