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San Pablo Reservoir

Digital ; Trash Bin

A vibrant mural on a teal utility box with a muscular figure playing an electric guitar around musical notes.

Eclectic Jazz and Jazz Festival

Painting ; Utility Box

A wide outdoor mural on a low concrete wall depicting six military service members in various uniforms, including a veteran in a saluting pose. The center includes the message "Thank you for your service" set against a patriotic background of an American flag and military vehicles.

Antioch Veterans Memorial Mural

Memorial/Monument ; Mural ; Painting

a red seat. made of repurposed steel propane tank

Lips Love Seat

Installation ; Street Furniture

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U-Pick Cherries

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

In 2015, Stephanie Gomez created U-Pick Cherries funded by the City of Brentwood Utility Box Art Program. The work is an acrylic mural on a utility box of a person picking fruit in a cherry orchard. Sources:...

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Ukrainian National Flower

Category: Painting ; Trash Bin

Medium(s): Paper

Samantha McNally created Ukrainian National Flower located in Orinda, California. The work is a watercolor painting of a large sunflower with yellow petals and a dark center, set against a background of green foliage and blue sky. Sources:...

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Unity in Alliums

Category: Mosaic/Relief

At Liberty High School, the Public Art and Design Academy (PADA) promotes visual arts as a hobby, lifestyle, and/or career pathway for aspiring high school students. PADA’s goal is to help students study and practice ways to express their creativity...

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Untitled

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Metal

Artist Dan Corson: “I strive for my work to both conceptually and phenomenologically engage the viewer on various levels. The physical space the artwork inhabits is almost always part of the equation….an added voice to the project that provides...

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Untitled

Category: Mosaic/Relief

Millard Sheets studied art in California and became one of the state’s foremost artists and architects during his lifetime. He worked hard to make a name for himself early in his career, and by 1935 he had already shown his work in twenty-seven...

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Untitled

Category: Utility Box

Artist Juliee Hanlon utility box art located in Brentwood is inspired by flowers. Her paintings are completed in a style of realism mixed with impressionism. Source: https://www.etsy.com/shop/smearedpaint

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Untitled (Apple Tree mural) by David "Hyde" Cho

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Spray Paint

In 2024, David “Hyde” Cho painted this mural at the FATAPPLE’S Restaurant & Bakery in El Cerrito. The spray-painted mural highlights an apple tree, large sunflowers, wild mushrooms, and a real neon light fixture embedded in the center of the...

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Untitled (Coats Barber Shop mural by Greg Galinsky)

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

The Untitled (Coats Barber Shop) mural by Greg Galinsky is located in downtown Pittsburg. Sources: https://www.instagram.com/gregpnutgalinsky/ https://www.pittsburgca.gov/our-city/art-about-town

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Untitled (Colorful Spheres)

Category: Outdoor Sculpture ; Painting

Medium(s): Concrete ; Paint

Painted concrete spheres and flagpole installations located in downtown Pittsburg. Source: https://www.pittsburgca.gov/our-city/art-about-town

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Untitled (Fish Sculpture)

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze ; Concrete ; Metal ; Stone

The public artwork is a sculptural installation of fish forms and stone seating located in John Buckley Square in downtown Pittsburg. Source: https://www.pittsburgca.gov/our-city/art-about-town

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Untitled (mural by Arthur Maslard)

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Latex ; Paint

Arthur Maslard (Ratur) created an Untitled mural in 2024 as part of the Creative Concord mural festival. The work is a mural that is one of six artworks completed that year in downtown Concord, California. Sources: Artwork Instagram Artist’s...

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Untitled (Pittsburg Pride Project) by Sophia Sign Art and Murals

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Acrylic ; Paint

In 2024, Sophia Sign Art & Murals created the Untitled (Pittsburg Pride Project) utility box. Source: https://www.instagram.com/sophiassignartandmurals/

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Untitled (Utility box by Janice Stark Davis)

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

Janice Stark Davis created this artwork. The work is a painted street utility box showing fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes in a blue crate, strawberries, grapes, bananas, and asparagus. The artwork is installed on a sidewalk at the...

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Untitled (Wood sculptures) by Ed Waraner

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

Wood sculptures by artist Ed Waraner located in Clayton. Source: https://waranerbrotherstree.com/

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Untitled Mural (Blue Oak Square)

Category: Architectural Detailing ; Painting

Medium(s): Cement

The mural at Blue Oak Square is a multi-panel exterior mural of geometric and organic patterns.

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Untitled Mural (Soccer Post)

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

In 2024, Victor Sanchez created an untitled mural at the Soccer Post store in El Cerrito. The work is a spray paint and acrylic mural of NWSL players Croix Bethune, Melanie Barcenas, Ally Sentnor, and Onyeka...

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Untitled Mural (Twin Towers)

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

Untitled (Twin Towers) mural located at the Richmond Food Center. Source: https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/127/Public-Art-Sites

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Untitled mural Martinez Mural

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

Untitled (People and Animals) mural located in downtown Martinez. Source: cityofmartinez.org

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Untitled Utility Box (California Poppies)

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

The utility box located in Antioch highlights California Poppies. Source: antiochca.gov/1035/Public-Art

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Untitled Utility Box (Colorful Birds)

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

The artwork is a painted utility box showing birds, lizards and flowers. Source: https://brentwoodca.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/attachmentviewer/index.html?appid=80399d723f844740af1f157546607aac

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Untitled Utility Box (Skateboarder)

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

The utility box located in Brentwood highlights skateboarders. Name on box: JAS QUE DEZ. Source: brentwoodca.gov/government/parks-recreation/public-art

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Untitled Utility Box by Karina V., Ayesha S., and Dalu L.

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

Karina V., Ayesha S., and Dalu L. created this Untitled artwork for the City of Antioch’s utility box art program. Source: https://www.antiochca.gov/1035/Public-Art

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Uplifing Together

Category: Architectural Detailing ; Electronic/Technology ; Installation

Medium(s): Aluminum ; Resin

The “Uplifting Together” artwork (aluminum, Koda XT, and LED lighting) is created by artist Joseph O’Connell. It was funded by a generous gift from Don and Sharon Ritchey. From the plaque: “As a focal point of the Meditation Garden, Uplifting...

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Urban Family

Date created: 2016

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze

At first glance Archie Held’s bronze sculpture appears to be a cluster of graceful, undulating forms. But Held sees this piece as an abstraction of people, an Urban Family, as he named it. About his work, Held says: “To me it’s figurative, an...

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