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Utility Box by Rachel Fite

Utility Box

A brightly colored, cartoon-style mural on a rectangular Bigbelly trash bin showing a human figure swimming among numerous smiling and whimsical sea creatures, including a large orange fish and an octopus playing a golden harp.

Secret Ocean

Utility Box

$"Refraction" by Liz Hickok. ARTSCCC photo.$

Refraction

Utility Box

Concrete Totem

Outdoor Sculpture

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Bones

Category: Outdoor Sculpture ; Sculpture

Medium(s): Ceramic

Trey Hill created Bones and he is a sculptor and professor based in Missoula, Montana, where he teaches in the School of Art at the University of Montana. His practice focuses on large-scale ceramic and mixed-media sculpture, often combining clay...

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Books / School Memories

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Acrylic

Antioch is a city that seeks diversity and creativity in all matters, including art. The well-integrated city we see today did not become one of the oldest and most loved cities in California simply by chance, it went through years of improvement,...

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Books... Your Magic Carpet

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

The Books… Your Magic Carpet mural was created by artist Cynthia Kelly. It was a gift to the Antioch Branch of Contra Costa County Libraries in the year 2000. The dedication plaque states that it was a A Mural Project of The Antioch Friends Of The...

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Brentwood Blooming

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

In 2026, Public Art and Design Academy (PADA) students created Brentwood Blooming PADA 2026. The artwork was funded by the City of Brentwood. Sources: brentwoodca.gov/government/parks-recreation/public-art/utility-box-mural-project

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Brentwood Hills

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

In 2015, Debra Janis created the Brentwood Hills artwork part of the City of Brentwood’s Utility Box Art Program. The work is an outdoor mural painted on a traffic signal controller box. The design includes the local and natural environment of...

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Bronze Alligator

Artist: Luciano Tempo

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze

Luciano Tempo was an Italian artist, antique dealer, collector, and designer. He often traveled far in search for eclectic pieces around the world and often mixed various design styles into his own pieces. Bronze Alligator by Luciano Tempo. Source:...

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Bronze Book Bench Garden Statue

Category: Functional ; Indoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze ; Metal

“Bronze Book Bench Garden Statue” part of the Randolph Rose Collection of Yonkers, New York. From Randolph Rose Collection website: “A lost-wax custom bronze book bench featuring four books stacked together with the fourth book open as a seat,...

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Bronze Dog Silhouettes

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Metal

In 2008, Vickie Jo Sowell created Bronze Dog Silhouettes for the City of San Ramon. The work is a weathered steel sculpture of dogs in a circular leaping motion. The artwork is located at King Park in San Ramon, California. Sources:...

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Bubble Fun

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paper

In 2019, Lily-Sloane (Lilo Giffin) created Bubble Fun as part of the Antioch Utility Box Art Program. The artwork is a hand-painted mural on a utility box of colorful bubbles and handprints on a blue background. Sources:...

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Butterflies

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Metal

Douglas Heine: “I have spent my life making objects. From reactor plants in nuclear submarines, to scientific apparatus such as super-conducting magnets for cosmic ray research, to fine art.” Source: https://www.art13.gallery/about

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Cage Free Jazz / Band of Six

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Acrylic

Fine artist Jennifer Granat and manga artist Melissa Claros merged their artistic visions to create compositions for not one, but three utility boxes! They expressed their theme of an animal jazz band across the boxes using vibrant colors and...

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California Dream

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Steel

Larry Stefl became especially attracted to the abstract art scene of the San Francisco Bay Area, and made his trek to Berkeley, California in the late 70s, in order to pursue an art degree. The “California Dream” sculpture is located at the Orinda...

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California Native

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

In 2026, PADA (Public Art and Design Academy) created California Native in Brentwood. The work is a painted utility box mural highlighting a hummingbird with flowers. The artwork is painted on a public utility box. Sources:...

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Celebrate Concord

Category: Hand Lettered/Signage ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Acrylic ; Paint

“There used to be a large pergola filled with wisteria that surrounded the downtown plaza in the 1930s. Concord held a popular annual Wisteria Festival in those days,” artist Laurie Mansur stated regarding the inspiration of the Celebrate Concord...

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Changing Tides

Date created: 2019

Category: Electronic/Technology ; Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Light/Neon ; Metal

Changing Tides is a city-funded art project by sculptors Jennifer Madden and Jeff Reed of Richmond-based Reed Madden Designs. The 20-foot tall sculptures aim to bring awareness of the importance of eelgrass to the ecosystem along Richmond’s...

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City Hall Mural

Category: Mural

Artist Eric Powell’s mural located at Brentwood City Hall. Powell’s work is driven by a visceral urgency to build. Compelled more by intuition than dialectic thinking, his process is propelled forward by a moment-to-moment exploration of his...

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City in Nature

Category: Mural

“City in Nature, the mural on the south-facing Orinda Library wall, depicts “the unique ecosystem of Orinda.” Commissioned by The Friends of the Orinda Library and financed by private donations, the mural was created by renowned Bay Area visual...

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Cliffhanger

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Acrylic ; Clay

Mark Messenger created Cliffhanger in 2017 as part of the exhibition “Bay Area Clay: A Legacy of Social Consciousness” at Arts Benicia. The work is a large, floor-to-ceiling ceramic column sculpture that depicts a series of layered reliefs featuring...

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CLIMB

Category: Mural

Ali is a freelance artist based in Santa Monica, with roots in Northern California. Her artistic journey spans a diverse range, from intricately detailed 4″ x 6″ canvases in her studio to the grandeur of painting towering 60-foot murals from a boom...

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Coach “Smiley” Jim Camitz

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Bronze ; Metal

The Coach ‘Smiley’ Jim Camitz bronze bust portrait showcases a local football coach. The artwork was dedicated by Mike Hernandez and the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 342. It’s located near the Pittsburg California Historical...

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Colors of Music

Category: Utility Box

The Utility Box Public Art Program enables artists to create works of art that contribute to the vitality and attractiveness of the streetscape and community, foster civic pride and community identity, and bring art to unexpected places. Utility Box...

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Concord Pollinators

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

Cyan Samone and Maria Schopp created Concord Pollinators as part of the Concord Art Association and City of Concord Utility Box Art Project. The work is a painted utility box public artwork that highlights a bat above flowering plants and explores...

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Concrete Totem

Artist: Mary Fuller McChesney

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Cement

Mary Fuller McChesney’s unique sculptures can be found in many public places and private collections. Her public sculpture commissions can be seen throughout the state, including the Petaluma Library, the San Francisco Zoo, the San Francisco General...

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Convergence

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Metal

This metal sculpture by Dan Dykes resembles a propeller. From ÆRENA Galleries & Gardens: “Dan is a site-sensitive sculptor who works in a variety of media, including stone, bronze and stainless steel. His work syn-thesizes various forms of nature,...

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