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painted utility box and adjacent bollards on a sidewalk near a roadway intersection. The mural features scenes of rural life with figures, farm buildings, sacks of produce, and children seated inside an open-air classroom before a chalkboard.

Untitled Utility Box (Cornfield and Classroom)

Painting ; Utility Box

Gears

Mural ; Painting

Untitled (Utility box by Janice Stark Davis)

Utility Box

Natural Beauty of the Surrounding Hills

Mural

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Peaches

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

Ismael Alvarez created Peaches in 2021 as part of the City of Brentwood’s utility box art program. The work is a painted utility box that shows branches with peaches and pink blossoms on a light green background. Source:...

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Pelican Mural - Richmond Annex

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

In 1998, Tom and Tim Taylor created the Pelican Mural – Richmond Annex funded by a City of Richmond mini-grant. The work is a painted mural of the East Bay hills, the bay, and local wildlife including a pelican. The piece is located at the I-80...

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Pets at the Park

Date created: 2018

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Acrylic

The “Pets at the Park” utility box is created by artist June Gomez. She is a long time Bay-Area resident and a native Californian. Her productive career includes commercial and residential mural painting, illustration and custom fine...

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Pinole Historical Society Mural

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

From Pinole Historical Society: “Beyond the original Pinole Hercules Methodist Church building is the bus turn out. This mural is rather large and depicts a number of buildings that played a significant role in Pinole’s history. Included in the...

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Pinole Library Mural

Category: Mosaic/Relief

Medium(s): Ceramic ; Stained Glass

This abstract mosaic tile mural is located on the Pinole Library exterior wall. The work is a ceramic tile mural that shows stylized, interconnected symbols. These patterns consist of blue, red, orange, and white tiles arranged across the wall.

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Pinole Valley Gateway

Date created: 2002

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

Artist John Wehrle: “Twenty thousand square feet of concrete overpass shape the blank canvas for this panoramic illusion of classical architecture and cloudy skies. Historical figures, painted autos, cows and people mingle with the daily flow of...

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Pittsburg Events

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Acrylic ; Paint

The City of Pittsburg and Pittsburg Arts & Community Foundation invited local artists to participate in the City’s Utility Box Mural Project – Beyond the Box. The goals of the program are to enhance the beauty and vibrancy of Pittsburg, deter...

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Pittsburg Utility Box

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

The Pittsburg utility box is located downtown Pittsburg. Source: https://www.pittsburgca.gov/our-city/art-about-town

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Pomegranate Tree

Category: Painting ; Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

In 2026, PADA (Public Art and Design Academy) created the Pomegranate Tree painted utility box located in Brentwood. The work highlights a tree against a sky and natural environment. Sources:...

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Pot

Category: Sculpture

Medium(s): Ceramic ; Paint

Mollie Poupeney (1926–2002) was a ceramic artist and author from Orinda, California, known for her burnished pottery and pit-firing techniques. Pot is a hand-formed ceramic vessel that reflects her interest in tactile surfaces and experimental,...

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Precious Moments/Wonder Dogs

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Adhesive Vinyl ; Paint

The Precious Moments/Wonder Dogs utility box was created by artists Sami Perryman and Janet Brown. From the Visit Concord website: Precious Moments by Sami Perryman: “Emerging artist Samineh Hamidi Perryman painted her first acrylic painting for...

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Procession of Luminescence

Category: Mural

Depicting Egyptian lore, we view the royal court holding ceremonial proceedings with noble deities in position. It’s a joyous celebration with lotus flowers and divine pageantry on full display. Berkeley/Oakland-based artist Doran Dada’s artwork...

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Railroad Ave

Category: Utility Box

Medium(s): Paint

The Railroad Ave artwork was created by an unknown artist. It is a painted utility box highlighting its location. Sources: pittsburgca.gov pittsburgrec.com/services/parks-and-recreation/beyond-the-box

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Rangoli

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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RAWR

Artist: Joyce Hsu

Category: Outdoor Sculpture ; Street Furniture

Medium(s): Aluminum ; Plastic ; Steel

Rawr is a series of sculptures by Oakland artist Joyce Hsu. Tall tales and fantasies help us learn and mature into adults, though somewhere along the way, we sacrifice our imagination and belief in magic. About these Sculptures With her eclectic and...

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Red Stripe

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Ceramic

John Natsoulas Gallery: “John Toki is a Japanese-American ceramic artist born and raised in the Bay Area. He received a BFA from California State University, Hayward, CA and a MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA. His...

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

Refraction

Category: Utility Box

Refraction from the Ground Waters series where photography and hand-crafted models create miniature worlds overtaken by vibrant crystal formations. Through controlled yet unpredictable crystal growth, the artwork plays with scale and explores themes...

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Resilience

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

In 2024, Luciano Roque created Resilience, also referred to as the Iron Triangle Mural funded by the City of Pittsburg Public Art Initiative. The work is a mural of a woman under a physical arch. Sources: www.pittsburgca.gov/our-city/art-about-town...

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Revisionist History of San Pablo Avenue

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

Artist John Wehrle: “The painting creates a facsimile of the street scene that existed before the freeway was there, peopled with the different cultural groups who lived in the area during the last 500 years or so. The storefront business evolved...

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RICHMOND

Category: Mural

Medium(s): Paint

From the Richmond Standard: “The mural, an artistic rendering of ‘Richmond,’ features the works of eight artists, each of whom were tasked with painting one letter of the word, according to The Factory Bar owner Tom Lyons. Contributors included...

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Richmond BART Center

Date created: 1972

Category: Bas Relief

Medium(s): Fiberglass ; Natural Materials

Although the work, which covers one wall, appears to be ceramic it actually is fiberglass with natural materials inlaid. The work was commissioned by the architect, Maher-Martins who designed the Richmond station. William Mitchell designed the wall...

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Richmond Industrial City

Category: Mural

In 2014, the staff at the Richmond Museum of History learned from longtime member Fran Cappelletti that a mural had once graced the post office lobby. “Richmond: Industrial City,” created by Victor Arnautoff commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Section...

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Richmond Rosie

Category: Mural ; Painting

Medium(s): Paint

In 2021, Andre Jahmora designed Richmond Rosie as part of the Bay Area Mural Program. The work is a paint mural that highlights a young girl reading a We Can Do It! book, the Red Oak Victory, the Richmond Shipyards, and the Richmond-San Rafael...

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River of Light & Mountain Range

Category: Installation ; Water Feature/Fountain

Medium(s): Glass ; Light/Neon ; Metal

“Gordon Huether was born in Rochester, NY in 1959, to German immigrant parents. Having dual citizenship in Germany and the U.S., Huether has spent much time traveling between both countries. Huether learned art composition and appreciation at an...

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