The electrical box across the street from the old Stalder Building (437 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA) in downtown Riverside has been wrapped with a vinyl coating with photos, artwork, and a description of the history of the building. It is part of the newly identified Arts and Culture District. The artist and authors are unknown.
Two new orange-themed digital art prints are now prominently displayed on the parking garage at the corner of University Ave. and Market Street. The orange, leaves and orange blossoms are shown on a background of raincrosses, the Riverside city's symbol. The artist is unknown.
The north-facing windows and walls of Mark Twain Elementary School (19411 Krameria Ave, Riverside, CA) have a lot of digital art showing a cute bullfrog, the school mascot almost certainly selected because of Mark Twain's first nationally acclaimed short story. The images applied on vinyl film also depict orange groves with jets and birds flying overhead. The artists are unknown.
The new Raising Canes restaurant at the intersection of Magnolia and Brockton (11066 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA) has a nice mural and some other artwork. Most contain some elements that are specific for Riverside. Most also feature the picture of Cane, the owner's dog at the time when he opened his first restaurant, and which inspired the restaurant's name. The first mural is unsigned but was aspirated by Juan Navarro @luvmonsterz and Ekaterina Orlovie @orlovie. It is my understanding that the mural features lemons and lemon flowers in recognition of Riverside's citrus heritage and the lemonade served in the restaurant.
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The Riverside Downtown Partnership has covered the windows along the building on the corner of Market Ave. and University Ave. (3780 Market St. Riverside, CA) with artful signs welcoming visitors and residents to Riverside's Arts and Culture District. The images appear to be digital art applied to the window as a vinyl film. The artist is unknown.
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Along the parking lot adjacent to City Hall (3900 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501) there are two utility boxes that have been wrapped with digital prints on film spotlighting Camp Anza, its history, and support for our troops. Camp Anza was a military camp and staging area during World War II that was located in the western part of Riverside in what is now known as the Arlanza area. The utility boxes are located to the south of City Hall along 10th Street. They are part of the Box Art project directed by Leadership Riverside 2015. The artist who executed the work is unidentified but is most likely Shannon Murphy of Colibri Communications who designed the other Art Boxes.
On the east wall in front of the Swiss Clock Shop (3688 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, CA) and the Mad Tatter's Tattoo Parlor is a large reproduction of a fruit crate label showing two women and a man on the caboose of a train traveling through a citrus orchard. The artists of the original label and of the reproduction are unknown.
On a wall to the south of Savon Carpet and Tile (9999 Magnolia Ave, Riverside CA) is a large attractive reproduction of an orange crate label. The original artist and the artist responsible for the reproduction are unknown.
Two utility boxes at about 3900 Orange St, Riverside, CA have been wrapped with early art reproductions, photographs and text spotlighting the role of the Gage Canal and distribution of water to the growth of the citrus industry in Riverside. The project was spearheaded by Leadership Riverside 2015 with the concept and design of the project was done by Shannon Murphy of Colibri Communications.
As part of a project lead by Leadership Riverside 2015, a utility box at about 3580 Orange Street, Riverside CA has been wrapped with early art reproductions of citrus labels to spotlight Riverside's citrus history. The concept and design of the project was done by Shannon Murphy of Colibri Communications.
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