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Children’s art now wraps utility boxes near every Salt Lake City elementary school

Salt Lake Tribune | August 20, 2019

Related Topics: Salt Lake City School District, Jackie Biskupski, Taylorsville

Salt Lake City’s 28 elementary schools have taken a big step toward making the city brighter, by wrapping their students’ art around city utility boxes.

“This is really a cool thing we’re involved in,” Mayor Jackie Biskupski told a group of students from M. Lynn Bennion Elementary School on Tuesday, the second day of the school year in the Salt Lake City School District.

The mayor helped the kids unveil Bennion’s contribution to ColorSLC, which she said is aimed at “turning bland boring utility boxes into works of art.”

(Photo courtesy Salt Lake City Mayor's Office) A utility box near Liberty Elementary School in Salt Lake City, decorated with artwork by the school's students, as part of the city's ColorSLC program.
(Photo courtesy Salt Lake City Mayor's Office) A utility box near Wasatch Elementary School in Salt Lake City, decorated with artwork by the school's students, as part of the city's ColorSLC program.
(Photo courtesy Salt Lake City Mayor's Office) A utility box near Dilworth Elementary School in Salt Lake City, decorated with artwork by the school's students, as part of the city's ColorSLC program.
(Photo courtesy Salt Lake City Mayor's Office) A utility box near M. Lynn Bennion Elementary School in Salt Lake City, decorated with artwork by the school's students, as part of the city's ColorSLC program.
(Photo courtesy Salt Lake City Mayor's Office) A utility box near Edison Elementary School in Salt Lake City, decorated with artwork by the school's students, as part of the city's ColorSLC program.
(Photo courtesy Salt Lake City Mayor's Office) A utility box near Backman Elementary School in Salt Lake City, decorated with artwork by the school's students, as part of the city's ColorSLC program.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City schools alongside Bennion Elementary school kids and Mayor Jackie Biskupski unveil the final phase of its ColorSLC program, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in which artwork from each of the district's elementary schools decorated utility boxes near each school.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mayor Jackie Biskupski joins Bennion Elementary art teacher Paul Heath as he talks about his students art work that now decorates a utility box near the school. Salt Lake City schools alongside Bennion Elementary school kids and the mayor unveiled the final phase of its ColorSLC program, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in which artwork from each of the district's elementary schools decorated utility boxes near each school.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mayor Jackie Biskupski joins Bennion Elementary art teacher Paul Heath as he talks about his students art work that now decorates a utility box near the school. Salt Lake City schools alongside Bennion Elementary school kids and the mayor unveiled the final phase of its ColorSLC program, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in which artwork from each of the district's elementary schools decorated utility boxes near each school.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City schools alongside Bennion Elementary school kids and Mayor Jackie Biskupski unveil the final phase of its ColorSLC program, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in which artwork from each of the district's elementary schools decorated utility boxes near each school.

Student art has been photographed and wrapped around 28 utility boxes, one for each elementary school in the district.

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