Signal Box Art - New in Downtown
Can you find this artwork in Downtown installed in August 2025? The artist is Jolie Patten, art student at Elon University. Fun fact: there are 14 signal boxes at stop-lighted intersections in the Downtown district. Once you see the stainless steel rectangles on or near the sidewalk at intersections, you’ll never overlook them again.
These boxes Downtown might start to get much more colorful and artistic. See if you can find this first installment in a partnership with Elon University art students and Samantha DiRosa, Art Department Chair at the University.
Here’s a hint: Don’t make a Federal case out of this. Spring into action now.
Not only is downtown home to furniture designers, painters, singers, dancers, photographers,
architects, baristas, farmer, chefs, and teachers, it's also the place to get in to public art.
A successful downtown is all about partnerships and community partners
made public art possible in downtown Burlington - check it out below.
“Dance It Out”
by Gina Franco
“Burlington Mural”
by Dan Porter & Lindsey Stimpson
“Locks of Love:
Heart of Downtown Burlington”
City of Burlington
Alamance Arts
New Leaf Society
The Centennial Mural: A History of Burlington’s First 100 Years
Mural by by Rodney Moser & Documentary by Don Bolden