Campbell’s third round of Art Outside the Box is in full swing, with artists beautifying utility boxes around town.

The program was launched in 2015 by the city’s Civic Improvement Commission in partnership with the Campbell Artists’ Guild and has been renewed since with community support.

Painted boxes this year can be seen at West Hamilton Avenue and Darryl Drive, near the entrance of the Winchester light rail station, and at West Campbell Avenue and Fulton Street, according to the city.

Artist Elise Verret painted flowers on the West Hamilton Avenue and Darrly Drive box. Animals enjoying a cup of coffee are depicted on another box.

“The caliber of the art is really wonderful,” said Carol Hoffman, a civic improvement commissioner who also sits on a committee that selects and judges art entries each year.

In 2015, 11 boxes were painted around East Hamilton, South Bascom and East Campbell avenues. Last year, nine boxes were painted along Winchester Boulevard, the Hamilton Avenue light rail station, and West Campbell and West Hamilton avenues.

According to Commissioner Alan Zisser, nine boxes will be painted by the end of this month, raising the total to 29. Some of the work is by returning artists.

One of them is Irene Bronner, who painted boxes at South Winchester Boulevard and Hacienda Avenue that depict marine wildlife. Her latest work will be seen across from Campbell Plaza on South Winchester Boulevard.

Plenty of work goes into prepping the boxes to transform them into canvases. Before artists put brush to box, volunteers from the commission, the artists’ guild and the Campbell Rotary Club clean and prepare the boxes. Materials for preparations are donated by Home Depot.

“They’ve all helped so much in previous phases,” Hoffman said. “It’s fantastic.”

More than $4,200 was raised to cover expenses for items such as paint, cleaning supplies and anti-graffiti coating for the nine boxes. Part of the money will also be used to give honorariums to artists.

This year, Dunn Edwards Paint donated $50 gift certificates to artists.

Hoffman said if community interest in the program remains, the commission might do another round with fewer boxes.

“It’s great for artists to show their work,” she said. “The community feedback has been great as well. It makes me proud of the city to have something nice like this.”

Twenty-five applications were submitted in March and projects were chosen the following month.

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