The Great Box Cover-up!
Phase 2
Kristin Dance & Trenton Hill
City Council
May 16, 2023
2City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 • Master Plan for Public Art
Outreach
• $50K Approved (November 2020)
• Phase 1 – Downtown (Complete)
• Phase 2 – City-Wide
• Phase 3 – High Schools (Future)
Background
3City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 • Call for Artists Released
33 applications received
• Public Art Selection
Committee
16 artists selected
• Design Concept Approvals
• Painting May 26 to Aug. 11
Process for Phase 2
4City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 • Numbered List of Locations
(matches order or proceeding
proposals)
Utility Box Locations
#1-Sunnyvale Saratoga Road @ Remington
Drive
#2-Fair Oaks Avenue @ Kifer Road
#3-Mathilda Avenue @ Innovation Way
#4-Mathilda Avenue @ Maude Avenue
#5-Mathilda Avenue @ Sunnyvale
Avenue/Talisman
#6-Arques Avenue @ Oakmead Parkway
#7-Wolfe Road @ Marion Way
#8-Caribbean Drive @ Crossman Avenue
#9-Mathilda Avenue @ Tennis Center
#10-Homestead Road @ Bellville Way
#11-Fremont Avenue @ Wright Avenue
#12-Lawrence Station Road @ Elko Drive
#13-Fair Oaks Avenue @ Iris Avenue
#14-Remington Drive @ Bernardo Avenue
#15-Mathilda Avenue @ El Camino Real
#16-Iowa Avenue @ Taaffe Street
5City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Pablo Arroyo
Proposal #1 (Sunnyvale Saratoga Road and Remington Drive)
6City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 ArtCircle
Proposal #2 (Fair Oaks Avenue and KiferRoad)
7City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Kristen Calderon
Proposal #3 (Mathilda Avenue @ Innovation Way/Lockheed Way)
8City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Greg Cheung
Proposal #4 (Mathilda Avenue @ Maude Avenue)
9City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Jemal Diamond
Proposal #5 (Mathilda Avenue @ Sunnyvale Avenue/Talisman)
10City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 April Gee
Proposal #6 (Arques Avenue @ Oakmead Parkway)
11City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Alexandra Muddle
Proposal #7 (Wolfe Road @ Marion Way)
12City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Yen Nguyen
Proposal #8 (Caribbean Drive @ Crossman Avenue)
13City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Linda Nystrom
Proposal #9 (Mathilda Avenue @ Tennis Center)
14City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Jayashree Sadasivan
Proposal #10 (Homestead Road @ Belleville Way)
15City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Ria Sharma and Geeta Taneja
Proposal #11 (Fremont Avenue @ Wright Way)
16City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Katerina Spaeth
Proposal #12 (Lawrence Station Road @ Elko Drive)
17City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Stephanie Tsao
Proposal #13 (Fair Oaks Avenue @ Iris Avenue)
18City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 John Vellequette
Proposal #14 (Remington Drive @ Bernardo Avenue)
19City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Deirdre Weinberg
Proposal #15 (Mathilda Avenue @ El Camino Real)
20City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Madeline Yung
Proposal #16 (Iowa Avenue @ Taaffe Street)
21City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Utility Box Locations
#1-Sunnyvale Saratoga Road @ Remington
Drive
#2-Fair Oaks Avenue @ Kifer Road
#3-Mathilda Avenue @ Innovation Way
#4-Mathilda Avenue @ Maude Avenue
#5-Mathilda Avenue @ Sunnyvale
Avenue/Talisman
#6-Arques Avenue @ Oakmead Parkway
#7-Wolfe Road @ Marion Way
#8-Caribbean Drive @ Crossman Avenue
#9-Mathilda Avenue @ Tennis Center
#10-Homestead Road @ Bellville Way
#11-Fremont Avenue @ Wright Avenue
#12-Lawrence Station Road @ Elko Drive
#13-Fair Oaks Avenue @ Iris Avenue
#14-Remington Drive @ Bernardo Avenue
#15-Mathilda Avenue @ El Camino Real
#16-Iowa Avenue @ Taaffe Street
22City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 1: Approve 16 Design Proposals for The Great Box Cover- Up! (Utility Box Art Project-Phase 2)
2: Approve Less Than 16 Design Proposals for The Great
Box Cover-Up! (Utility Box Art Project-Phase 2)
3: Authorize the Arts Commission to Approve the Selected Designs for Phase 3 of The Great Box Cover-Up!
4: Take Other Action as Determined by City Council
Staff Recommendation: Alternatives 1 and 3
Alternatives
23City of Sunnyvale – The Great Box Cover-up! Phase 2 – May 2023 Questions?