Apache Junction High School students offer traffic cabinet art ideas
Posted 4/25/25
Submitted art contest entries from Apache Junction High School students for traffic cabinet art at Southern Avenue and Ironwood Drive will be discussed at Wednesday’s meeting of the …
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Five designs are to be chosen by the city’s youth advisory council. Judging criteria will include the originality of the design, artistic excellence, and adherence to the chosen theme “AJHS Pride.”
The five designs are to be presented to the Apache Junction Public Art Commission, which will recommend a winning design to the Apache Junction City Council.
The recommended design is presented to council during a work session and then voted on during the consent agenda the following night at a regular meeting.
Source: City of Apache Junction
Submitted art contest entries from Apache Junction High School students for traffic cabinet art at Southern Avenue and Ironwood Drive will be discussed at Wednesday’s meeting of the city’s public arts commission.
The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. April 30 in the council chambers, 300 E. Superstition Blvd.
The artists are Amber Rivera, Sheyla Sebastian, Bailey Domroes, Yesenia Sebastian Marcos and Brayden Tillson.
AJHS students were encouraged to participate in a schoolwide competition to create a design that best represents AJHS pride. The winning design will become part of the city of Apache Junction’s collection of public art by being painted on a traffic cabinet near the northeast corner of Ironwood Drive and Southern Avenue.
The winner is to receive a $100 gift certificate and be featured on the city’s website, social media accounts and in a press release.
The temporary public art project likely has a lifespan of up to five years. The entry deadline was April 23. A winner is to be notified by May 21 and the painting is to begin by May 24, according to a city document.
The commission promotes and encourages diverse citizen participation in public art. They assist corporations, commercial developments and other private and governmental entities to incorporate public art and recommend the operating and capital improvement program budgets for the public art program.
They make recommendations regarding the operating and capital improvement program budgets for the public arts program. The commission also conducts the request-for-qualifications process for all public art installations and reviews gifts of art offered to the city for artistic and cultural purposes.
