AUSTIN, Texas -- The City of Austin and UP Art Studio are inviting artists to add local flair to Austin streets.

• Initiative is known as the Artbox Program
• Deadline is Sunday, December 30, 2018
• Traffic signal control cabinets to become canvases for artists

The Austin Transportation Department has contracted with UP Art Studio to bring the studio's Mini Murals program to the department's new Artbox Program, which makes traffic signal control cabinets at intersections available as canvases for artists.

UP Art Studio has opened a call for artists to submit their qualifications for the opportunity to create an artbox, or mini mural on a signal cabinet. The deadline is Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018. Applications will be reviewed, and qualifying artists that accepted become part of a registry of artists available for this opportunity and future projects managed by UP Art Studio. Artists will be compensated $1,000 for their work.

Artists interested in joining the registry can find the open call guidelines at the Mini Murals website. The application requires providing qualifications, images of prior work, a letter of intent, and other information. Applicants will be notified of results the week of Jan. 14, 2018.