North Adams Electrical Boxes Turned Into Art

In the fall of 2024, The North Adams Cultural District and the Public Arts Commission worked together to transform ten public electrical boxes into works of art.

Take a self-guided tour through downtown North Adams to check out these amazing works by local Berkshire artists!

River & Marshall Streets (Sunshine Park)

Misa Chappell is a visionary artist focusing on the divine feminine. She mainly uses found and repurposed natural materials such as wood and late.

Eagle & Main Streets

Zoë Marguerite Villane is a multimedia artist captivated by the prismatic nature of life. With a focus on whimsy and vibrant color, Zoë aims to invite viewers into a moment of escape from the mundane through her art. Having received a BFA from MCLA '20, Zoë is now integrating her creative endeavors into new motherhood.

Marshall Street & Saint Anthony Drive

Lucas Craze is a traditional and digital artist. They focus on acrylic and multimedia mediums. Their art prominently shows their love for nature and bright colors. They come from Tennessee but have come to love the mountains here in Berkshire co.

American Legion Drive & Ashland Street

Justin Timoney witnessed an artist in Mexico doing space paintings when he was young and learned years later. He fell into opiate addiction; lost his way, and his art is one of the things that helped him overcome it. He discovered he was on the spectrum late in life; art helped him harness his abilities. Justin is a multimedia artist specializing in spray paint and airbrushing. It has taught him: discipline, a love for art and the ability to unlock his creativity. He has loved to be part of this experience and watch North Adams continue to grow as an Art Inspired City. Namaste.

Eagle & Veteran's Drive near Saint Joesphs #1

Markie J. is from NAMA. He represents culture and positive change. He is an artist in all aspects and does not discriminate. Visual art, dance, theatre…art is improvisual! Markie thinks he made that word up…

Eagle & Veteran's Drive near Saint Joesphs #2

Maxx Poirot is a local illustrator who grew up in the Berkshires. Much of his art features animals, bright colors, and fun shapes. His work includes traditional acrylic paintings, as well as digital illustrations and character designs, including a book cover.

Main & Ashland Streets

Melissa Mendes is a cartoonist and illustrator. She is passionate about using her family’s history and stories to create new narratives. Her graphic novel called “The Weight” will be published in 2025 and is inspired by her late grandfather’s life.

Center & Holden Streets

Keith Bona's lifelong passion for visual art has been the driving force behind his successful career as a professional graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist over the past few decades. Ever since he could first grasp a crayon, Bona has transformed ideas into visual forms. After graduating from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree and minors encompassing both fine arts and computer graphics, Bona returned to his home of North Adams, where he began working for a company designing for several Fortune 500 clients, later developing his own business which still offers graphic communications for all size clients. While the computer has become Bona's primary tool of the trade, he still relishes opportunities to get his hands dirty with paint, and sculpture. Bona's craft is matched by his interests with local history, which he has drawn upon for this public art piece that allows him to share his love of the community.

Main & State Streets @ Hotel Downstreet

Ivy Gifford-Blasi is a painter who lives in North Adams, MA. She specializes in acrylic painting and she draws most of her inspiration from nature.

River & Eagle Streets

Art and helping others are two things that have always been a passion of United Cerebral Palsy (UCP). They hope to use this project to combine the two and bring some beauty to the community with some of the more vulnerable members of our community. UCP would love a chance to share the abilities of ourselves and those that we work with so the community and visitors alike can recognize those who are often overlooked in today's society.