Darebin Traffic Signal Box Project

Jess Fraser

Community Wellbeing Team Leader

1. Maintenance of public amenity

2. Promoting community responsibility for

graffiti management

3. Supporting youth engagement and

diversionary programs

4. Support for community art projects and

artists

5. Enforcement of the law and participation in

sentencing schemes

Graffiti Management at Darebin

Graffiti Management at Darebin

Aim 4 – Support for community art projects and artists

Collaborate with local utility providers to investigate opportunities to create community art on privately owned signal boxes particularly in Darebin’s retail activity centres

Traffic Signal Box Community Art Project

Aim: to reduce the incidence of graffiti on Vic Roads traffic signal boxes (TSB) in the City of Darebin

Objective: select and paint 10 graffiti prone TSBs with community.

Engage local artists, students and residents will be invited to paint the TSB

Building Partnerships

Internal and external

•Vic Roads

•Transport Management

•Arts and Culture

Selecting your signal boxes

• Vic Roads requirements

• Traffic management plans

• High visibility v accessibility

Project management

In house vs. external consultant

Engaging artists

• Community members vs. professional artists

• Engaging community

• Paying artists

• Artists agreements

Integrating your project

• Selecting themes

• Working with community agencies

• Building your project into wider graffiti prevention work

Questions

Jess Fraser

Community Wellbeing Team Leader

Jess.fraser@darebin.vic.gov.au