The city of ½ÄÏÌåÓý is thrilled to announce an exciting partnership with ½ÄÏÌåÓý’s Wick Poetry Center and Main Street ½ÄÏÌåÓý to bring Traveling Stanzas to downtown utility boxes.
Visitors to downtown ½ÄÏÌåÓý can now see seven utility boxes that have been covered with Traveling Stanzas’ poems, written by local schoolchildren and adults, and paired with beautiful illustrations. By pushing an easily accessible audio button, visitors also can listen to the child or adult read his or her poem. 
The utility boxes project also will connect to future Traveling Stanzas’ displays around the world. By accessing the , users will be able to virtually visit Traveling Stanzas’ displays wherever they exist, as well as get walking and driving directions to nearby Traveling Stanzas’ displays.
City of ½ÄÏÌåÓý representatives and the Wick Poetry Center are delighted that this collaborative community arts project contributes to a thriving downtown, and is yet another way that the city of ½ÄÏÌåÓý and ½ÄÏÌåÓý State have joined forces to bring art to people’s everyday lives.
With major support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the award-winning Traveling Stanzas is a project of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Wick Poetry Center at ½ÄÏÌåÓý State in collaboration with visual communication design students and alumni. Additional support is provided by the Ohio Arts Council, the Burbick Foundation, the Woodward Foundation, Carol W. Gould and ½ÄÏÌåÓý State’s College of Communication and Information.