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Last year saw the advent of the first-ever Operation Artbox contest. Then-Arts Editor Summer Olsson and Circulation Manager Geoffrey Plant launched this remarkable project for no reason other than a shared love of things that are rad. It was a pain in the ass, I bet, digging through the submissions, establishing parameters, delivering the boxes, picking them back up and then deploying them. The results were fantastic. Your average little blue Alibi distribution station was transformed into a thing of weird beauty available for viewing 24/7, 365 on the streets of Burque. Operation Art Box was such a success, newspapers in other parts of the country hit up Plant to ask about how it worked. So, thankfully, he decided to mount this effort for us again. In 2012, the Alibi’s adding an art show and big box reveal party to celebrate these public works. Boro Gallery is hosting a exhibition all monthlong that will feature the art of our 11 new participants, as well as this year’s box crop. I spoke with one of the artists in anticipation of the show’s First Friday opening. Once the boxes hit the streets at the end of the month, you can expect to see within them a feature about all of the excellent people who lent their talents to our humble distro cubes.
Ben AdamsJoseph Paul BacaBoro GalleryOFFCenter Community Arts ProjectPaul HigdonAna JironAdrian Magallon-LeonardAshley PlumleyJonathan SanchezDanny SkinzKris TrujilloSharon Vargas