Some central Kentucky artists are helping the city of Lexington make the unsightly beautiful.

These artists are using utility boxes as canvases.

And as you'll see in today's tapestry, our Arts and Culture segment, they are turning eyesores into eye-catching.

Works of art.

Lexington is just so you know, full of wonderful creative artists.

And so we have this wonderful bench of people to choose from.

So when we put out a call for artists, the it's the hardest part, honestly, is to decide to pick only 12.

The main goal is just to excite people about art and local artists and, give you a little spark in your day of creativity and hopefully on your way to work if you see one of these, artistic utility boxes, then it gives you a little boost in your day.

It gives you a little like, I want to be creative too, but even if you're just driving by it and notice it, it's just a nice thing to have other than having a whole city full of kind of sad looking boxes.

Someone is seeing this art by these artists every day, and sometimes hundreds of people every day.

That's an artist's dream that your work is seen every day.

But hundreds of.

People think as an artist.

The hardest part is trying to figure out who your audience is and how to get your art out there and get as much exposure as possible, because the more that see it.

The better opportunities.

I think that you have.

And that's another reason why I've done the.

Part, is so important.

Traffic boxes have been a really good use for public art because they're just these boring boxes and you know it.

If it makes you not look at your phone at a stoplight because you saw something that caught your eye and put a smile on your face, or sparked your imagination to, to go home and create.

Your own art, you know, or to hug your dog.

I hope you fall in love with one of the artists that's helped with the artistic utility boxes.

And you, buy some of their art, or you go to their website and you look at everything they've done, and you show up at a gallery hop and you enjoy their work.

You know, I mean, support supports the artists who are supporting us all with this wonderful project.

You can drop by one, you know, 50 miles an hour, or you can really stop and engage with one.

And both of those were really great experiences.

So I'm happy that this, that this program exists and that people can access art in this way, either up close and personal or drive by it and just think that that's cool.

The city says it is taking submissions for the program until October, so there's still time for you to submit.