As the paint dries on the last of the Chorus utility cabinet murals, the Dunedin City Council is liaising with the telecommunications company to extend the project.
Chorus began trialling artwork on its network cabinets in other cities in 2010, in an attempt to prevent tagging and vandalism.
The scheme was extended to Dunedin in 2014.
Dunedin City Council urban design team leader Glen Hazelton said local artists had completed about 30 artworks on large Chorus utility cabinets around the city.
Chorus was so impressed with the works, that four of them appeared in its 2016 cabinet art calender, and it was liaising with the city council about continuing the project on other cabinets around Dunedin, he said.
"We have a finite amount of cabinets. Not all of them are painted yet. They started out by painting the ones that got most heavily graffitied, and we've been gradually working through that list.''
Dr Hazelton said local artists had targeted the large two- and three-door cabinets, but there were still many smaller cabinets that could be painted.
In the latest, and final, round of projects, cabinets in South Rd, Caversham (Katherine Allard); Scott St, Waverley (Olivia Andrews); Dalgety St, St Kilda (Anne Baldock); Highgate (Victoria Heatherbell); Forbury Rd, St Clair (Pauline Bellamy); corner of Cavell and Botha Sts (Jessica Perry); corner of Ravelston and Cavell Sts (Frank Gordon); corner of Bayfield Rd and Musselburgh Rise (David Marshall); and corner of Ravelston St and Tainui Rd (Daniel Mead) were being painted.
They are expected to be completed by the end of March.
Commissioned artists have been paid $1000 by Chorus, plus extra funds for paint and brushes.
The artists were chosen after making proposals to the council, which included a sketched design, a description of what the design meant, which cabinet they wanted to paint and a short description of their experience.
