{"id":29167,"date":"2026-01-18T17:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/exhibition\/artists-beautify-38-utility-boxes-for-chic-ellentrik\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T17:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:59:58","slug":"artists-beautify-38-utility-boxes-for-chic-ellentrik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/publications-en\/artists-beautify-38-utility-boxes-for-chic-ellentrik\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists beautify 38 utility boxes for Chic Ellentrik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Artists beautify 38 utility boxes for Chic Ellentrik: “There’s a walking trail in every borough”<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n
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Mayor Ward Kennes and Culture Alderman Ellen Peeters stand by the embellished utility box Try to fly by artist Vesper Hackars on Weverstraat in Kasterlee. \u00a9 Municipality of Kasterlee <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

KASTERLEE<\/mark> – <\/strong>The three boroughs of Kasterlee have become a lot more colorful thanks to the local arts project Chic Ellentrik. In each village you can take a walk past a total of 38 embellished utility boxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bart Van den Langenbergh – GVA 25\/9\/2025<\/a><\/strong> -. Nieuwsblad 25\/9\/2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The municipality of Kasterlee invited residents and creative people with a link to Kasterlee to submit designs for Chic Ellentrik around three new themes: sports in Kasterlee, points of light in Lichtaart and colors in Tielen. In the end, 38 utility boxes in the three boroughs were embellished with colorful drawings or photographs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This project shows in a wonderful way how much creativity and involvement is alive among our residents,” said Ward Kennes (CD&V team KLT), mayor in Kasterleer. “Art does not always have to hang in a museum, it also lives on the street corner.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beautified utility boxes are scattered throughout Kasterlee, Lichtaart and Tielen and together form a walking route in each borough. A map of locations is available on the municipal website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Chic Ellentrik makes art approachable and accessible. Young and old, amateur and professional: everyone gets the chance to add color to the village,” explained Ellen Peeters (CD&V team KLT), alderman for Culture in Kasterlee. “This is how we build a warmer and more beautiful public space together.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artist Anita Fleerackers from Gierle, from Tielen, displays her artwork TORO Gold on a utility closet on Klein Broek in Tielen. \u00a9 rr <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Artist Vesper at her work on the utility closet at the corner of Weverstraat and Hinghoeven in Kasterlee. \u00a9 Municipality of Kasterlee <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Bart Van den Langenbergh – GVA 25\/9\/2025<\/strong> <\/a>– Nieuwsblad 25\/9\/2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Artists beautify 38 utility boxes for Chic Ellentrik: “There’s a walking trail in every borough” KASTERLEE – The three boroughs of Kasterlee have become a lot more colorful thanks to the local arts project Chic Ellentrik. In each village you can take a walk past a total of 38 embellished utility boxes. Bart Van den… Lees verder \u00bbArtists beautify 38 utility boxes for Chic Ellentrik<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1305],"tags":[4699,4698,4706],"class_list":["post-29167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications-en","tag-bart-van-den-langenbergh-en","tag-gazet-van-antwerpen-en","tag-nieuwsblad-en-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitafleerackers.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}