Alliance students give caboose a new look

Alliance Review
Students in Steve Cabassa's art classes at Alliance High School helped to paint the Downtown Alliance Caboose, giving the structure that's used as a stage for concerts a musically themed design. Cabassa is pictured standing on the grass at the bottom left, and the student artists pictured, from left, are Evan Winans, Eliza McDonald, Mia Pasco, Ally Sherwood, Garrett Adkins and Madyson Kline.

Art students from Alliance High School have given the Downtown Alliance Caboose a new look.

The historic train caboose has come full circle since a February 2023 arson fire caused heavy damage. In the months since, the city worked to repair and paint the structure, and now it has received a new decorative coat of red paint and a music-leaning design.

The now-permanently sealed windows on the Downtown Alliance Caboose have been decorated with images that depict couples dancing. The caboose these days is used as a stage for free outdoor concerts.
The now-permanently sealed windows on the Downtown Alliance Caboose have been decorated with images that depict couples dancing. The caboose these days is used as a stage for free outdoor concerts.

As part of the initial restoration, the windows on the caboose were sealed to help prevent vandalism. Use of the caboose mainly as a stage for summer concerts.

Rick Baxter, the president of Alliance Area Chamber of Commerce, reached out to Steve Cabassa at Alliance High School and asked for help. The design now includes the images that depict people inside dancing.

A group of six students − Garrett Adkins, Madyson Kline, Eliza McDonald, Mia Pasco, Ally Sherwood and Evan Winans − was selected to complete the project.

The Downtown Alliance Caboose stage has been repainted, giving it a musically themed design. Students from Alliance High School art classes took part in the work, which includes paintings on the now-closed windows featuring people dancing inside.
The Downtown Alliance Caboose stage has been repainted, giving it a musically themed design. Students from Alliance High School art classes took part in the work, which includes paintings on the now-closed windows featuring people dancing inside.

This article originally appeared on The Repository: Downtown Alliance Caboose gets new look from high school artists

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