Public Art Program

The Public Art Program, within the division of Arts & Culture, is committed to acquiring great public art that impacts Calgary’s urban landscape and transforms the way Calgarians see, think and experience the city around them.
 

TransitStory Artist: Jill Anholt Location: 7 Ave and Centre St LRT Platform Project details Celebration of the Bow River 2010 Artist: Six artists, six different projects Location: Bow River Project details Triclopse Artist: Luke Blackstone Location: 80th Ave. and Saddletowne Cir. N.E. Project details Guardian Artist: Tony Stallard Location: Manchester Centre on 25th Ave. S.E. Project details bearing Artist: Douglas Senft Location: 1755 18th Ave. N.E. Project details Body Mind Spirit Artist: Blake Williams Location: Southland Leisure Centre Project details Rhythms Artist: Karen Ho Fatt Location: Village Square Leisure Centre Project details Arrival Time, Departure Time Artist team: Living Lenses Location: 7th St. S.W. CTrain Station Project details SWARM Artist: Stuart Keeler Location: 6th St. S.W. CTrain Station Project details Recollections, Topiary and Topiary Quilts Artist: Jim Hirschfield and Sonya Ishii Location: McKnight/Westwinds LRT Station Project details Steward Artist: Thomas Sayre Location: Water Centre Project details Water Garden Artist: Linda Covit Location: Water Centre Project details Tracking the Trail Artist: Roger Gaudreau Location: Highway 22X and Marquis de Lorne Trail Project details Strung II Artist: Gord Ferguson Location: Crowchild / Sarcee Trail Project details Jumping Trout Artist: Violet Costello and Bob Thomasson Location: Glenmore Tr./Elbow Dr./5th St. Project details Bridge, Abridged Artist: Adam Kuby Location: Glenmore Trail / Legsby Road Project details Skywalk Artist: Derek Besant Location: Canyon Meadows Pedestrian Overpass Project details Celebrations Artist: Barbara Amos Location: Cardel Place, 11950 Country Village Link N.E. Project details Crenellated Habitat Artist: Tony Bloom Location: John Laurie Pedestrian Overpass Project details 'From the Clouds to the Water' Artist: George Duncan Location: Killarney Dry Pond Project details Frozen Dreams Artist: Blake Williams Location: Max Bell Arenas Project details An Auspicious Find Artist: Lori Sobkowich Location: Prince's Island Project details The Language of Life Artist: James Holroyd Location: Thornhill Aquatic Centre Project details

What's new in Public Art?

Meet the Watershed+ Mentees - Jamie Hobbs, Randy Niessen, Daniel Puloski and Peig Abbott

Latest Open Spaces: Windows to a View installation:

• Dean Stanton and Barbara Sutherland

Recently commissioned artists:

• inges idee - 96 Avenue NE Extention
• David Dahlquist - NE LRT Extension

Opportunities for Artists:

• Call for Painted Utility Box Proposals (No deadline - submissions accepted on an on-going basis)

About the Public Art Program

• Opportunities for Artists
• Percent for Public Art Collection (online gallery)
• Civic Art Collection
• Community Cultural Development
• Public Art Board
• History and Funding
• Reports, Policies and Plans

Featured Projects, Events and Initiatives

• Public Art 101 - Free professional development sessions for artists
• Open Spaces: Windows to a View (online gallery)
• Public Art Freeze Mob - Check out the video and photo gallery!
• Celebration of the Bow River
• Gallery Without Walls (online gallery)
• Downtown Public Art Circuit Tour (online gallery)
• Life Near Gjoa Haven - Exhibit opportunity (online gallery)

Copyright notice

All photos and images on the City of Calgary Public Art Program website are copyright protected. Please see our copyright notice for more information.

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