Completed Public Art Projects
Learn about the public art projects in your community Gallery of public art
Calgary's public art collection includes over 1300 works of art. The projects highlighted in the gallery below include permanent outdoor sculptures, temporary public art installations and artist residencies that were funded through the percent for public art funding strategy which began in 2004.
For information on the larger collection which began growing in 1911 and other public art initiatives and exhibitions, start your journey at calgary.ca/publicart.
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Title: The Bison and The Dragon: Untold Tales
Artist: Jarett Sitter
Location: Pho City, 207 1st St. SE, and Calgary Immigrant Women's Association, 138 4th Ave. SE
Year of Completion: 2024
This public art project in Chinatown represents a history of collaboration and shared adversity between local Chinese and Indigenous communities.
Title: Art Bus
Artist: Katie Green, Lyndon Navalta, Michelle Ku, Natalia Ionescu, Paityn Savoie / WÂPOSHPYII, Phoebe Riel, Rawry and Pohly
Location: Moving around Calgary
Year of Completion: 2024
To help bring public art into a variety of areas and communities throughout the city, Calgary Arts Development invited artists to use a public transit bus as their canvas for a new original artwork.
Title: The Kaleidoscope
Artist: Day Pajarillo
Location: Whitehorn bus station
Year of Completion: 2024
Bus riders at the Whitehorn Station are now able to wait for their ride on the newest creation by visual artist, Day Pajarillo.
Title: Women Are Persons!
Artist: Barbara Paterson
Location: Olympic Plaza, to be relocated in 2024
Year of Completion: 1999
Project details
Title: TransitStory
Artist: Jill Anholt
Location: 45 Street CTrain Station (17 Avenue and 45 Street S.W.) Installation April, 2024
Year of Completion: 2012
Project details
Project: Origin Stories
Artists: Sydonne Warren, lead artist; Mide Kadiri, design consultation
Location: 64 Avenue NE pedestrian bridge over Métis Trail
Year of Completion: 2023
Sydonne Warren’s roughly 7-metre piece consists of images and scenes reflective of Warren’s interpretation of the community's past, present and future all accomplished in a super-hero graphic style.
Project: Utility Box Public Art Program
Artists: Various
Location: Various
Year of Completion: On-going
Applications for the Utility Box Public Art program are accepted year-round. This opportunity is open to community members and organizations.
To be considered for the next intake, please apply by May 31, 2025.
The Utility Box Public Art program works with communities to create temporary artworks on local utility boxes. Selected community organizations will receive funding to partner with artists to create the artworks. The organizations can work with an artist of their choice or Calgary Arts Development can help them find an artist.
Since 2010, more than 200 utility box public artworks have been created by local artists, students and community partners throughout Calgary.
Temporary works of art can add interest and creativity to our street corners. They create a sense of place and identity for communities and help prevent graffiti.
Each year, 20 to 40 utility boxes are selected, based on criteria including location, project goals and viability. Calgary Arts Development provides support and guidance in the process, but applicants should be prepared to oversee design and installation.
Please note, due to the functionality of the utility boxes, there is a continual turn-over of the boxes to meet infrastructure demands, and the City of Calgary's Public Art department does not track the artwork or the turn-over of the utility boxes.
Project: The Northeast Mini Galleries
Artists: Various
Locations: Various
Year of Completion: Ongoing
Artworks by up to 36 local artists have been showcased in mini galleries at 10 northeast community centres and in the municipal building atrium. Mini gallery exhibitions are curated by Katrina Ali and Morgan Black.
Project: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Artists: Tim Knowles
Location: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 2425 9th Avenue S.E.
Year of Completion: 2023
Art meets science with the addition of a functional art component at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary as part of park upgrades to improve the health of the lagoon, celebrate the history of the site, restore fish habitat, and prevent erosion in this delicate and important area.
Over a period of three years, artist Tim Knowles worked closely with the project team of engineers, hydrologists and ecologists to help design the path of a new channel flowing from the Bow river into the currently stagnant lagoon and out through a water meadow. This and other control measures now reconnect the lagoon to the Bow river. The design has involved landscaping, habitat creation and a new crossing.
Project: Convergence
Artists: Gladzy Kei, Von Zuniga, and Allan Brent Rosales
Location: West-facing wall of the Good Neighbour Community Market building at 149 5th Avenue S.E.
Year of Completion: 2023
To create the design, the artist collective brought together FilipinX artists and elders with Indigenous artists and elders. They met four times over a period of three months to discuss themes of empathy, equality and the environment. The resulting mural is a combination of symbols that come together in the middle.
A handshake is considered a traditional greeting for both Indigenous and Filipino culture. It’s the main focal point of the mural, which is placed in the center of the overall composition. A handshake also symbolizes the opportunity for connection and the openness to feel compassion towards somebody. Each hand symbolizes Indigenous and Filipino culture, which also shows how we both welcome each other. The Indigenous Elders taught us that our goal is to coexist with each other and connect to all living things, including plants and animals.
Project: Better Not Tell You Now
Artist: Cassie Suche
Location: SE Calgary Community Resource Centre, 2734 76 Avenue SE
Year of Completion: 2023
This innovative work uses Magic 8-balls to embody the sense of uncertainty in the Milican Ogden community as it prepares for the development of the Calgary Transit green line.
The project highlights the notion that this mixed apprehension is fuelled by a deep and resounding love of the neighbourhood. It aims to encapsulate some of the playful spirit of the Millican Ogden while expressing the community’s collective inquiry for what comes next.
Project: Rooted in Community
Artists: Blank Page Studio
Location: West Hillhurst Community
Year of Completion: 2023
Rooted in Community is a public art project that connects the community of people to the community of plants in their neighbourhood. The project features 36 signs located throughout the West Hillhurst Community, the installation of a new artwork at the West Hillhurst Community Association and the launch of a new online resource.
Project: Goose Garden
Artists: Heather Morigeau
Location: Princes Island Lagoon
Year of Completion: 2023
Goose Garden is a floating fiberglass sculpture, custom painted to resemble a Canadian goose. This whimsical and larger-than-life temporary art display is located in the lagoon near the Jaipur Pedestrian Bridge at Prince's Island Park where geese raise their offspring each spring.
Project: The Land is Home
Artists: Shirley Hill, Amy Hill, Sonny-Ray Day Rider, Gordon Wesley, Henry Heavyshield, Hali Heavy Shield, Zoe Buckskin, Kelsey Twoyoungmen,Tara Manyfingers
Location: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Nature Centre
Year of Completion: 2023
The Land is Home project is a rotating exhibition of artworks that feature connections to the land created by Indigenous artists. It reveals new perspectives on nature, and reminds Calgarians that Indigenous people have cared for these lands since time immemorial and served as the original stewards of the places we now enjoy as parks.
Project: Lost & Found
Artists: Rawry & Pohly (Jamie Mason and Kevin Chow)
Location: Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre
Year of Completion: 2022
Lost & Found consist of three parts: a layered relief mural depicting the artist’s late grandfather teaching his sister how to cook bok choy, a 6-foot-tall sculpture of a bok choy, and a cookbook available for viewing both physically and virtually via QR code.
Project: Sunnyside skatepark murals
Artists: Dan Bergeron, Gabriel Specter and Toner
Location: Bow to Bluff corridor along the Northwest LRT line between the Bow River and McHugh Bluff
Year of Completion: 2022
Nine vibrant murals provide color and movement to the Sunnyside skatepark and the journey from there to the Sunnyside LRT station. With a common design approach and use of vibrating colour patterns, this projects captures the infectious energy, boundless creativity and elegance of the sport of skateboarding.
Project: A park without a name
Location: 115 4 Ave SW in the park formerly known as James Short Park.
Artist: Annie Wong
A park without a name is a pop-up public art exhibit by artist Annie Wong, on display Oct. 25-28, 2022 in the park at 115 4 Ave. S.W.
The contemporary artwork is a series of seven banners that feature quotes in English and Traditional Chinese. These quotes were heard by the artist while in conversation with members of the Chinatown community.
The art encourages Calgarians to reflect and engage in thoughtful conversations on historical racism against Chinese people in Calgary. The banners invite us to consider whose voices and history are valued when we name places and spaces. Read more
Project: The Alberta Public Art Network (APAN)
Location: A work-from-home, research-focused opportunity.
Artists: asmaa al-issa (Mohkínstsis/Calgary), Cindy Baker (Edmonton region), Alana Bartol (Mohkínstsis/Calgary), seth cardinal dodginghorse (Tsuu’tina nation), and Faye HeavyShield (Kainai community of Standoff).
The Alberta Public Art Network (APAN) artist residency was created to give artists living in Alberta the support to further develop their practice.
Title: The Bison and The Dragon: Untold Tales
Artist: Jarett Sitter
Location: Pho City, 207 1st St. SE, and Calgary Immigrant Women's Association, 138 4th Ave. SE
Year of Completion: 2024
This public art project in Chinatown represents a history of collaboration and shared adversity between local Chinese and Indigenous communities.
Title: The Bison and The Dragon: Untold Tales
Artist: Jarett Sitter
Location: Pho City, 207 1st St. SE, and Calgary Immigrant Women's Association, 138 4th Ave. SE
Year of Completion: 2024
This public art project in Chinatown represents a history of collaboration and shared adversity between local Chinese and Indigenous communities.
Title: Art Bus
Artist: Katie Green, Lyndon Navalta, Michelle Ku, Natalia Ionescu, Paityn Savoie / WÂPOSHPYII, Phoebe Riel, Rawry and Pohly
Location: Moving around Calgary
Year of Completion: 2024
To help bring public art into a variety of areas and communities throughout the city, Calgary Arts Development invited artists to use a public transit bus as their canvas for a new original artwork.
Title: Art Bus
Artist: Katie Green, Lyndon Navalta, Michelle Ku, Natalia Ionescu, Paityn Savoie / WÂPOSHPYII, Phoebe Riel, Rawry and Pohly
Location: Moving around Calgary
Year of Completion: 2024
To help bring public art into a variety of areas and communities throughout the city, Calgary Arts Development invited artists to use a public transit bus as their canvas for a new original artwork.
Title: The Kaleidoscope
Artist: Day Pajarillo
Location: Whitehorn bus station
Year of Completion: 2024
Bus riders at the Whitehorn Station are now able to wait for their ride on the newest creation by visual artist, Day Pajarillo.
Title: The Kaleidoscope
Artist: Day Pajarillo
Location: Whitehorn bus station
Year of Completion: 2024
Bus riders at the Whitehorn Station are now able to wait for their ride on the newest creation by visual artist, Day Pajarillo.
Title: Women Are Persons!
Artist: Barbara Paterson
Location: Olympic Plaza, to be relocated in 2024
Year of Completion: 1999
Project details
Title: Women Are Persons!
Artist: Barbara Paterson
Location: Olympic Plaza, to be relocated in 2024
Year of Completion: 1999
Project details
Title: TransitStory
Artist: Jill Anholt
Location: 45 Street CTrain Station (17 Avenue and 45 Street S.W.) Installation April, 2024
Year of Completion: 2012
Project details
Title: TransitStory
Artist: Jill Anholt
Location: 45 Street CTrain Station (17 Avenue and 45 Street S.W.) Installation April, 2024
Year of Completion: 2012
Project details
Project: Origin Stories
Artists: Sydonne Warren, lead artist; Mide Kadiri, design consultation
Location: 64 Avenue NE pedestrian bridge over Métis Trail
Year of Completion: 2023
Sydonne Warren’s roughly 7-metre piece consists of images and scenes reflective of Warren’s interpretation of the community's past, present and future all accomplished in a super-hero graphic style.
Project: Origin Stories
Artists: Sydonne Warren, lead artist; Mide Kadiri, design consultation
Location: 64 Avenue NE pedestrian bridge over Métis Trail
Year of Completion: 2023
Sydonne Warren’s roughly 7-metre piece consists of images and scenes reflective of Warren’s interpretation of the community's past, present and future all accomplished in a super-hero graphic style.
Project: Utility Box Public Art Program
Artists: Various
Location: Various
Year of Completion: On-going
Applications for the Utility Box Public Art program are accepted year-round. This opportunity is open to community members and organizations.
To be considered for the next intake, please apply by May 31, 2025.
The Utility Box Public Art program works with communities to create temporary artworks on local utility boxes. Selected community organizations will receive funding to partner with artists to create the artworks. The organizations can work with an artist of their choice or Calgary Arts Development can help them find an artist.
Since 2010, more than 200 utility box public artworks have been created by local artists, students and community partners throughout Calgary.
Temporary works of art can add interest and creativity to our street corners. They create a sense of place and identity for communities and help prevent graffiti.
Each year, 20 to 40 utility boxes are selected, based on criteria including location, project goals and viability. Calgary Arts Development provides support and guidance in the process, but applicants should be prepared to oversee design and installation.
Please note, due to the functionality of the utility boxes, there is a continual turn-over of the boxes to meet infrastructure demands, and the City of Calgary's Public Art department does not track the artwork or the turn-over of the utility boxes.
Project: Utility Box Public Art Program
Artists: Various
Location: Various
Year of Completion: On-going
Applications for the Utility Box Public Art program are accepted year-round. This opportunity is open to community members and organizations.
To be considered for the next intake, please apply by May 31, 2025.
The Utility Box Public Art program works with communities to create temporary artworks on local utility boxes. Selected community organizations will receive funding to partner with artists to create the artworks. The organizations can work with an artist of their choice or Calgary Arts Development can help them find an artist.
Since 2010, more than 200 utility box public artworks have been created by local artists, students and community partners throughout Calgary.
Temporary works of art can add interest and creativity to our street corners. They create a sense of place and identity for communities and help prevent graffiti.
Each year, 20 to 40 utility boxes are selected, based on criteria including location, project goals and viability. Calgary Arts Development provides support and guidance in the process, but applicants should be prepared to oversee design and installation.
Please note, due to the functionality of the utility boxes, there is a continual turn-over of the boxes to meet infrastructure demands, and the City of Calgary's Public Art department does not track the artwork or the turn-over of the utility boxes.
Project: The Northeast Mini Galleries
Artists: Various
Locations: Various
Year of Completion: Ongoing
Artworks by up to 36 local artists have been showcased in mini galleries at 10 northeast community centres and in the municipal building atrium. Mini gallery exhibitions are curated by Katrina Ali and Morgan Black.
Project: The Northeast Mini Galleries
Artists: Various
Locations: Various
Year of Completion: Ongoing
Artworks by up to 36 local artists have been showcased in mini galleries at 10 northeast community centres and in the municipal building atrium. Mini gallery exhibitions are curated by Katrina Ali and Morgan Black.
Project: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Artists: Tim Knowles
Location: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 2425 9th Avenue S.E.
Year of Completion: 2023
Art meets science with the addition of a functional art component at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary as part of park upgrades to improve the health of the lagoon, celebrate the history of the site, restore fish habitat, and prevent erosion in this delicate and important area.
Over a period of three years, artist Tim Knowles worked closely with the project team of engineers, hydrologists and ecologists to help design the path of a new channel flowing from the Bow river into the currently stagnant lagoon and out through a water meadow. This and other control measures now reconnect the lagoon to the Bow river. The design has involved landscaping, habitat creation and a new crossing.
Project: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Artists: Tim Knowles
Location: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 2425 9th Avenue S.E.
Year of Completion: 2023
Art meets science with the addition of a functional art component at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary as part of park upgrades to improve the health of the lagoon, celebrate the history of the site, restore fish habitat, and prevent erosion in this delicate and important area.
Over a period of three years, artist Tim Knowles worked closely with the project team of engineers, hydrologists and ecologists to help design the path of a new channel flowing from the Bow river into the currently stagnant lagoon and out through a water meadow. This and other control measures now reconnect the lagoon to the Bow river. The design has involved landscaping, habitat creation and a new crossing.
Project: Convergence
Artists: Gladzy Kei, Von Zuniga, and Allan Brent Rosales
Location: West-facing wall of the Good Neighbour Community Market building at 149 5th Avenue S.E.
Year of Completion: 2023
To create the design, the artist collective brought together FilipinX artists and elders with Indigenous artists and elders. They met four times over a period of three months to discuss themes of empathy, equality and the environment. The resulting mural is a combination of symbols that come together in the middle.
A handshake is considered a traditional greeting for both Indigenous and Filipino culture. It’s the main focal point of the mural, which is placed in the center of the overall composition. A handshake also symbolizes the opportunity for connection and the openness to feel compassion towards somebody. Each hand symbolizes Indigenous and Filipino culture, which also shows how we both welcome each other. The Indigenous Elders taught us that our goal is to coexist with each other and connect to all living things, including plants and animals.
Project: Convergence
Artists: Gladzy Kei, Von Zuniga, and Allan Brent Rosales
Location: West-facing wall of the Good Neighbour Community Market building at 149 5th Avenue S.E.
Year of Completion: 2023
To create the design, the artist collective brought together FilipinX artists and elders with Indigenous artists and elders. They met four times over a period of three months to discuss themes of empathy, equality and the environment. The resulting mural is a combination of symbols that come together in the middle.
A handshake is considered a traditional greeting for both Indigenous and Filipino culture. It’s the main focal point of the mural, which is placed in the center of the overall composition. A handshake also symbolizes the opportunity for connection and the openness to feel compassion towards somebody. Each hand symbolizes Indigenous and Filipino culture, which also shows how we both welcome each other. The Indigenous Elders taught us that our goal is to coexist with each other and connect to all living things, including plants and animals.
Project: Better Not Tell You Now
Artist: Cassie Suche
Location: SE Calgary Community Resource Centre, 2734 76 Avenue SE
Year of Completion: 2023
This innovative work uses Magic 8-balls to embody the sense of uncertainty in the Milican Ogden community as it prepares for the development of the Calgary Transit green line.
The project highlights the notion that this mixed apprehension is fuelled by a deep and resounding love of the neighbourhood. It aims to encapsulate some of the playful spirit of the Millican Ogden while expressing the community’s collective inquiry for what comes next.
Project: Better Not Tell You Now
Artist: Cassie Suche
Location: SE Calgary Community Resource Centre, 2734 76 Avenue SE
Year of Completion: 2023
This innovative work uses Magic 8-balls to embody the sense of uncertainty in the Milican Ogden community as it prepares for the development of the Calgary Transit green line.
The project highlights the notion that this mixed apprehension is fuelled by a deep and resounding love of the neighbourhood. It aims to encapsulate some of the playful spirit of the Millican Ogden while expressing the community’s collective inquiry for what comes next.
Project: Rooted in Community
Artists: Blank Page Studio
Location: West Hillhurst Community
Year of Completion: 2023
Rooted in Community is a public art project that connects the community of people to the community of plants in their neighbourhood. The project features 36 signs located throughout the West Hillhurst Community, the installation of a new artwork at the West Hillhurst Community Association and the launch of a new online resource.
Project: Rooted in Community
Artists: Blank Page Studio
Location: West Hillhurst Community
Year of Completion: 2023
Rooted in Community is a public art project that connects the community of people to the community of plants in their neighbourhood. The project features 36 signs located throughout the West Hillhurst Community, the installation of a new artwork at the West Hillhurst Community Association and the launch of a new online resource.
Project: Goose Garden
Artists: Heather Morigeau
Location: Princes Island Lagoon
Year of Completion: 2023
Goose Garden is a floating fiberglass sculpture, custom painted to resemble a Canadian goose. This whimsical and larger-than-life temporary art display is located in the lagoon near the Jaipur Pedestrian Bridge at Prince's Island Park where geese raise their offspring each spring.
Project: Goose Garden
Artists: Heather Morigeau
Location: Princes Island Lagoon
Year of Completion: 2023
Goose Garden is a floating fiberglass sculpture, custom painted to resemble a Canadian goose. This whimsical and larger-than-life temporary art display is located in the lagoon near the Jaipur Pedestrian Bridge at Prince's Island Park where geese raise their offspring each spring.
Project: The Land is Home
Artists: Shirley Hill, Amy Hill, Sonny-Ray Day Rider, Gordon Wesley, Henry Heavyshield, Hali Heavy Shield, Zoe Buckskin, Kelsey Twoyoungmen,Tara Manyfingers
Location: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Nature Centre
Year of Completion: 2023
The Land is Home project is a rotating exhibition of artworks that feature connections to the land created by Indigenous artists. It reveals new perspectives on nature, and reminds Calgarians that Indigenous people have cared for these lands since time immemorial and served as the original stewards of the places we now enjoy as parks.
Project: The Land is Home
Artists: Shirley Hill, Amy Hill, Sonny-Ray Day Rider, Gordon Wesley, Henry Heavyshield, Hali Heavy Shield, Zoe Buckskin, Kelsey Twoyoungmen,Tara Manyfingers
Location: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Nature Centre
Year of Completion: 2023
The Land is Home project is a rotating exhibition of artworks that feature connections to the land created by Indigenous artists. It reveals new perspectives on nature, and reminds Calgarians that Indigenous people have cared for these lands since time immemorial and served as the original stewards of the places we now enjoy as parks.
Project: Lost & Found
Artists: Rawry & Pohly (Jamie Mason and Kevin Chow)
Location: Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre
Year of Completion: 2022
Lost & Found consist of three parts: a layered relief mural depicting the artist’s late grandfather teaching his sister how to cook bok choy, a 6-foot-tall sculpture of a bok choy, and a cookbook available for viewing both physically and virtually via QR code.
Project: Lost & Found
Artists: Rawry & Pohly (Jamie Mason and Kevin Chow)
Location: Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre
Year of Completion: 2022
Lost & Found consist of three parts: a layered relief mural depicting the artist’s late grandfather teaching his sister how to cook bok choy, a 6-foot-tall sculpture of a bok choy, and a cookbook available for viewing both physically and virtually via QR code.
Project: Sunnyside skatepark murals
Artists: Dan Bergeron, Gabriel Specter and Toner
Location: Bow to Bluff corridor along the Northwest LRT line between the Bow River and McHugh Bluff
Year of Completion: 2022
Nine vibrant murals provide color and movement to the Sunnyside skatepark and the journey from there to the Sunnyside LRT station. With a common design approach and use of vibrating colour patterns, this projects captures the infectious energy, boundless creativity and elegance of the sport of skateboarding.
Project: Sunnyside skatepark murals
Artists: Dan Bergeron, Gabriel Specter and Toner
Location: Bow to Bluff corridor along the Northwest LRT line between the Bow River and McHugh Bluff
Year of Completion: 2022
Nine vibrant murals provide color and movement to the Sunnyside skatepark and the journey from there to the Sunnyside LRT station. With a common design approach and use of vibrating colour patterns, this projects captures the infectious energy, boundless creativity and elegance of the sport of skateboarding.
Project: A park without a name
Location: 115 4 Ave SW in the park formerly known as James Short Park.
Artist: Annie Wong
A park without a name is a pop-up public art exhibit by artist Annie Wong, on display Oct. 25-28, 2022 in the park at 115 4 Ave. S.W.
The contemporary artwork is a series of seven banners that feature quotes in English and Traditional Chinese. These quotes were heard by the artist while in conversation with members of the Chinatown community.
The art encourages Calgarians to reflect and engage in thoughtful conversations on historical racism against Chinese people in Calgary. The banners invite us to consider whose voices and history are valued when we name places and spaces. Read more
Project: A park without a name
Location: 115 4 Ave SW in the park formerly known as James Short Park.
Artist: Annie Wong
A park without a name is a pop-up public art exhibit by artist Annie Wong, on display Oct. 25-28, 2022 in the park at 115 4 Ave. S.W.
The contemporary artwork is a series of seven banners that feature quotes in English and Traditional Chinese. These quotes were heard by the artist while in conversation with members of the Chinatown community.
The art encourages Calgarians to reflect and engage in thoughtful conversations on historical racism against Chinese people in Calgary. The banners invite us to consider whose voices and history are valued when we name places and spaces. Read more
Project: The Alberta Public Art Network (APAN)
Location: A work-from-home, research-focused opportunity.
Artists: asmaa al-issa (Mohkínstsis/Calgary), Cindy Baker (Edmonton region), Alana Bartol (Mohkínstsis/Calgary), seth cardinal dodginghorse (Tsuu’tina nation), and Faye HeavyShield (Kainai community of Standoff).
The Alberta Public Art Network (APAN) artist residency was created to give artists living in Alberta the support to further develop their practice.
Project: The Alberta Public Art Network (APAN)
Location: A work-from-home, research-focused opportunity.
Artists: asmaa al-issa (Mohkínstsis/Calgary), Cindy Baker (Edmonton region), Alana Bartol (Mohkínstsis/Calgary), seth cardinal dodginghorse (Tsuu’tina nation), and Faye HeavyShield (Kainai community of Standoff).
The Alberta Public Art Network (APAN) artist residency was created to give artists living in Alberta the support to further develop their practice.
Project: Below/Before/Between
Location: 5th Street S.W. & 9th Avenue
Artists: Jill Anholt & Calgary civil engineers
The 5 Street S.W. underpass serves as a current connector between Calgary’s Bow and Elbow rivers as well as a reminder of the buried layers of this area’s ancient water-related origins from stream deposits flowing beneath glaciers to the fossilized remnants of wave actions and currents within a prehistoric inland sea. Fossilized ripple stone supplied by Rundle Rock (Kamenka) Quarry was used to create the molds for the precast concrete wall. Read more
Project: Below/Before/Between
Location: 5th Street S.W. & 9th Avenue
Artists: Jill Anholt & Calgary civil engineers
The 5 Street S.W. underpass serves as a current connector between Calgary’s Bow and Elbow rivers as well as a reminder of the buried layers of this area’s ancient water-related origins from stream deposits flowing beneath glaciers to the fossilized remnants of wave actions and currents within a prehistoric inland sea. Fossilized ripple stone supplied by Rundle Rock (Kamenka) Quarry was used to create the molds for the precast concrete wall. Read more
Project: Wishing Well
Location: 950 McPherson Square N.E.
Artist(s): Louise Bertelsen and Po Shu Wang
Wishing Well was designed by renowned artist team Living Lenses (Louise Bertelsen and Po Shu Wang) of San Francisco. It is made of stainless steel and weighs 2200 kilograms. It measures 3.88 metres tall, 5.36 metres wide and 4 metres deep. Read more.
Project: Wishing Well
Location: 950 McPherson Square N.E.
Artist(s): Louise Bertelsen and Po Shu Wang
Wishing Well was designed by renowned artist team Living Lenses (Louise Bertelsen and Po Shu Wang) of San Francisco. It is made of stainless steel and weighs 2200 kilograms. It measures 3.88 metres tall, 5.36 metres wide and 4 metres deep. Read more.
Title: 34 community-run projects
Artist: various local artists **
Location: various locations throughout Calgary
Year of Completion: 2021
Title: 34 community-run projects
Artist: various local artists **
Location: various locations throughout Calgary
Year of Completion: 2021
Project: Fire Hydrant Water Fountain Project
Artist: Sans façon
Year of Completion: 2021
Designed by WATERSHED+ lead artist Sans façon, the Fire Hydrant Water Fountain Project is an example of applying creative thinking and a creative process to practical problems – a means of using public art to address civic challenges and enhance our communities.
Project: Fire Hydrant Water Fountain Project
Artist: Sans façon
Year of Completion: 2021
Designed by WATERSHED+ lead artist Sans façon, the Fire Hydrant Water Fountain Project is an example of applying creative thinking and a creative process to practical problems – a means of using public art to address civic challenges and enhance our communities.
Project: Past, Present and Future banners
Location: Calgary municipal building
Artist: Kalum Teke Dan
Year of Completion: 2021
Indigenous artist, Kalum Teke Dan created art for three banners that currently hang on pillars outside Council Chamber in Calgary’s municipal building atrium. The pieces, titled Past, Present and Future aim to represent the rich history of the land on which Calgary sits and how all people are working to understand the wrongs of the past and provide a way forward for the future. Learn more.
Project: Past, Present and Future banners
Location: Calgary municipal building
Artist: Kalum Teke Dan
Year of Completion: 2021
Indigenous artist, Kalum Teke Dan created art for three banners that currently hang on pillars outside Council Chamber in Calgary’s municipal building atrium. The pieces, titled Past, Present and Future aim to represent the rich history of the land on which Calgary sits and how all people are working to understand the wrongs of the past and provide a way forward for the future. Learn more.
Title: Trailing
Artists: Alia Shahab and Michel Gignac
Year of Completion: 2021
Trailing, by Alia Shahab and Michel Gignac, is an interactive sculpture that uses over a thousand tiny microcontrollers to manage individual strands of hanging fiber optic cables, each attached to their own light emitting diode and mechanically triggered by physical movement.
Title: Trailing
Artists: Alia Shahab and Michel Gignac
Year of Completion: 2021
Trailing, by Alia Shahab and Michel Gignac, is an interactive sculpture that uses over a thousand tiny microcontrollers to manage individual strands of hanging fiber optic cables, each attached to their own light emitting diode and mechanically triggered by physical movement.
Title: Calgary Chinatown artist residency
Artists: Teresa Tam, Annie Wong and Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong
Year of Completion: 2021
The Calgary Chinatown artist residency gave professional artists an opportunity to be embedded in Calgary Chinatown while The City and community stakeholders underwent significant planning for the future of the area. The artists learned about the neighbourhood’s rich history and culture as well as the current sociopolitical context through community engagement and research. This residency aimed to support contemporary art practices and facilitate conversation with the Calgary Chinatown community.
Title: Calgary Chinatown artist residency
Artists: Teresa Tam, Annie Wong and Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong
Year of Completion: 2021
The Calgary Chinatown artist residency gave professional artists an opportunity to be embedded in Calgary Chinatown while The City and community stakeholders underwent significant planning for the future of the area. The artists learned about the neighbourhood’s rich history and culture as well as the current sociopolitical context through community engagement and research. This residency aimed to support contemporary art practices and facilitate conversation with the Calgary Chinatown community.
Title: DayNight Art
Artists: Sisay Shimeles and Oksana Kryzhanivska
Location: 3375 Spruce Drive S.W.
Partner: Spruce Cliff community
DayNight Art by Calgary artists Oksana Kryzhanivska and Sisay Shimeles consists of one lit community sign and three structural wind blocking pieces at a gathering space in Calgary’s Spruce Cliff community.
Designs were conceived during multi-cultural art workshops with Spruce Cliff community members that focused on cross-cultural and traditional ways of art making. With the goal of uniting multicultural artists and building stronger community ties that would highlight Spruce Cliff’s identity, participants produced paintings which were incorporated into the final art pieces. The workshops allowed residents to make a permanent mark in the Spruce Cliff community while celebrating and bringing together different cultural perspectives.
Windshields
The windshields celebrate nature and represent Ethiopian and Ukrainian cultural symbolism in the form of coffee bean and egg shapes. These iconic references from the artists’ cultural backgrounds frame transparent collages of the artists work and community members’ paintings. Viewers are encouraged to stand at different places in the area and witness the half shapes becoming full.
Spruce Cliff community sign
The Spruce Cliff community sign aims to evoke a sense of community pride. In addition to incorporating community member’s paintings, the artists lent their culturally inspired imagery to this work. During the day, the piece shows a bright and diverse collage. At night, the backlit artwork gives nod to connectedness through cultural identity.
Title: DayNight Art
Artists: Sisay Shimeles and Oksana Kryzhanivska
Location: 3375 Spruce Drive S.W.
Partner: Spruce Cliff community
DayNight Art by Calgary artists Oksana Kryzhanivska and Sisay Shimeles consists of one lit community sign and three structural wind blocking pieces at a gathering space in Calgary’s Spruce Cliff community.
Designs were conceived during multi-cultural art workshops with Spruce Cliff community members that focused on cross-cultural and traditional ways of art making. With the goal of uniting multicultural artists and building stronger community ties that would highlight Spruce Cliff’s identity, participants produced paintings which were incorporated into the final art pieces. The workshops allowed residents to make a permanent mark in the Spruce Cliff community while celebrating and bringing together different cultural perspectives.
Windshields
The windshields celebrate nature and represent Ethiopian and Ukrainian cultural symbolism in the form of coffee bean and egg shapes. These iconic references from the artists’ cultural backgrounds frame transparent collages of the artists work and community members’ paintings. Viewers are encouraged to stand at different places in the area and witness the half shapes becoming full.
Spruce Cliff community sign
The Spruce Cliff community sign aims to evoke a sense of community pride. In addition to incorporating community member’s paintings, the artists lent their culturally inspired imagery to this work. During the day, the piece shows a bright and diverse collage. At night, the backlit artwork gives nod to connectedness through cultural identity.
Artist: Cassie Suche
Title: Rise and Reflect
Year: 2021
Medium: Corten Steel
Location: North side of 17 Avenue S.E. at Barlow Trail/26 Street S.E. (artwork is located on the Blvd.)
Rise and Reflect is an abstract expression of the dynamic nature of the International Avenue area. The work arose through conversations with community members about their personal rituals and the impactful moments in their lives. These stories inspired the artist to create a work referencing expansion and growth. The sculpture suggests these ideas using a linear and geometric visual language, intended to be openly interpreted by viewers as they engage with the work through the lens of their own experiences. The sculpture is cut from a single sheet of steel and rolled into its current form. With time, a patina will form on the surface of the work reflecting the outdoor elements of the surrounding area. Steel fabrication completed by Mercedes + Singh.
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Artist: Cassie Suche
Title: Rise and Reflect
Year: 2021
Medium: Corten Steel
Location: North side of 17 Avenue S.E. at Barlow Trail/26 Street S.E. (artwork is located on the Blvd.)
Rise and Reflect is an abstract expression of the dynamic nature of the International Avenue area. The work arose through conversations with community members about their personal rituals and the impactful moments in their lives. These stories inspired the artist to create a work referencing expansion and growth. The sculpture suggests these ideas using a linear and geometric visual language, intended to be openly interpreted by viewers as they engage with the work through the lens of their own experiences. The sculpture is cut from a single sheet of steel and rolled into its current form. With time, a patina will form on the surface of the work reflecting the outdoor elements of the surrounding area. Steel fabrication completed by Mercedes + Singh.
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Artist: Vahe Tokmajyan - Lead artist
Title: Dance
Year: 2021
Medium: Stained glass mosaic
Location: South side of 17 Avenue S.E. between 30 Street S.E. and 31 Street S.E. (3111 International Avenue, in front of the Nyla beauty supplies building )
Vahe Tokmajyan - Lead artist in collaboration with Janey Luc-German, Juan Carlos Urria, Lovelia Vera, Maria Loaiza, Zoong Nguyên.
Dance is at the core of many cultures and is as old as the history of humanity. Vahe and his multidisciplinary team of artists have partnered to develop an art piece that celebrates dance as a common form of social expression across all cultures. The sculptural composition represents a partner dance in which their intertwined movements showcase the engagement of mind and body and reflect the joy of dance. Here the dancers align their movements and gestures to the rhythm of the music and create an interconnected performance that tells a story.
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Artist: Vahe Tokmajyan - Lead artist
Title: Dance
Year: 2021
Medium: Stained glass mosaic
Location: South side of 17 Avenue S.E. between 30 Street S.E. and 31 Street S.E. (3111 International Avenue, in front of the Nyla beauty supplies building )
Vahe Tokmajyan - Lead artist in collaboration with Janey Luc-German, Juan Carlos Urria, Lovelia Vera, Maria Loaiza, Zoong Nguyên.
Dance is at the core of many cultures and is as old as the history of humanity. Vahe and his multidisciplinary team of artists have partnered to develop an art piece that celebrates dance as a common form of social expression across all cultures. The sculptural composition represents a partner dance in which their intertwined movements showcase the engagement of mind and body and reflect the joy of dance. Here the dancers align their movements and gestures to the rhythm of the music and create an interconnected performance that tells a story.
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Artist: Adrian Stimson
Title: Kawa’pomahkaiks – Animals That Roam the Prairie
Year: 2020
Medium: Laser-cut steel
Location:: Within the planter on the SE corner of the intersection of 17th Ave SE, and 33rd Street SE.
This installation titled Kawa’pomahkaiks – Animals That Roam the Prairie pays homage to the animals that once inhabited, and some that still inhabit, the plains now known as Calgary and International Avenue. Artist inspiration came from engagement sessions with people in the community, specifically the local area children who drew sketches of animals. Laser-cut steel silhouettes of a pronghorn antelope, coyote, badger, prairie dog, beaver, prairie hare, black footed ferret, swift fox and burrowing owl are placed within the planter on 17 Avenue S.E. to playfully interact with people as they take a seat or wander by. Visitors are encouraged to learn the names of the animals and the Siksiká (Blackfoot) pronunciations.
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Artist: Adrian Stimson
Title: Kawa’pomahkaiks – Animals That Roam the Prairie
Year: 2020
Medium: Laser-cut steel
Location:: Within the planter on the SE corner of the intersection of 17th Ave SE, and 33rd Street SE.
This installation titled Kawa’pomahkaiks – Animals That Roam the Prairie pays homage to the animals that once inhabited, and some that still inhabit, the plains now known as Calgary and International Avenue. Artist inspiration came from engagement sessions with people in the community, specifically the local area children who drew sketches of animals. Laser-cut steel silhouettes of a pronghorn antelope, coyote, badger, prairie dog, beaver, prairie hare, black footed ferret, swift fox and burrowing owl are placed within the planter on 17 Avenue S.E. to playfully interact with people as they take a seat or wander by. Visitors are encouraged to learn the names of the animals and the Siksiká (Blackfoot) pronunciations.
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Artist: Mia & Eric
Title: Pick, Pluck, Perch
Year: 2020
Medium: Ussurian pear (golden spice) tree, gold leaf, various shrubs and herbs, field granite boulders, mulch, reclaimed bricks, reclaimed sign post, reclaimed planter box.
Location: Corner of 34th Street and the parking lane off of 17th Avenue SE in front of Southview Motors.
This temporary public art work is centred around a gold gilded pear tree that is underplanted with companion plants and edible herbs and berries. As the tree grows, the gold will stretch, crack, and fall away. Over time the art will breakdown and the community will be left with a mature pear tree, berries, oregano, and thyme that residents are encouraged to harvest. As the plants mature new habitats will be created for insects, birds and others. Complimenting the vegetation are granite boulders as seating and a path made of reclaimed bricks that leads residents between the tree and the repurposed planter box.
During their time exploring International Avenue and the Greater Forest Lawn area, Mia and Eric were struck by the diversity and richness of the foods and flavours found along the Avenue, as well as the multitude of social services, community groups and support networks in this neighbourhood. Their concept builds upon the work already being done by organizations such as The Alex, The Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society and Antyx Community Arts to create a small social space for people to enjoy on International Avenue.
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Artist: Mia & Eric
Title: Pick, Pluck, Perch
Year: 2020
Medium: Ussurian pear (golden spice) tree, gold leaf, various shrubs and herbs, field granite boulders, mulch, reclaimed bricks, reclaimed sign post, reclaimed planter box.
Location: Corner of 34th Street and the parking lane off of 17th Avenue SE in front of Southview Motors.
This temporary public art work is centred around a gold gilded pear tree that is underplanted with companion plants and edible herbs and berries. As the tree grows, the gold will stretch, crack, and fall away. Over time the art will breakdown and the community will be left with a mature pear tree, berries, oregano, and thyme that residents are encouraged to harvest. As the plants mature new habitats will be created for insects, birds and others. Complimenting the vegetation are granite boulders as seating and a path made of reclaimed bricks that leads residents between the tree and the repurposed planter box.
During their time exploring International Avenue and the Greater Forest Lawn area, Mia and Eric were struck by the diversity and richness of the foods and flavours found along the Avenue, as well as the multitude of social services, community groups and support networks in this neighbourhood. Their concept builds upon the work already being done by organizations such as The Alex, The Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society and Antyx Community Arts to create a small social space for people to enjoy on International Avenue.
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Artist: Mary Haasdyk
Title: A Beautiful Day
Year: 2020
Medium: Digital prints on alupanel
Location: City building - 3810 17 Ave SE
A Beautiful Day draws inspiration from the eclectic and diverse nature of International Avenue, reimagining its personality and character through a series of personified portraits of the Avenue. It incorporates elements of things found here, and becomes an interesting whole made up of unexpected parts. It is playful and fun and invites the viewer to engage their imagination, looking at the familiar from a fresh point of view.
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Artist: Mary Haasdyk
Title: A Beautiful Day
Year: 2020
Medium: Digital prints on alupanel
Location: City building - 3810 17 Ave SE
A Beautiful Day draws inspiration from the eclectic and diverse nature of International Avenue, reimagining its personality and character through a series of personified portraits of the Avenue. It incorporates elements of things found here, and becomes an interesting whole made up of unexpected parts. It is playful and fun and invites the viewer to engage their imagination, looking at the familiar from a fresh point of view.
Learn more about the public art featured on International Avenue.
Title:The Wandering Island
Artist: Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett
Location: Elbow Island Park
Year of Completion: 2020
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Title:The Wandering Island
Artist: Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett
Location: Elbow Island Park
Year of Completion: 2020
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Title: BRT Shelters
Artists: Margaret Shelton, Maxwell Bates, Barry Smylie, Greg Arnolds and other local artists with pieces in the City's Public Art Collection and the Glenbow Archives
Location: 90 BRT stations across Calgary, including bus shelters along the MAX Orange, MAX Teal and MAX Purple routes
Year of Completion: 2020
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Title: BRT Shelters
Artists: Margaret Shelton, Maxwell Bates, Barry Smylie, Greg Arnolds and other local artists with pieces in the City's Public Art Collection and the Glenbow Archives
Location: 90 BRT stations across Calgary, including bus shelters along the MAX Orange, MAX Teal and MAX Purple routes
Year of Completion: 2020
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Title: WATERSHED+: Dynamic Environment Lab
Artists: Peter von Tiesenhausen, Tim Knowles, Stokley Towles, Steve Gurysh, Rebecca Shaw
Location: From the Bow Glacier to Blackfoot Crossing
Year of Completion: 2020
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Title: WATERSHED+: Dynamic Environment Lab
Artists: Peter von Tiesenhausen, Tim Knowles, Stokley Towles, Steve Gurysh, Rebecca Shaw
Location: From the Bow Glacier to Blackfoot Crossing
Year of Completion: 2020
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Title: Wolfe and the Sparrows
Artist: Brandon Vickerd
Location: Inglewood, near the south west corner of the 12th Street Bridge.
Year of Completion: 2019
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Title: Wolfe and the Sparrows
Artist: Brandon Vickerd
Location: Inglewood, near the south west corner of the 12th Street Bridge.
Year of Completion: 2019
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Title: DAGUMISISTIY WUSA TLOK’A YASDAL
Translation: Everybody perserve walking together into the future
Artists: Aj Starlight (lead artist), AJA Louden (guest artist), and students
Location: Tsuut’ina Nation
Year of Completion: 2019
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own. Watch video to learn more.
Title: DAGUMISISTIY WUSA TLOK’A YASDAL
Translation: Everybody perserve walking together into the future
Artists: Aj Starlight (lead artist), AJA Louden (guest artist), and students
Location: Tsuut’ina Nation
Year of Completion: 2019
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own. Watch video to learn more.
Title: WATERSHED+ Dale Hodges Park
Artists: Sans façon
Location: 2123 52 Street N.W.
Year of Completion: 2019
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Title: WATERSHED+ Dale Hodges Park
Artists: Sans façon
Location: 2123 52 Street N.W.
Year of Completion: 2019
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Title: Convergence
Artists: Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan
Location: Rocky Ridge Recreation Facility. 11300 Rocky Ridge Rd N.W.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Convergence
Artists: Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan
Location: Rocky Ridge Recreation Facility. 11300 Rocky Ridge Rd N.W.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Delta Garden + The City Unseen
Photo: Courtesy Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garret
Artists: Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garret
Location: Downtown riverfront, West Eau Claire Park.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Delta Garden + The City Unseen
Photo: Courtesy Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garret
Artists: Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garret
Location: Downtown riverfront, West Eau Claire Park.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Manhole Covers
Artist: Andrea Williamson, Jeff Kulak, Mary Haasdyk
Location: City-wide (various locations).
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Manhole Covers
Artist: Andrea Williamson, Jeff Kulak, Mary Haasdyk
Location: City-wide (various locations).
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Bowfort Towers
Artists: Taewook Cha, Del Geist and Patricia Leighton
Location: Trans Canada Highway (16 Avenue North), between the west city limits and Sarcee Trail
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Bowfort Towers
Artists: Taewook Cha, Del Geist and Patricia Leighton
Location: Trans Canada Highway (16 Avenue North), between the west city limits and Sarcee Trail
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Fire Station 1
Artist: Sergey Ryutin
Location: Fire Station 1. 209 4th Ave. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Fire Station 1
Artist: Sergey Ryutin
Location: Fire Station 1. 209 4th Ave. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: 162 Avenue and Macleod Trail Interchange
Photo: Courtesy Vicki Scuri SiteWorks
Artist: Vicki Scuri
Location: Interchange at Macleod Trail and 162 Avenue S.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: 162 Avenue and Macleod Trail Interchange
Photo: Courtesy Vicki Scuri SiteWorks
Artist: Vicki Scuri
Location: Interchange at Macleod Trail and 162 Avenue S.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Original Centre Street Bridge Lion
Original Artist: James Thomson
Location: Rotary Park. Overlooking Centre Street Bridge.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Original Centre Street Bridge Lion
Original Artist: James Thomson
Location: Rotary Park. Overlooking Centre Street Bridge.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Recognition...Validation...Reassurance
Artist: Dick Averns
Location: City-wide (various locations)
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Recognition...Validation...Reassurance
Artist: Dick Averns
Location: City-wide (various locations)
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: The Nest
Artist: Donald Lipski
Location: Seton Recreation Facility. 4995 Market Street S.E.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: The Nest
Artist: Donald Lipski
Location: Seton Recreation Facility. 4995 Market Street S.E.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Our Window
Artist: AJA Louden (lead artist) and students
Location: 1009 7 Avenue SW, East Wall, Downtown Calgary Mosque
Year of Completion: 2018
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own.
Title: Our Window
Artist: AJA Louden (lead artist) and students
Location: 1009 7 Avenue SW, East Wall, Downtown Calgary Mosque
Year of Completion: 2018
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own.
Title: Holding Fast
Artist: Doug Driediger
Location: Fire Headquarters. 4144 11 St S.E.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Holding Fast
Artist: Doug Driediger
Location: Fire Headquarters. 4144 11 St S.E.
Year of Completion: 2018
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Title: Bike Racks
Artist: Paul Reimer
Location: 61 Avenue S.W. between Chinook LRT Station and Chinook Centre
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Bike Racks
Artist: Paul Reimer
Location: 61 Avenue S.W. between Chinook LRT Station and Chinook Centre
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Calgary Scroll
Artist: David Rokeby
Location: 8th St. S.W. Underpass located between 8th Ave. and 10th Ave. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Calgary Scroll
Artist: David Rokeby
Location: 8th St. S.W. Underpass located between 8th Ave. and 10th Ave. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Collide
Artist: AJA Louden (lead artist) and students
Location: Tunnels in Confederation Park, the 14th Street N.W. tunnel
Year of Completion: 2017
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own. Project details
Title: Collide
Artist: AJA Louden (lead artist) and students
Location: Tunnels in Confederation Park, the 14th Street N.W. tunnel
Year of Completion: 2017
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own. Project details
Title: Field Station
Artist: GO collaborative and Legge Lewis Legge
Location: Tuscany CTrain Station. West of Rocky Ridge Road
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Field Station
Artist: GO collaborative and Legge Lewis Legge
Location: Tuscany CTrain Station. West of Rocky Ridge Road
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Flock
Artist: Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan
Location: Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Flock
Artist: Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan
Location: Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Passages
Artist: Verne Busby and Bella Totino
Location: Glenmore Trail at Ogden Road S.E.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Passages
Artist: Verne Busby and Bella Totino
Location: Glenmore Trail at Ogden Road S.E.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Reflection and Flow
Artist: Michael Grills
Location: Canyon Meadows Aquatic and Fitness Centre. 89 Canova Rd S.W.
Year of Completion: 2017
Partner: Canyon Meadows Aquatic and Fitness Centre
In 2017, Artist Michael Grills was selected to create a community engaged artwork at the Canyon Meadows Aquatic and Fitness Centre. Reflection and Flow is a series of artworks that came from working with members of the Canyon Meadows community who shared their thoughts and stories about life in the area. This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus. Learn more.
Title: Reflection and Flow
Artist: Michael Grills
Location: Canyon Meadows Aquatic and Fitness Centre. 89 Canova Rd S.W.
Year of Completion: 2017
Partner: Canyon Meadows Aquatic and Fitness Centre
In 2017, Artist Michael Grills was selected to create a community engaged artwork at the Canyon Meadows Aquatic and Fitness Centre. Reflection and Flow is a series of artworks that came from working with members of the Canyon Meadows community who shared their thoughts and stories about life in the area. This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus. Learn more.
Title: Benches
Artist: Karen Ho Fatt
Location: Rundle LRT Station
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Benches
Artist: Karen Ho Fatt
Location: Rundle LRT Station
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: No longer Impossible (Three projects) - Skaters from around here and elsewhere, Skate School for Women, Skate School for Police Officers
Artist: Mia Rushton and Eric Moschopedis
Location: Skateparks around Calgary
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: No longer Impossible (Three projects) - Skaters from around here and elsewhere, Skate School for Women, Skate School for Police Officers
Artist: Mia Rushton and Eric Moschopedis
Location: Skateparks around Calgary
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Views
Artist: AJA Louden (lead artist) and students
Location: Tunnel in Confederation Park, the 10th Street N.W. tunnel
Year of Completion: 2017
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own. Project details
Title: Views
Artist: AJA Louden (lead artist) and students
Location: Tunnel in Confederation Park, the 10th Street N.W. tunnel
Year of Completion: 2017
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own. Project details
Title: Versus
Artist: Craig Le Blanc
Location: New Brighton Athletic Park. 130 Ave. and 52 St. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2016
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Title: Versus
Artist: Craig Le Blanc
Location: New Brighton Athletic Park. 130 Ave. and 52 St. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2016
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Title: The Fold
Artist: Adad Hannah
Location: Quarry Park Recreation Facility. 108 Quarry Park Road S.E.
Year of Completion: 2016
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Title: The Fold
Artist: Adad Hannah
Location: Quarry Park Recreation Facility. 108 Quarry Park Road S.E.
Year of Completion: 2016
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Title: One Puck Hollow
Artist: Matthew Geller
Location: Great Plains Recreation Facility. 5749 76 Ave. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2016
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Title: One Puck Hollow
Artist: Matthew Geller
Location: Great Plains Recreation Facility. 5749 76 Ave. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2016
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Title: WATERSHED+ (Artist residency program)
Artist: Sans façon (Lead), Randy Niessen, Daniel Puloski, Peig Abbott
Location: Ralph Klein Park, TELUS Spark and Stride Gallery, various other locations around Calgary
Years of Operation: 2011-2016
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Title: WATERSHED+ (Artist residency program)
Artist: Sans façon (Lead), Randy Niessen, Daniel Puloski, Peig Abbott
Location: Ralph Klein Park, TELUS Spark and Stride Gallery, various other locations around Calgary
Years of Operation: 2011-2016
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Title: Collected Stories
Artist: Kari Woo
Location: Georgina Thomson Offices. 722 Northmount Dr. N.W.
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Collected Stories
Artist: Kari Woo
Location: Georgina Thomson Offices. 722 Northmount Dr. N.W.
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Chinook Arc
Artist: Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock
Location: Barb Scott Park. 12th Ave. and Ninth St. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Chinook Arc
Artist: Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock
Location: Barb Scott Park. 12th Ave. and Ninth St. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Ernie Starr Arena
Artist: Michelle Getzlaf
Location: Ernie Starr Arena. 4808 14 Ave S.E.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Ernie Starr Arena
Artist: Michelle Getzlaf
Location: Ernie Starr Arena. 4808 14 Ave S.E.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Seed Pod
Artist: Danira Miralda and Edward Beltran (Incipio Modo)
Location: Prarie Winds Park atop toboggan hill. 223 Castleridge Blvd. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Seed Pod
Artist: Danira Miralda and Edward Beltran (Incipio Modo)
Location: Prarie Winds Park atop toboggan hill. 223 Castleridge Blvd. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: An Auspicious Find
Artist: Lori Sobkowich
Location: Between the pedestrian overpass on Memorial Drive and the Jaipur Bridge N.W. near Eau Claire market in downtown Calgary
Year of Completion: 2004
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Title: An Auspicious Find
Artist: Lori Sobkowich
Location: Between the pedestrian overpass on Memorial Drive and the Jaipur Bridge N.W. near Eau Claire market in downtown Calgary
Year of Completion: 2004
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Title: Mount Pleasant Moments - Fire Station 7
Artist: Jennifer Stead
Location: Mount Pleasant Fire Station. 2708 Fourth St. N.W.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Mount Pleasant Moments - Fire Station 7
Artist: Jennifer Stead
Location: Mount Pleasant Fire Station. 2708 Fourth St. N.W.
Year of Completion: 2017
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Title: Are You Going, You Are Here
Artist: Dan Bergeron and AJA Louden (lead artists) and students
Location: 61 Avenue S.W. corridor between Chinook Centre and Chinook CTrain station
Year of Completion: 2016
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own.
Title: Are You Going, You Are Here
Artist: Dan Bergeron and AJA Louden (lead artists) and students
Location: 61 Avenue S.W. corridor between Chinook Centre and Chinook CTrain station
Year of Completion: 2016
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own.
Title: Roger That
Artist: Bill Pechet
Location: Tuscany CTrain station. Crowchild Trail N.W. between Stoney Trail and 12 Mile Coulee Road
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Roger That
Artist: Bill Pechet
Location: Tuscany CTrain station. Crowchild Trail N.W. between Stoney Trail and 12 Mile Coulee Road
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Forest Lawn Lift Station
Artist: Sans façon, Lead artists for WATERSHED+
Location: Adjacent to the intersection of 19th Avenue and 26th Street S.E.
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Forest Lawn Lift Station
Artist: Sans façon, Lead artists for WATERSHED+
Location: Adjacent to the intersection of 19th Avenue and 26th Street S.E.
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Ripple
Artist: Wade Baker and Mary Tasi
Location: Off 12 Street S.E. in Inglewood, at the end of the 8 Avenue S.E. laneway
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Ripple
Artist: Wade Baker and Mary Tasi
Location: Off 12 Street S.E. in Inglewood, at the end of the 8 Avenue S.E. laneway
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Ascension
Artist: Danira Miralda, Edward Beltran, Rodolfo MiraldaBulnes
Location: 4th Avenue and 9th Street S.W.
Year of Completion: 2012
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Title: Ascension
Artist: Danira Miralda, Edward Beltran, Rodolfo MiraldaBulnes
Location: 4th Avenue and 9th Street S.W.
Year of Completion: 2012
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Title: The Readiness is All
Artist: Sergey Ryutin
Location: Thomson Family Park. 1236 16 Ave. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2016
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own. Project details
Title: The Readiness is All
Artist: Sergey Ryutin
Location: Thomson Family Park. 1236 16 Ave. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2016
This project was part of the Street Art Program for Youth. From 2016 to 2019, this program offered hands on experience to young Calgarians interested in street art. Led by professional street artists and mentors, youth who participated in this program designed, developed and installed large-scale street art murals in our city that they’re proud to call their own. Project details
Title: Outflow
Artist: Brian Tolle
Location: Parkdale Plaza along the Bow River a the end of 34A St. N.W.
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Outflow
Artist: Brian Tolle
Location: Parkdale Plaza along the Bow River a the end of 34A St. N.W.
Year of Completion: 2015
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Title: Bow Passage Overlook
Artist: Lorna Jordan
Location: Pearce Estate Park. 1440 17A St. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Bow Passage Overlook
Artist: Lorna Jordan
Location: Pearce Estate Park. 1440 17A St. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Charged Line
Artist: Jill Anholt (with Michelle Wong)
Location: South Calgary Fire Station No. 5 - 3129 14th St. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Charged Line
Artist: Jill Anholt (with Michelle Wong)
Location: South Calgary Fire Station No. 5 - 3129 14th St. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Frozen River
Artist: Stephen Glassman
Location: Emergency Operations Centre. 673 First St. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Frozen River
Artist: Stephen Glassman
Location: Emergency Operations Centre. 673 First St. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Under the Helmet
Artist: Ilan Sandler
Location: Windsor Park Fire Station. 5536 Fourth St. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Under the Helmet
Artist: Ilan Sandler
Location: Windsor Park Fire Station. 5536 Fourth St. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2014
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Title: Hawk Hill Calgary Sentinels
Artist: Beverly Pepper
Location: Ralph Klein Park. 12350 84th St. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2013
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Title: Hawk Hill Calgary Sentinels
Artist: Beverly Pepper
Location: Ralph Klein Park. 12350 84th St. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2013
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Title: Luminous Crossings
Artist: Cliff Garten
Location: City Hall LRT Station (Macleod Trail & Third St. S.E.) and Downtown West - Kerby LRT Station (10th/11th St. on Seventh Ave. S.W.)
Year of Completion: 2013
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Title: Luminous Crossings
Artist: Cliff Garten
Location: City Hall LRT Station (Macleod Trail & Third St. S.E.) and Downtown West - Kerby LRT Station (10th/11th St. on Seventh Ave. S.W.)
Year of Completion: 2013
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Title: Travelling Light
Artist: Inges Idee
Location: 96 Avenue NE (Near Airport Tr. and Deerfoot Tr. interchange)
Year of Completion: 2013
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Title: Travelling Light
Artist: Inges Idee
Location: 96 Avenue NE (Near Airport Tr. and Deerfoot Tr. interchange)
Year of Completion: 2013
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Title: Confluence
Artist: David Dahlquist
Location: Martindale LRT platforms
Year of Completion: 2012
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Title: Confluence
Artist: David Dahlquist
Location: Martindale LRT platforms
Year of Completion: 2012
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Title: Celebration of the Bow River 2010
Artist: Derek Besant (I am the River), José Luis Torres (The Observatory), Peter Von Tiesenhausen (Passages), Laurent Louyer & Creatmosphere Studio (River of Light), Lewis & Taggart (The Museum of Bow), Cécile Belmon (Letter Performances)
Location: Various locations
Year of Completion: 2010
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Title: Celebration of the Bow River 2010
Artist: Derek Besant (I am the River), José Luis Torres (The Observatory), Peter Von Tiesenhausen (Passages), Laurent Louyer & Creatmosphere Studio (River of Light), Lewis & Taggart (The Museum of Bow), Cécile Belmon (Letter Performances)
Location: Various locations
Year of Completion: 2010
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The utility box program uses money for regular lifecycle maintenance of City assets in a creative way: street-level artworks are created on City utility boxes by local artists. Since 2010, over 200 utility box public artworks have been created by local artists throughout Calgary, and the program now includes community partners, more artists and citizens. These public artworks are temporary canvas for artists and community members to express themselves and add colour and interest to everyday life. Project details
The utility box program uses money for regular lifecycle maintenance of City assets in a creative way: street-level artworks are created on City utility boxes by local artists. Since 2010, over 200 utility box public artworks have been created by local artists throughout Calgary, and the program now includes community partners, more artists and citizens. These public artworks are temporary canvas for artists and community members to express themselves and add colour and interest to everyday life. Project details
Title: Guardian
Artist: Tony Stallard
Location: City of Calgary Manchester Centre on 25th Ave S.E.
Year of Completion: 2010
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Title: Guardian
Artist: Tony Stallard
Location: City of Calgary Manchester Centre on 25th Ave S.E.
Year of Completion: 2010
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Title: Triclopse
Artist: Luke Blackstone
Location: Saddleridge Multi-Service Centre. Corner of 80th Ave. and Saddletowne Cir. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2010
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Title: Triclopse
Artist: Luke Blackstone
Location: Saddleridge Multi-Service Centre. Corner of 80th Ave. and Saddletowne Cir. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2010
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Title: Bearing
Artist: Douglas Senft
Location: Calgary Fire Department Apparatus Repair & Maintenance Facility. 1755 18th Ave. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: Bearing
Artist: Douglas Senft
Location: Calgary Fire Department Apparatus Repair & Maintenance Facility. 1755 18th Ave. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: SWARM
Artist: Stuart Keeler
Location: 6th Street S.W. CTrain station along the 7th Avenue Corridor in downtown Calgary
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: SWARM
Artist: Stuart Keeler
Location: 6th Street S.W. CTrain station along the 7th Avenue Corridor in downtown Calgary
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: Body Mind Spirit
Artist: Blake Williams
Location: Southland Leisure Centre. 2000 Southland Drive S.W.
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: Body Mind Spirit
Artist: Blake Williams
Location: Southland Leisure Centre. 2000 Southland Drive S.W.
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: Rhythms
Artist: Karen Ho Fatt
Location: Village Square Leisure Centre. 2623 56 St. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: Rhythms
Artist: Karen Ho Fatt
Location: Village Square Leisure Centre. 2623 56 St. N.E.
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: Water Garden
Artist: Linda Covit
Location: The Water Centre. 25th Ave. S.E. and Spiller Road
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: Water Garden
Artist: Linda Covit
Location: The Water Centre. 25th Ave. S.E. and Spiller Road
Year of Completion: 2009
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Title: Frozen Dreams
Artist: Blake Williams
Location: Max Bell Arenas. 1001 Barlow Trail S.E.
Year of Completion: 2008
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Title: Frozen Dreams
Artist: Blake Williams
Location: Max Bell Arenas. 1001 Barlow Trail S.E.
Year of Completion: 2008
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Title: The Colour of Snow
Artist: Barbara Grygutis
Location: Crowfoot CTrain station as well as sections of the overpass at Crowchild Trail/Nose Hill Drive NW.
Year of Completion: 2008
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Title: The Colour of Snow
Artist: Barbara Grygutis
Location: Crowfoot CTrain station as well as sections of the overpass at Crowchild Trail/Nose Hill Drive NW.
Year of Completion: 2008
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Title: Bridge, Abridged
Artist: Adam Kuby
Location: Integrated into a pedestrian walkway over Glenmore Trail at Legsby Road, just east of Crowchild Trail S.W.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Bridge, Abridged
Artist: Adam Kuby
Location: Integrated into a pedestrian walkway over Glenmore Trail at Legsby Road, just east of Crowchild Trail S.W.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Recollections, Topiary and Topiary Quilts
Artist: Jim Hirschfield & Sonya Ishii
Location: McKnight/Westwinds CTrain station N.E.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Recollections, Topiary and Topiary Quilts
Artist: Jim Hirschfield & Sonya Ishii
Location: McKnight/Westwinds CTrain station N.E.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Jumping Trout
Artist: Violet Costello and Bob Thomasson
Location: Underpass located at the interchange of Glenmore Trail, Elbow Drive and 5th Avenue in the S.W.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Jumping Trout
Artist: Violet Costello and Bob Thomasson
Location: Underpass located at the interchange of Glenmore Trail, Elbow Drive and 5th Avenue in the S.W.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Tracking the Trail
Artist: Roger Gaudreau
Location: Bridge over the Bow River at Highway 22X and Marquis de Lorne Trail S.E.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Tracking the Trail
Artist: Roger Gaudreau
Location: Bridge over the Bow River at Highway 22X and Marquis de Lorne Trail S.E.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Steward
Artist: Thomas Sayre
Location: The Water Centre building, Manchester Centre, near the intersection of Spiller Road and 25th Ave. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Steward
Artist: Thomas Sayre
Location: The Water Centre building, Manchester Centre, near the intersection of Spiller Road and 25th Ave. S.E.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Strung II
Artist: Gord Ferguson
Location: Traffic interchange at Crowchild Trail and Sarcee Trail N.W.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Strung II
Artist: Gord Ferguson
Location: Traffic interchange at Crowchild Trail and Sarcee Trail N.W.
Year of Completion: 2007
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Title: Crenellated Habitat
Artist: Tony Bloom
Location: Whispering Grasses Walkway spans John Laurie Boulevard between Brisebois Drive and Charleswood Drive N.W.
Year of Completion: 2005
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Title: Crenellated Habitat
Artist: Tony Bloom
Location: Whispering Grasses Walkway spans John Laurie Boulevard between Brisebois Drive and Charleswood Drive N.W.
Year of Completion: 2005
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Title: From the Clouds to the Water
Artist: George Duncan
Location: Northwest corner of the Killarney Dry Pond at 28 Ave. and 30 St. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2004
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Title: From the Clouds to the Water
Artist: George Duncan
Location: Northwest corner of the Killarney Dry Pond at 28 Ave. and 30 St. S.W.
Year of Completion: 2004
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Title: Celebrations
Artist: Barbara Amos
Location: Cardel Place. 11950 Country Village Link N.E.
Year of Completion: 2004
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Title: Celebrations
Artist: Barbara Amos
Location: Cardel Place. 11950 Country Village Link N.E.
Year of Completion: 2004
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Title: The Language of Life
Artist: James Holroyd
Location: Thornhill Aquatic and Recreation Centre. 6715 Centre St. N.
Year of Completion: 2004
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Title: The Language of Life
Artist: James Holroyd
Location: Thornhill Aquatic and Recreation Centre. 6715 Centre St. N.
Year of Completion: 2004
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Title: Stories of Ranchlands
Artist: Alison Katzko
Project: Website and a fence mural
Location: Ranchlands
Partner: Ranchlands community
Stories of Ranchlands explored links between words, art and community. Shared stories are the vital thread in communities. People of all ages were able to share and build their stories. Their identity and connections shine through as art experiences. The program gathered a collection of images, words, poems and memories. Those stories are shared on a website and a fence mural. The mural is located at a location that represents those stories. This art project was developed by Alison Katzko. Alison has been an artist and teacher for 21 years. For 11 of those years, she has been a resident of the Ranchlands community. Alison is a firm believer in the power of a good story. She values shared community experiences. This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus.
Title: Stories of Ranchlands
Artist: Alison Katzko
Project: Website and a fence mural
Location: Ranchlands
Partner: Ranchlands community
Stories of Ranchlands explored links between words, art and community. Shared stories are the vital thread in communities. People of all ages were able to share and build their stories. Their identity and connections shine through as art experiences. The program gathered a collection of images, words, poems and memories. Those stories are shared on a website and a fence mural. The mural is located at a location that represents those stories. This art project was developed by Alison Katzko. Alison has been an artist and teacher for 21 years. For 11 of those years, she has been a resident of the Ranchlands community. Alison is a firm believer in the power of a good story. She values shared community experiences. This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus.
Location: Ogden/Millican
Title: Connecting Histories
Artist: Oksana Kryzhanivska
Project: Casr stone sculptures
Partner: Ogden/Millican community
Connecting Histories was a temporary project exploring the rich public history of Ogden/Millican. The series of cast stone sculptures was the result of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus.
Location: Ogden/Millican
Title: Connecting Histories
Artist: Oksana Kryzhanivska
Project: Casr stone sculptures
Partner: Ogden/Millican community
Connecting Histories was a temporary project exploring the rich public history of Ogden/Millican. The series of cast stone sculptures was the result of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus.
Project: Sheldon M. Chumir Window displays
Artists: Carlos Arriojas, Andrew Olivier, Isabel Porto, Sylvia Arthur, Sean Taal & Catherine Spencer, Juliana Morar, Jenna Swift
Location: 1213 4 St SW.
Partner: Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre
In 2016, seven artists were selected to create a display artwork within the street-level display windows of the community partner organization Sheldon M. Chumir Centre. This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus.
Health centre staff and passersby provided inspiration, information and feedback. Learn more.
Project: Sheldon M. Chumir Window displays
Artists: Carlos Arriojas, Andrew Olivier, Isabel Porto, Sylvia Arthur, Sean Taal & Catherine Spencer, Juliana Morar, Jenna Swift
Location: 1213 4 St SW.
Partner: Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre
In 2016, seven artists were selected to create a display artwork within the street-level display windows of the community partner organization Sheldon M. Chumir Centre. This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus.
Health centre staff and passersby provided inspiration, information and feedback. Learn more.
Title: Marquee
Artists: Lane Shordee and Joanne MacDonald (Soul Tonic Studio)
Location: 12001 44 Street SE., on the front lawn area of the CPAA building.
Partner: Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta
A 16-foot circular deck made out of wood where the members can assemble for activities and future programming like gardening, art workshops, music and other kinesthetic exercises. The deck has a pathway and ramp access for wheelchairs and a floating bench for seating that is supported by 4-inch steel pipes. The steel pipes contain plants that attract butterflies, which is a symbol of the CPAA. Learn more.
This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus.
Photo courtesy Lane Shordee.
Title: Marquee
Artists: Lane Shordee and Joanne MacDonald (Soul Tonic Studio)
Location: 12001 44 Street SE., on the front lawn area of the CPAA building.
Partner: Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta
A 16-foot circular deck made out of wood where the members can assemble for activities and future programming like gardening, art workshops, music and other kinesthetic exercises. The deck has a pathway and ramp access for wheelchairs and a floating bench for seating that is supported by 4-inch steel pipes. The steel pipes contain plants that attract butterflies, which is a symbol of the CPAA. Learn more.
This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus.
Photo courtesy Lane Shordee.
Project: Green Footprints Project
Location: 223 12th Ave. S.W. within the “Old Y’ building
Artists: Patricia Lortie, Bill, and Rasha Amen
Partner: CommunityWise Resource Centre
The Green Footprints Project aims to highlight the diversity and connections between users of the “Old Y” building on 12th Ave., and their relationship to this special building and its community. This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus. Learn more.
Project: Green Footprints Project
Location: 223 12th Ave. S.W. within the “Old Y’ building
Artists: Patricia Lortie, Bill, and Rasha Amen
Partner: CommunityWise Resource Centre
The Green Footprints Project aims to highlight the diversity and connections between users of the “Old Y” building on 12th Ave., and their relationship to this special building and its community. This project was part of the Artists Working in Community course which provided professional development for artists interested in pursuing public art projects with a community focus. Learn more.