Public Art

We are committed to delivering a public art program that is engaging, relevant and accountable by creating new public art opportunities that reflect the diversity of our city and promote community development and belonging. We are also responsible for activating the existing civic art collection. 

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A Calgary Transit bus covered in artwork for the Public Art, Art Bus program. Artwork by Sydonne Warren

Art Bus – Artwork by Sydonne Warren

Photo: Chelsea Yang Smith

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A highly detailed coloured pencil drawing of vibrant red-orange flowers with soft, layered petals. The flowers stand out against a smooth, multicoloured background with tones of blue, green and pink. Signed "Ensi 2017" in the corner.

Open Spaces: Windows to a View: Light, Line and Life – Artwork by Ensieh Farrokhi

 

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Detail of The Bison and The Dragon wall mural panel.

The Bison and The Dragon: Untold Tales – Jarett Sitter

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Public Art Announcements

Blackfoot Confederacy Initiative Information Sessions

Join us for the Blackfoot Confederacy Initiative Information Sessions, an opportunity to learn about an Indigenous-led project guided by the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani and Amskapi Piikani Nations. These free sessions will share details about the…Read more

New Public Art along North Central BRT

New North Central Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) shelter artworks are now installed! Reproductions of artworks by 19 local artists are printed on glass at 16 new BRT shelters along the North Central line.Read more

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A strip mall building with public art mural wrapping the one-story building

Public Art Microgrants

Recognizing that impactful public art often begins as grassroots ideas, public art microgrants provide a…Read more

Colourful banners arranged along the side of the Reconciliation Bridge by artist Michelle Ku

Centre City Banners

The Centre City Banner Program engages local artists to create artwork for banners displayed on…Read more

A woman in a bright green dress stands on a dry hill. Some plants are blurry in front of her. The sky is cloudy and a town is far in the background.

Open Spaces: Windows to a View

The Open Spaces program provides exhibition space to local and regional artists while enlivening the Centre Street LRT…Read more

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Our Commitment to Equity

Our commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, racial equity, disability justice, and gender and sexual diversity.

We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. Today this land is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government Districts 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit from across Turtle Island.

We acknowledge that there has been art, music, dance, storytelling and ceremony on this land since time immemorial and it is in the spirit of this land and its people that we do our work.

Please see our full Commitment to Equity, including the sections on our aspirations, accountability, current initiatives and EDIA history.