Now Touring: Public Art Billboards

Billboard outside an LRT station at night, with artwork by Wendy Toogood - Loop

The Program

Now Touring: Public Art Billboards shines a spotlight on artwork from Calgary’s Public Art Collection by making it part of people’s daily commutes. This program started in December 2023 and features images of artworks on billboards across the city. For each series, different works from the City of Calgary Public Art Collection are selected by a local curator. The majority of these works are currently in storage and not on display to the public. Many of the billboards are located in parts of the city that are not home to permanent public art installations. 

Current Exhibition

Title:

Collections, Connections and Misconceptions  from The Calgary Public Art Collection

Artist(s):

Chris Flodberg, David Rokeby, James Langlands Thomson, Janet Mitchell, Margaret Shelton, Marion Nicoll, Mark Marshall, Ray Van Nes, Wes Irwin

Timeline:

March to June 2025

Medium:

Billboard

Collections, Connections and Misconceptions, curated by Kay Burns, showcases Calgary's rich artistic history. This exhibition is part of the Now Touring: Public Art Billboards series, which highlights artwork from Calgary’s Public Art Collection by making it part of people’s daily commutes.

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Past Exhibitions

Fold, 1968, an artwork by Katie Ohe.

All Together Now

Now Touring: Public Art Billboards shines a spotlight on artwork from Calgary’s Public Art Collection by making it part of people’s daily commutes. The current series…Read more

Medium: Billboard

Year: September 2024 to February 2025

A graphic featuring a painting of Bridgleland, a Calgary community.

HOME

HOME is the first series in our Now Touring: Public Art Billboards program. This exhibition was curated by Sophia Lebessis and features artworks from the…Read more

Medium: Billboard

Year: December 2023 – August 2024

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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.