North Central BRT Shelter Art Installations

Reproductions of 32 artworks enhance public transit spaces

An illustration of a person ice skating on a blue background, wearing a yellow sweater, blue pants, a pink scarf, and headphones.

Artwork by Lisette Febrero

Title:

North Central BRT Shelter Art Installations

Project Completion:

2025

Medium:

Various

Budget:

$368,250 for 32 permanently displayed artworks by 19 artists — This includes artist fees ($62,000); project documentation, advertising, promotions, design, call to artists, artist gathering ($25,000); project management and selection committee ($35,000); fabrication and installation ($245,000); and accessible program management ($1,250).

The Project

The North Central Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Shelter Art Installations project enhances Calgary’s public transit spaces by installing reproductions of 32 artworks created by 19 local artists across 16 new BRT shelters. Reproductions of two artworks will be printed on glass at each shelter — installation is planned for spring 2025. Part of The City of Calgary’s larger North Central BRT development, this project continues the commitment to integrate public art into transit infrastructure.

Through this initiative, Calgary Arts Development and The City of Calgary provide a highly visible platform for artists, fostering connections between local artists, the public and the city. The project aims to enrich the daily commute for thousands of Calgarians while celebrating the diverse cultural and artistic perspectives represented in the artworks.

Artists

The participating artists, along with their artworks and the BRT shelter locations where they will be found, are listed below:

Title: Hardware Store (Spaced), 2023
Medium: Digital Print
Location: Northmount Dr. & 56 Ave. Southbound

An illustration of colourful playground toys, like a turtle sandbox, slide and toy car.

Title: Nostalgic Plastics (Clustered), 2023
Medium: Digital Print
Location: Northmount Dr. & 56 Ave. Southbound

Abstract artwork with lines converging on a landform outline on a beige background.

Title: I’m Not a Psychologist Though, 2023
Medium: Coloured graphite and acrylic on parchment 
Location: 96 Ave. Southbound

Title: i- — scratchitt://A, 2021
Medium: Mixed media on birch board
Location: 78 Ave. Northbound

Abstract artwork with red, white, and yellow scratch marks over a blue background.

Title: i- — scratchitt://B, 2021
Medium: Mixed media on birch board
Location: 78 Ave. Northbound

Title: Tenderly, 2022
Location: 64 Ave. Southbound

An image of multiple hands reaching upwards, layered against a blue sky.

Title: Reach II, 2020
Location: 64 Ave. Southbound

Title: New Home, 2022
Medium: Digital
Location: 40 Ave. Northbound

An illustration of a raccoon pilot flying plane like machine with bat-like wings, surrounded by birds and clouds on a pastel pink background.

Title: Raccoon Pilot, 2019
Medium: Digital
Location: 40 Ave. Northbound

An illustration of a person sitting cross-legged in a green room with brick and panelled walls. Clothes and objects hang on lines above.

Title: Recreating Home, 2021
Medium: Intaglio Print 
Location: 96 Ave. Southbound

Title: Safe Space, 2021
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Location: Beddington Blvd. Northbound

A painting featuring a person seen through oversized eyeglasses.The colours are warm earthy tones.

Title: Perspective, 2023
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Location: 96 Ave. Northbound

Title: Wishes or Weeds, 2023
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Location: 96 Ave. Northbound

Title: The Crisp Air West, 2022
Medium: Acrylic paint
Location: Country Hills Blvd. Southbound

Title: The Crisp Air East, 2022
Medium: Acrylic paint
Location: Country Hills Blvd. Southbound

A colourful painting of an Indigenous woman in traditional attire, looking to the side with a braided circle behind her head.

Title: Healer, 2023
Location: 28 Ave. Northbound

Artwork of an animal silhouette over a red background with radiating lines.

Title: Corridor, 2023
Medium: Mixed media and woodburning on aspen panel
Location: 64 Ave. Southbound

Title: Resilience, 2023
Medium: Mixed media and woodburning on aspen panel
Location: 64 Ave. Southbound

An illustration of a person ice skating on a blue background, wearing a yellow sweater, blue pants, a pink scarf, and headphones.

Title: Everything is magical when it snows, 2023
Medium: Digital Illustration 
Location: 78 Ave. Southbound

A colourful artwork showing a silhouette of a person standing next to a tree, overlooking city buildings under a sunset and starry sky.

Title: City Skys, 2024
Medium: Watercolour and Gouache 
Location: Beddington Blvd. Southbound

An artwork of a woman wearing a coat, standing with grocery bags in each hand, surrounded by abstract flowers on the ground and a purple background.

Title: Grocery Day, 2020
Medium: Digital 
Location: Beddington Blvd. Southbound

Title: Walking Studies, 2020
Medium: Graphite and digital
Location: Beddington Blvd. Southbound

Two overlapping figures, one seated with a hood up, the other is a woman looking into the distance with a pigeon perched on her arm. There are multiple pigeons flying and also on the ground.

Title: Prairie Pigeons, 2020
Medium: Graphite and digital
Location: 28 Ave. Northbound

An abstract painting with horizontal overlapping sections of yellow, green, blue, and red colours.

Title: Country and Western, 2023
Medium: Acrylic on paper  
Location: Country Hills Blvd. Northbound

An abstract landscape with strokes of blue and white on top resembling the sky, and earthy brown and orange tones below, resembling land.

Title: Junery, 2023
Medium: Acrylic on paper  
Location: Country Hills Blvd. Northbound

Kids and animals in a snowy forest. Some sit by a campfire, others play hockey on a frozen pond.

Title: Winter Warming Huts, 2022
Medium: Procreate
Location: 78 Ave. Southbound

An illustration of a cat with a bird on its head, set against a yellow sun and patterned turquoise background.

Title: Best Friends, 2023
Medium: Digital Media
Location: Northmount Dr. & 56 Ave. Northbound

Title: Remember This Mix?, 2020
Medium: Digital Media
Location: Northmount Dr. & 56 Ave. Northbound

A snow-covered bench overlooking Calgary's skyline. Three birds hover around the bench.

Title: Hungry Pies in the Snow, 2017
Medium: Acrylic  
Location: 28 Ave. Southbound

Title: Jogging on Centre Street, 2013
Medium: Acrylic
Location: 28 Ave. Southbound

A colourful abstract painting featuring vibrant red, green, and orange shapes.

Title: Salsa, 2019/2020
Medium: Mixed media collage with acrylic and watercolour paint on watercolour paper  
Location: 40 Ave. Southbound

Title: Sauerkraut, 2019/2020
Medium: Mixed media collage with acrylic and watercolour paint on watercolour paper 
Location: 40 Ave. Southbound

Are you interested in participating in our public art program? Learn more about current opportunities here.

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