Public Art Calls

Browse through the current Calls for Submissions, Expressions of Interest, and Public Engagement Opportunities.

Nectar Alley, Brendan Browne, 2021

Current Calls

Current

Call for Artists – FLVT Youth Engagement Pilot Project

The City of Lethbridge Public Art Program is inviting artists to participate in a Youth Engagement Pilot Project. The selected submission will receive a commission to coordinate a youth-led project to paint a pedestrian underpass located in west Lethbridge near the communities of Heritage Heights and Willow Park. Public engagement is a participatory process that heightens a sense of shared responsibility and community. In context with public art processes, it harnesses the will of the peopl......
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Past Calls

Call for Expressions of Interest: OKI Sign Artwork

The City of Lethbridge acknowledges that we are gathered on the lands of the Niitsitapi | Blackfoot peoples and respects the contributions of Blackfoot and all Indigenous peoples people past, present and future, while recognizing and respecting their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship to the land. The City of Lethbridge is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.The City of Lethbridge, through Opportunity Lethbridge, the Indigenous Relations Office and the Public Art Pr...
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Request for Proposals – Lethbridge Airport “Destination YQL” Public Art Project

The City of Lethbridge is inviting artists to submit Request for Proposals for a free-standing public art project. Proposed artworks should engage with the history of aviation in Southern Alberta, creating a site-specific sculptural work that will withstand high-intensity winds and significant sun exposure. The art project provides three integrated component opportunities:

A signature, sculptural component that acts to welcome visitors to Lethbridge.
A custom lighting co...
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Call for Expressions of Interest: OKI Sign Artwork

Call for New Public Members – City of Lethbridge Public Art Committee

The City of Lethbridge Public Art Committee provides leadership and support to the City in the coordination and implementation of the Public Art Master Plan and associated policies. The Committee is an administrative committee of the Recreation and Culture Department at the City of Lethbridge. The Committee operates in an advisory capacity, reporting its activities to City Council as required. Public members receive a modest honorarium for participation on the Committee.The City of L...
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Call for Artists – Southern Alberta Ethnic Association Vinyl Wrap

EOI Submission deadline: EXTENDED November 10, 2022
The City of Lethbridge Public Art Program is seeking an artist to design an artwork to be used to vinyl wrap on the entrance canopy of the Multicultural Centre. Artists will be commissioned to provide a design for the vinyl wrap, which is 318” wide and 24” high. Artists are not responsible for the fabrication and installation of the vinyl wrap. This work will be completed by City of Lethbridge contractors. Th...
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Call for Expressions of Interest: Community Murals

EOI Submission deadline: October 31, 2023 at 4:30pm MTThe City of Lethbridge Public Art Program is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for community murals. A mural is an artwork painted or applied directly on a wall. Murals help add vibrancy to our community by activating public spaces, promoting community expression, and deterring graffiti vandalism. EOIs can be submitted by either building owners seeking a mural on an exterior building wall, or by an artist who is seeki...
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Call for Artists: Logan Boulet Arena “Ripple Effect”

EOI Submission deadline: August 7, 2023 at 4:30pm MTThe City of Lethbridge Public Art Program is seeking an artist to design a multi-site artwork to be used as a vinyl wrap on windows above the entrance of the Logan Boulet Arena on 9^th Ave N and 13^th Street South, and on the Zamboni used for ice maintenance at that location. The windows stretch across the upper façade and allow for light into offices and changing rooms on the second floor of the buil...
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Call for Artists: Festival Square and 7th Street Vinyl Wraps

EOI Submission deadline: June 30, 2023 at 4:30pm local timeIn partnership with the City of Lethbridge Public Art Program, Opportunity Lethbridge is seeking artists to design artworks to be used to vinyl wrap utility boxes located around Festival Square. The boxes to be wrapped are a variety of sizes and shapes. Artists will be commissioned to provide designs for the vinyl wraps but will not be responsible for fabrication and installation of the wraps. This work will be compl...
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Call for Artists: Traffic Control Box Vinyl Wrapping

EOI Submission deadline: June 12, 2023 at 4:30pm local time The City of Lethbridge Public Art Program is seeking multiple artists to design artworks to be used to vinyl wrap traffic control boxes located along 13th Street. The boxes themselves are one of two styles, placed at the corner of all intersections with traffic lights. Artists will be commissioned to provide designs for the vinyl wraps. Artists are not responsible for the fabrication and installation of the vinyl w...
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Call for Artists: Indigenous Legacy Commemoration Project

EOI Submission deadline: March 24, 2023In response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, the City of Lethbridge adopted the Reconciliation Implementation Plan in 2017, in partnership with the Lethbridge Indigenous Sharing Network.The City of Lethbridge is seeking Expressions of Interests from Indigenous artists to facilitate a community engagement process in support of two commemoration initiatives: Residential School Survivors Commemoration and Missing a...
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Call for Expression of Interests: Casa Mural Project “Reconciliation through the Artists”

Call for Proposals: Casa Mural Project “Reconciliation through the Arts” Expression of Interest Deadline: February 13, 2023The City of Lethbridge is inviting artists to participate in a two-stage public art competition. The winning submission with receive a commission to create a large-scale mural on the south side of Casa, located at 230 8th Street S. Lethbridge AB. BackgroundCasa will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary in May 2023, and the ...
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Call for Indigenous Artists: OKI Sign Artwork

EOI Submission Deadline: June 10, 2022The City of Lethbridge, through Opportunity Lethbridge, the Indigenous Relations Office, and the Public Art Program, have partnered with an amazing group of community organizations to seek Indigenous artists to design artwork for a series of OKI Signs. The six (6) selected designs will be installed as vinyl wraps on pre-fabricated OKI Signs. Each of the community partners will then be host to an OKI Sign. The community partners include: Primaris (...
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