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 New Public Member – City of Lethbridge Public Art Committee

Call for New Public Member – City of Lethbridge Public Art CommitteeThe 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 sit as ...
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Public Art Mosaic Mentorship

Mentorship Opportunity: Call for Expressions of Interest Public Art Mosaic MentorshipThe City of Lethbridge Public Art Program is seeking a Lethbridge and area artist, with experience in community-based art, for an exciting mentorship opportunity. Artists are invited to submit an Expression of Interest for this opportunity in response to this call.BackgroundThe City of Lethbridge has recently contracted ceramic artist Susan Day from London, Ontario to com...
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Call for Indigenous Artists: Airport Land Acknowledgement and Territory Welcome

Airport Land Acknowledgement and Territory Welcome
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 Public Art Progra...
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#YQL Airport “Selfie Check-in”

#YQL Airport “Selfie Check-in”The City of Lethbridge Public Art Program, in partnership with The Lethbridge Airport and Tourism Lethbridge, is seeking a local Lethbridge artist to design a Selfie Check-in backdrop to be installed at the Lethbridge Airport. The design should be vibrant and exciting. It should serve as a playful backdrop that frames airport travelers who stop to “snap a selfie” and take home a memory of Lethbridge. The selected design will be installed...
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Legacy Park Mosaic Project

Legacy Park Mosaic Project
Request for Proposals – Legacy Park Mosaic Project The City of Lethbridge is inviting Artists to submit proposals for a public art project in conjunction with the establishment of a new 30-hectare regional park located in the Uplands/Blackwolf neighborhoods on the city’s north side. The successful Artist will be contracted to create an exterior mosaic on the Legacy Park Group Picnic Shelter. The proposed artwork should attract users ...
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Call for Expressions of Interest: Mural Pilot Project

Call for Expressions of Interest The City of Lethbridge Public Art Program and Heart of Our City Committee are 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 ha...
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Indigenous Legacy Commemoration Projects

Indigenous Legacy Commemoration ProjectsThe City of Lethbridge is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from Indigenous artists to facilitate a community engagement process in support of two commemoration initiatives centered around Residential School Survivors, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Peoples. The successful artist will conduct community engagement on both of these commemoration initiatives and present recommendations on how they sho...
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Call for Proposals: Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden Community Centre

Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden Community Centre, Lethbridge AlbertaProject Intent The City of Lethbridge is inviting professional artists to submit proposals for a permanent public artwork to be situated in the Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens Community Centre. The Community Centre is a purpose-built, year-round facility, which will enhance the mission of the organization: To provide an opportunity to experience the serenity and peace of our natural environment as expressed t...
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Call for Expressions of Interest: Utility Box Wrapping Downtown

August 11, 2020
Utility Box Wrapping Downtown
The City of Lethbridge Public Art Program is seeking artists to design artworks to be used to vinyl wrap utility boxes located in Galt Gardens and at Casa. 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 the fabrication and installation of the wraps. This work will be completed by City of Lethbridge contractors. Artists sel...
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Call for Artists: ATB Leisure Centre Galleria

July 28, 2017
ATB Leisure Centre Galleria
  The City of Lethbridge is inviting artists to participate in two three-stage public art calls. Selected artist(s) will receive a commission to design, fabricate and install significant public art works for a new civic leisure centre in Lethbridge, Alberta (population 97,000). Total budget for the Galleria Art Project is $126,000.00. This fee will be inclusive of all project costs. (all-inclusive includin...
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Call for Artists: ATB Leisure Centre Aquatic Wall

July 28, 2017 
ATB Leisure Centre Aquatic Wall
The City of Lethbridge is inviting artists to participate in two three-stage public art calls. Selected artist(s) will receive a commission to design, fabricate and install significant public art works for a new civic leisure centre in Lethbridge, Alberta (population 97,000). Total budget for the Aquatics Centre Art Project is $100,000.00. This fee will be inclusive of all project costs. (all-inclusive includi...
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Call for Submissions: SLP Skate Park

July 1, 2014
SLP Skate Park
The City of Lethbridge is inviting artists to participate in a two stage public art competition.  The selected artist will receive a commission to design, fabricate and install a public artwork in conjunction with the SLP Skate Park project which was recently completed in Lethbridge, Alberta. The intent of this project is to provide a public artwork that recognizes the donors who made the construction of this much-desired community facility possible...
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