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The City of Lethbridge Public Art Collection is growing and represents a unique and diverse selection of works.

A Departure, Ilan Sandler, 2009

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    Colours Swirl

    Colours Swirl

    This playful photograph employs the four bold colours typical to the palette associated with children’s toys. Shot in a playground, this image is a metaphor to the feelings of Joy and Laughter that one can experience throughout our City. Evoking warm memories of...

    Wayne Dwornik
    Buck

    Buck

    Buck combines the approaches of two artists. Hagan brings a strong sense of colour and a background in abstraction. Armstrong has a similar attraction to vibrant colours and a love of local wildlife. In this work, you see the use of organic, round and oval stone...

    Leila Armstrong and Aaron Hagan
    Bolts of Creativity

    Bolts of Creativity

    is work is situated at Casa in the heart of downtown Lethbridge. As Casa is a hub of Creativity for our Community, Bolts of Creativity is a symbol of the spark and energy of the creative process that emerges at our Community Arts Center. Casa is a centre for learning,...

    Aaron Hagan
    Together

    Together

    Together offers a ‘social infrastructure’ for community-making. Composed of twenty-six abstractly simple seats, the artwork references the universal and anthropomorphic qualities of the chair, while at the same time blurring the boundaries between the individual seats...

    Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik
    Offrande Migratoire / Migratory Gift

    Offrande Migratoire / Migratory Gift

    At the very core of this monumental work of art is the symbol of stones brought back from traveling so as to remember the people, the encounters and the territory. The Québec granite block, whose movement is marked by a trail on the ground, seems to have been laid...

    Marc Dulude
    Listen

    Listen

    Listen is a sound mirror. The concave area behind the bench is a parabola that reflects sound to a single point 76 cm. or 30 inches from the top of the bench. As a passive hearing aid, Listen does not create sound, but will amplify the sounds entering the parabola for...

    Terry Billings
    Connected Ribbon

    Connected Ribbon

    The artists said, “Our concept for this project is to bring together three important elements: A unique and contemporary shape. The shape will allow skateboarders to interact with the artwork. The sculpture will provide the opportunity to artistically and prominently...

    Paul Reimer and Nathan Siemens
    Bit Portal

    Bit Portal

    The design project was intended to enhance the aesthetic of the wall while providing pedestrian traffic the opportunity to observe activity in the outdoor studio. This work is based on the imperfect nature of digital media and its susceptibility to pixelation....

    Marta Timmer
    People in the Window

    People in the Window

    This site-specific intervention in the Casa display window combines and develops some of the illusion techniques that David Hoffos has been experimenting with for the past 20 years. The video portraits were shot in July 2014 at the South Country Fair, Fort Macleod’s...

    David Hoffos
    Courage and Dedication

    Courage and Dedication

    he design for the relief sculpture that enhances the entrances to the Scenic Drive pedestrian tunnel was originally created in response to the public art call for the Royal View Cemetery Gate project. The design was developed to engage and captivate the viewer;...

    Gerry Houghton
    Signal

    Signal

    Signal was proposed to the City of Lethbridge in response to a call which invited artists to participate in a two stage public art competition. As the winning submission, Douglas Senft received a commission to create and install a public art work on the site of a new...

    Douglas Senft
    Aeolian Aviary

    Aeolian Aviary

    Aeolian Aviary is a sculptural sound installation. It combines the acoustic resonance of a wind and light sensitive string instrument with the dynamic emergence of a flock of cast aluminum birds. These birds, 67 in number, animate the gestures of flight from the...

    Catherine Ross and Denton Frederickson