A Departure, Ilan Sandler, 2009
Inspired by the forms, history and multiculturalism illustrated through Lethbridge’s rich heritage of postal correspondence, Send Receive All consists of three interrelated art components. The Screen artwork recalls the dynamic actions of paper folding for letters,...
Utilising Canadian lumber and the Japanese woodworking methods Kumiko (interlocking lattice) and magewappa (woodbending), Hinode brings together the two heritages honoured at the Bunka Centre at Nikka Yuko Garden. The artist designed simplified organic forms which...
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...
The Ball is in Your Court is inspired by the intrinsic geometries of sport, while simultaneously referencing the divisions of space-within-space existing in the ATB Centre. Athletic exercises and sport are activities of measure. Many games involve the use of a ball...
The design for the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame honours the inductees (past, present and future) and is intended to inspire the visiting youth and community members to appreciate and participate in sport and aspire to become inductees themselves. From the sports and...
Driving across the prairie south into Lethbridge during a rainstorm. The windshield captures the sunset as a panoramic identity. Beads of water sit on the glass which invites the viewer to consider the distances we measure in this landscape. Refraction. Reflection....
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...
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...
City of Lethbridge issued a call for this work in a three-stage art competition. As the winning submission, George Heagle received a commission to design, fabricate and install a reception desk for a new community art center that was being constructed in downtown...
Threshold Gates is the sculptural entry into the Royal View Memorial Cemetery. The design of the gate offers a transition zone for visitors to the cemetery, a moment to move from ordinary life on the street to a special place of peace and reflection. Even while the...
Mirrored Earth is an artwork activated by the movement of passersby – the community becoming part of the artwork. It is an abstracted representation of the nearby landscape of coulees. Scattered mirrors react and move to the movement of passersby, evoking the glimmer...
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...