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 and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Peoples Commemoration.
Public Art News
The Ball Is In Your Court, Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, January 2019
Artists invited to think outside the (utility) box
The City of Lethbridge Public Art Program and the Heart of Our City committee are adding a splash of colour to the city centre by inviting local artists to share their talents in an unconventional way. Utility boxes located in Galt Gardens and at Casa will soon be wrapped in creativity as a way to increase the vibrancy of downtown Lethbridge.
Takashi Iwasaki Artist Talk
Winnipeg-based Japanese artist Takashi Iwasaki is in Lethbridge July 13 to discuss the newest public art piece installed at the Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens Visitor Centre. Located inside Cleo’s Café at the Bunka Centre, Hinode is a multi-piece wooden sculpture, utilizing Canadian lumber and Japanese textile patterns and woodworking techniques to talk about the complicated history of relocation of the Japanese population throughout southern Alberta
Mural Mentee Needed
The City of Lethbridge has recently contracted ceramic artist Susan Day from London, Ontario to complete a handmade tile mosaic mural on the Legacy Park picnic shelter located in Legacy Park on the north side of Lethbridge.
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Call for New Public Member – City of Lethbridge Public Art Committee
Seeking New Art to Land at the Airport
Two new Calls for Artists have been announced for projects at the #YQL Airport in conjunction with a series of major renovations which will improve the customer experience and position the airport as a major driver of the regional economy.
Reconciliation Week 2021 in Lethbridge: Voice & Representation
Reconciliation Week 2021 in Lethbridge: Voice & Representation
Two artists have installed vinyl window wraps on the downtown Lethbridge Telus building (SE corner of 4 Avenue and 8 Street South) for the 5th Annual theme of Reconciliation Week: Voice and Representation.
Call for Indigenous Artists – Reconciliation Week 2021 Window Art Display
Call for Indigenous Artists – Reconciliation Week 2021 Window Art Display
The City of Lethbridge, through the Reconciliation Lethbridge Advisory Committee (RLAC), Heart of Our City Committee (HOC) and Public Art Committee (PAC), and TELUS, is seeking Indigenous artists to design artworks to be temporarily installed at 808 4 Avenue South (Telus Building) in Downtown Lethbridge.
Public Art Wrapping Project – G. Wayne Dwornik
Public Art Wrapping Project – G. Wayne Dwornik
If you are downtown, look for the electrical box in Galt Gardens Northeast of the Spray Fountain close to 2nd Ave South for the latest addition to the City of Lethbridge- City Hall Wrapping Pilot.
Public Art Wrapping Project – Franziska Legg
Public Art Wrapping Project – Franziska Legg
With this great weather, electrical boxes are popping up all over Galt Gardens!
Look for this box from City of Lethbridge- City Hall Electrical Box Wrapping Project behind the Southern Alberta Art Gallery.