Public art improves livability, quality of life and wellbeing. It showcases local artists, helps to revitalize and beautify neighbourhoods, engages residents and visitors with art, reflects our histories and identities, and cultivates community pride. We invest in public art.
In celebration of the provincial Year of the Arts, the City of St. John’s has two exciting initiatives planned for visual arts:
The City invites visual artists to submit digital artwork for signage that will adorn decorative light poles throughout the Downtown Pedestrian Mall on Water Street. The digital artwork should be high-resolution artwork file(s) or scalable vector-based artwork file(s).
The artwork:
Additional project specifications and submission requirements can be found in the Call for Artwork. Complete submissions should be emailed to arts@stjohns.ca, with “Pole Box Artwork” in the subject line. Submissions must be received before 4:00 p.m. NDT, Friday, May 10, 2024.
The City of St. John’s seeks an Artist or Artist Team to design and complete a mural celebrating the art and artists of Newfoundland and Labrador, in recognition of the provincial Year of the Arts. The mural is to be installed on a portion of the concrete retaining wall running west from the Harvey Road/Bonaventure Avenue intersection to the gate below The Rooms, adjacent to the “Come Home 2022” mural completed by artists Molly Margaret and Lily Taylor as part of the City’s “Come Home 2022” celebrations.
The mural design should celebrate the varied and diverse contributions of the arts and of artists in St. John’s, and Newfoundland and Labrador – in recognition of the provincial Year of the Arts, while contributing to a vibrant, welcoming streetscape and celebrating the unique characteristics of the City of St. John’s.
Additional project specifications and submission requirements can be found in the Request for Proposals. Complete submissions should be emailed to arts@stjohns.ca, with “Mural 2024” in the subject line. Submissions must be received before 4:00 p.m. NDT, Friday, May 31, 2024.
The City regularly issues a public call to individual artists and commercial galleries for submissions of artwork to be considered for purchase by the City for inclusion in the Civic Art Collection. Artwork in the collection can be seen throughout City Hall and other City buildings.
We hire artists to create murals in many neighbourhoods. Murals enliven and beautify the City and reduce unwanted graffiti.
Our mural sites include:
The City has commissioned several sculptures, including:
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