Bringing colour and culture to public spaces
Art installations – both permanent and temporary – add East Village’s vibrancy.
Art installations surprise, inspire and delight in East Village
One of the East Village Master Plan’s key placemaking strategies, CMLC’s Art in the Public Realm program strives to create engaging spaces that surprise, delight and provoke connection and memorable interaction for residents and visitors through temporary and permanent art installations. Since 2010, the program has brought dozens of sculptures, murals and other installations to the neighbourhood.
In East Village’s first permanent public art installation, LED-animated figures move through street scenes, reflecting the movement of life in the neighbourhood.
Five massive panels of brightly coloured mosaic illustrate East Village’s early days and transform Riverfront Lane into an outdoor art gallery.
Inspired by St. Patrick's Island natural landscape and the nearby cityscape, this monumental sculpture of lights the island at night.
Exploring themes of connectivity, community celebration, sport and gathering, murals adorn the walls of the 4th St SE Underpass.
The widely-recognized sculpture of an upside-down country church is temporarily at home in East Village’s 5th Street Square.
CMLC welcomes local artist Alex Kwong as the next voice in Art in the Public Realm program, marking a new chapter of storytelling, community connection, and creative exploration.
Today, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation unveiled Touch Traces, the next iteration of public art works that will adorn the bridge abutments and building surfaces on the Jack and Jean Leslie RiverWalk in East Village.
[Art]ios is CMLCs latest public art and placemaking initiative that will see a half-dozen East Village patios transformed into uniquely artistic urban spaces.
Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC)—lead developer of Calgary’s New Central Library (NCL), draws closer to completion of the five-year construction program with the installation of its delightful public art pieces by international artist Christian Moeller.
CMLC welcomes local wildlife artist Curtis Sorenson to its curated art program along Jack and Jean Leslie RiverWalk.
On Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 15, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) is inviting Calgarians to gather along St. Patrick’s Bridge deck to watch a new permanent art installation – Bloom – take shape on the newly redeveloped St. Patrick’s Island. Commissioned through CMLC’s Art in the
Introducing Placemakers: An EV Speaker Series by CMLC. Save the date for our first event May 19, 2015.
Calgary Drop-In residents share their passion for art on a collaborative piece for all to enjoy
Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) - developer of the East Village redevelopment project - officially opened the community’s first pedestrian only street, Riverfront Lane.
A major new art installation in EastVillage promises to reflect the neighbourhood’s continuing evolution and forward momentum.
Temporary art installations bring colour and intrigue to RiverWalk
