Public Art Collection

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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    Tomatoes

    Tomatoes

    Beany Dootjes is a lifelong gardener whose aim is growing an annual supply of fruits and vegetables, while favouring non-genetically modified strains. She focuses on an organic, 100-mile diet that optimizes water consumption, mulching, soil amendments, and plant...

    Beany Dootjes
    I Spy

    I Spy

    Aaron Hagan is a Lethbridge-based artist who received his BFA from the University of Lethbridge (2006), majoring in painting. He has maintained an active studio practice with a focus on colourful abstraction.  Hagan’s approach to abstract painting is to explore the...

    Aaron Hagan
    A Similar Nature

    A Similar Nature

    A Similar Nature was created in response to the mentorship I was awarded with ceramic artist Susan Day from London, ON in 2022. Part of the mentorship involved working with Day in her studio and installing her public art mosaic The New Nature at Legacy Park. Both Day...

    Michelle Sylvestre
    Sikóóhkotok

    Sikóóhkotok

    The Niitsitapi have a long-standing relationship with the area, which is known as Sikóóhkotok or Black Rock. This name refers to the coal found in abundance in southern Alberta which makes surviving harsh winters possible. Sikóóhkotok is also an annual wintering camp...

    Marjie Crop Eared Wolf
    The New Nature

    The New Nature

    Made with thousands of handmade tile components, The New Nature, is Lethbridge’s first mosaic installation. Featuring birds, silhouettes of people, and elements that move from industrial to natural depending on the viewer’s position, the artist intended for the...

    Susan Day
    Hinode

    Hinode

    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...

    Takashi Iwasaki
    Spread Your Wings

    Spread Your Wings

    When humans first conceived of flight, they raised their arms to mimic the birds that flew overhead. Five common birds in southern Alberta are depicted to-scale alongside references to the digital technology that oversee our modern flight systems. The radar screen...

    Kelaine Devine
    Unreality

    Unreality

    This image is based on a few personal favourite viewpoints in Lethbridge and Southern Alberta, combined to create a new, imaginary landscape. The vibrant colour palette provides an unreal quality to the work. I hoped to create a pictorial space that both references...

    Kylie Fineday
    Iiyikítapiiyit! be brave, fearless!

    Iiyikítapiiyit! be brave, fearless!

    Heavy Shield has given us this insight into the mural process – “Blackfoot tipi designs come to their makers in dreams. As an artist, I am a dreamer, and like my other artworks, Iiyikitapiiyit! visited me, wanting to be shared. The tipi is still considered “home” to...

    Hali Heavy Shield
    Belonging

    Belonging

    This mural represents the future, not the past. The piece depicts a mother and daughter, two women of colour, floating through a Lethbridge landscape that looks familiar but otherworldly. The figures would be framed by an ornate art nouveau-style border. There would...

    AJA Louden
    Backyard Wilderness

    Backyard Wilderness

    Part of a larger project of the same name and reflects my ongoing interest in urban wildlife. I want to represent species common to the city and have people pause and (re)consider their relationship to these animals. For example, skunks may cause fear and alarm but...

    Leila Armstrong
    Untitled

    Untitled

    “There is a lot of looking in and out of windows, and I thought that this would make a very unique design, of an electrical box wrapped in windows, staring out onto the Southern Alberta Prairies, or into old farmhouses.” Or in this case, into the park!

    Franziska Legg