Kelowna's Public Art ProgramPublic art, like other art forms, has evolved. No longer confined to monumental sculptures in prominent locations, contemporary public art inspires new perspectives of, and interactions with, public places. Artists provide unique interpretations of sites and play a key role in engaging the public imagination. Audiences and communities, too, are becoming active participants in the public art process by voicing a diversity of local concerns and stories and occasionally lending many hands to the creation of the work itself.Public art is about more than beautification. Public art stimulates, entertains, instructs and, occasionally, provokes its audience. Endlessly diverse and adaptable, public art can engage us from above our heads or under our feet, and can be seen every day or encountered only once. Direct contact between art and visitor in an open space free of gallery walls is public art’s greatest gift and this gift is best enjoyed when we shed our routine expectations of urban space. The only thing one really needs to appreciate public art is an open mind! We invite you to explore public art in Kelowna in these pages where you will find information about:
Be sure to pick up a copy of our colourful and informative Public Art Guide at City Hall, various cultural venues, Tourism Kelowna downtown and airport information centres or display kiosks throughout downtown and the Cultural District. Downloads from the Guide are available on the Collection page. For more information about public art in Kelowna, please contact: Vacant, |
What’s New:
Community Public Art - Application Deadline extended to April 30, 2009 The City of Kelowna Community Public Art program provides up to $10,000 of annual matching funding for community public art projects. Download the application package from the Opportunities page. For more information, call 250 469-8935 or email skochan@kelowna.ca
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