Public art calls and projects

Submit proposals to design, create and install public artwork at new or renovated government buildings in the province.

Overview

The Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture invites professional artists to submit proposals to design, create and install public artwork at new government buildings or renovated buildings following the Public Art Policy. This page provides an overview of past and current public art projects, as well as Calls to Artists to apply for future projects.  

Once works are created and installed, they become part of collection ArtNB and are featured on the Public Art map along with information about the project.

Resources

Completed public art projects

Hanwell Park Academy

In 2023, the provincial government commissioned four works for Hanwell Park Academy in keeping with the Public Art Policy. This represents an investment of $50,000. The pieces included in the project are now part of collectionArtNB.

  • Hanwell Park Academy Mural – Ascension, Laura Forrester

    Hanwell Park Academy Mural—Ascension spans the cafeteria learning stairs. From the bottom to the top, the mural tells the stories of students from kindergarten to Grade 8 learning, playing and growing together.

  • New School Collective, Chelsea Landry

    New School Collective is a mural on a fibreboard near the school's main entrance. The mural features a stylized aerial map of the community and playful imagery, including landmarks, historical figures and children at play.

  • Suspended in Time: Woven Pages and Wooden Letters, Karen LeBlanc

    This piece incorporates a woven "sheet of paper," antique wooden letter blocks, and coloured pencils. It was inspired by moments of growth, learning, and breakthrough and incorporates the words "make your mark."

  • Dawn Chorus, Jean Rooney

    Dawn Chorus is an artwork designed to teach students about local songbirds in the Hanwell area and consists of six acrylic hand-painted birch wood panels. Hidden within the landscape are 32 local species of songbirds.

Arc-en-ciel School

In 2021-22, four works were commissioned by the provincial government for Arc-en-ciel School in keeping with the Public Art Policy. This represents an investment of $50,000. The pieces included in the project are now part of collectionArtNB.

  • Discovery, Olka Art

    Discovery is a 3-D-relief painted mural installed in the cafeteria. The work features children looking through magnifying glasses at ants and dandelions.

  • Farandoles on the Grass, Denis Lanteigne

    This work is composed of photomontages with symmetrical repetitions depicting dandelions on grass. From a single photo, Denis Lanteigne composed four photographs where he reproduced the image four times, which gives 16 repetitions in total.

  • Liberté, Colin Smith

    The artist portrays the Saint John River from Bath to the Bay of Fundy, with Oromocto as a central focus. École Arc-en-Ciel and its surrounding area are also crucial, symbolizing the community, the province and the wider world.

  • Primary Colours Weave the Future, Karen LeBlanc

    Primary Colours Weave the Future consists of five handwoven tapestries in primary colours, dark blue, royal blue, yellow, light red and dark red.