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ONE Properties proudly announces the award of its first public art commission in Calgary to Robin Arseneault. Arseneault will create a human-scale, context-specific artwork entitled Balancing Act, at the BLVD Beltline site, a premium rental property located in the heart of the Beltline neighbourhood. The artwork will playfully explore ideas of imagined spectacle and the desired
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This commission captures Tiffany Shaw’s interest in the life cycles of water in relation to glaciers, how they form and shape the alpine terrain, and how these systems are inextricably linked. The Athabasca Glacier is integral to Banff’s ecosystem. Glaciers embody time, as seen in how glaciation has shaped the mountains and landscape, and express
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A ten-year public art plan to guide the direction of public art in Kelowna with accompanying best practice processes and procedures for commissioning and collection management tailored to the specificities of the place. The working process has prioritized relationships with silyx Okanagan host nation artists, City staff, and arts communities. Team: Ciara McKeown and Diana
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Working with Arup Canada Inc., CMCK Public Art developed an art strategy for the new $1.4 billion dollar cancer research and treatment facility, the largest stand-alone comprehensive cancer centre in Canada. The art strategy included a curatorial vision, commissioning and acquisition processes, and collections management procedures.
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One of the first curatorial assessments of a municipal public art collection written in North America, it adapted best practices from museum curatorial assessments to analyze the City of Calgary’s Public Art Collection (over 1,200 objects) and provide key insights to inform the Public Art Collection Plan 2021–2026. Using case studies, it analyzed the Public
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One of the first curatorial assessments of a municipal public art collection written in North America, the City of Edmonton Public Art Curatorial Collection Assessment 2021 adapted best practices from museum curatorial assessments and developed an intersectional (EDIA) matrix to analyze the collection (262 works), contextualize commissioning best practices through case studies, and make recommendations
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Working collaboratively with the City of Medicine Hat public art committee for the City’s 2019 Alberta Public Art Network annual summit, CMCK Public Art conceptualized and created a program for the 2019 Alberta Public Art Network annual summit.
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This project integrated curatorial strategies for public art within the long-term redevelopment of Jasper Avenue, a 32-block main street in the heart of downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ciara McKeown worked as a Public Art Curator with City and community partners to develop a critical, long-term vision for how artists could work contextually within Edmonton’s public
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McKeown co-organized this public art symposium with artist and Professor Brandon Vickerd and a team of arts advisors. Hosted at York University in May 2017, it was the first conference of its kind in Canada to create a platform for international critical dialogue through cross-disciplinary examinations of the field of public art.
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