StreetArts Banner Program
Every year, from April to November, colourful painted and printed banners are displayed on the streets of Port Moody. The StreetArts Banner Program is comprised of community, student and artist designed banners.
For 2023 the design theme is "Renewal & Rejuvenation". In celebration of Port Moody’s return to Community Street Banners, the City is seeking new designs. 2022 was a time of recovery and renewal, post-COVID. In our city we saw the resilience of our community and the excitement of restoring our daily social activities. We discovered collectively, through the pandemic, the importance of family, friendship, community and support. Let's celebrate being able to come together again to enjoy the activities we do with our family, friends and community.
Community banners |
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A Call for Designs is posted annually in early September for the Community Banners. Thirty community designs and fifteen duplicate designs are chosen to be painted the following January. Each banner takes four to six hours to paint. All forty-five community banners are painted in one weekend at the Community Banner Painting Sessions. The program is suitable for adults and children age six years and older. Younger children (ages 6 to 10 years) may require adult assistance in order to complete painting a banner. |
Student banners |
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High school students from Heritage Woods Secondary School and Port Moody Secondary School design and paint banners based on the chosen theme. |
Artist designed banners |
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Every 2 years an artist is commissioned to design a printed street banner. The first step in this process involves posting a Call for Qualifications. A selection jury reviews the artists' qualifications and shortlists up to 3 artists. The shortlisted artists present their design concepts to the selection jury and the final artist and design is selected at this time. The final design is printed and displayed from spring to fall for a 2 year period. |
Interested in participating?
If you are interested in being contacted about future community and/or artist designed banner opportunities, or to volunteer as a painter, please contact the Public Art Coordinator.
