StreetArts Banner Program

Colorful painted and printed banners are displayed on the streets of Port Moody as part of the StreetArts Banner Program, which features designs from the community, students, and artists.

This year’s theme: The Burrard Inlet

The Burrard Inlet is a rich and vibrant ecosystem, teeming with life both above and below the water. It provides essential food sources and habitat for marine birds and fish, while also serving as a cherished place for recreation, reflection, and cultural connection. This year, we invite the public to submit imaginative and playful designs inspired by the creatures—real or mythical—that inhabit the skies and waters of the Inlet. We encourage you to let your creativity dive deep or soar high, drawing inspiration from key themes like sea creatures, buried treasure, marine birds, aquatic life, and water sports.

Community designed banners

Each year, 30 original community designs and 15 duplicates are selected for the StreetArts Banners program. These banners are painted during the Banner Painting on January 17–18, 2026, held in the Port Moody City Hall Galleria at 100 Newport Drive. After painting, the banners are showcased in the Civic Centre Galleria before being installed on Port Moody streets, with duplicates displayed in Pioneer Memorial Park. Once removed, designers may take their banner home. 

Volunteer spots filled—Join us to watch the art in action

Student designed banners

High school students from Heritage Woods Secondary School and Port Moody Secondary School design and paint banners based on the current banner theme.

Artist designed banners

This year’s successful artist is Jordanna George, an artist of mixed T’Sou-ke and Ukrainian ancestry. Originally from Sooke, BC, they now live in Coquitlam, BC. They received a BFA from the University of Victoria in 2019, and have since been making comics and illustrations, exploring themes of identity, belonging, and hope, and pulling influence from Indigeneity, queerness, and science fiction, with a graphic novel coming from Conundrum Press in 2026.

Seasons of Growth, a diptych representing several plants and animals that are native to Coast Salish lands, depict both sunny and rainy weather both important to our biome. The sunny half, George describes as their personal “Western” style and the rainy half combines traditional Coast Salish shape language, representing both parts of their ancestry. Seasons of Growth also acknowledges the diversity of culture in Port Moody and the continued presence of Coast Salish peoples on this land.

The species that are illustrated are:

• Red cedar: nicknamed ‘the tree of life’, used for weaving, canoes, housing, and carving
• Fireweed: used to make tea and fibre
• Stinging nettle: used as medicinal tea, fibre, and dye
• Salmonberries: eaten raw, as jam, or dried into cakes for the winter
• Camas: bulbs traditionally harvested as food
• Wild carrots: food
• Sword ferns: used in cooking and as a survival food
• Red admiral butterfly, Anna’s hummingbird, and native bees: pollinators