Community members are invited to submit a design for a StreetArts street banner by Oct. 11

Get creative this fall and submit a design for a street banner! We’re accepting submissions for community-designed banners until October 11, 2024 through the City of Port Moody’s StreetArts Banner Program. In 2025, a limited number of panel-selected designs will be painted onto banners and displayed on street poles around Port Moody. 

“The StreetArts Banner Program brings people of all ages together to create beautiful art that strengthens the vibrancy and visual identity of our streets and our city as a whole,” says Mayor Meghan Lahti. “I encourage anyone and everyone who may be interested to grab an application form and start drawing. Help us infuse our public spaces with art in the City of the Arts.” 

Adults as well as children six years and older are eligible to participate. Submissions must reflect this year’s theme, Planting Our Gardens, and follow the design specifications listed on our application form. The form is available online at portmoody.ca/streetarts or you can pick up a paper copy at City Hall or the Port Moody Public Library (100 Newport Drive), or the Port Moody Recreation Complex (300 Ioco Road). 

Completed application forms that include your original design must be received at City Hall (100 Newport Drive) by 4pm on Friday, October 11, 2024. Email your submission to communityartscoordinator@portmoody.ca or drop off your hard-copy submission in person at City Hall or the Port Moody Recreation Complex during regular hours of operation. After hours, hard copies can be placed in the Finance drop box at the rear entrance to City Hall. 

In the fall, a selection panel will choose 30 community designs and 15 duplicate designs. If your design is selected, you will paint your banner at the Community Banner Painting Festival in the Civic Centre Galleria (100 Newport Drive) on January 18 and 19, 2025. Completed banners will be on display in the Galleria from January 20 to January 30, and then installed on the streets of Port Moody where they will remain from April to November 2025. Once the banners are removed from the streets, designers can take their banner home if they wish. 

We anticipate a need for volunteers to paint duplicate banners during the festival in January. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out our online form. 

The StreetArts Banner Program is an art project that brings art to life on the streets of Port Moody. In addition to community-designed banners, the program has two other streams: student-designed banners, created and painted by local high school students; and artist-designed banners, created by professional artists and printed by a banner manufacturing company. Visit portmoody.ca/streetarts to learn more about the program.