Waterfront Public Art
"The waterfront will become an arts-based destination drawing visitors from the region, Canada and around the world."
- Calvin Brook, Principal, Brook Mcllroy/Pace Architects
As part of the waterfront redevelopment at Prince Arthur’s Landing, the City of Thunder Bay has implemented its largest series of public art installations to date. The waterfront's public art program was developed to celebrate the diverse culture and heritage in Thunder Bay and its surrounding communities by engaging visual and literary artists in the development of public art installations.
Artists were invited to respond to Calls to Artists and submit expressions of interest and proposals for a variety of projects. Each competition had a specific thematic focus based on the notion that public artworks can create an interpretive narrative addressing both the historic and symbolic ‘power of place’ that permeates the shoreline of Lake Superior and the region.
Download the Waterfront Public Art Walking Tour Guide 
Adobe PDF, 2 pages, 336 KB
More information about the City's public art program.
Other public art projects.
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Celebration Circle Panels | Randy Thomas with Roy Thomas more |
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Jiigew | spmb | Eduardo Aquino & Karen Shanski Photo by spmb more |
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Naturally Inflated | Paul Slipper & Nadine Stefan more |
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Literary Selections Round 1 | Marilyn Dumont, Emily Pauline Johnson/Tekahionwake, Marianne Jones, Jean E. Pendziwol, Sarain Stump, Catherine Moodie Vickers Photo by Brook McIlroy Architects more |
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Literary Selections Round 2 | Jane Crossman, Donna Faye, J. F. (Jim) Foulds, Rick Garrick & Bob McKay, Marianne Jones more |
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Lanterns | Mark Nisenholt more |
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Embedded History | Studio Kimiis | Steven Beites & Christian Joakim more |
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Traveller's Return | Andy Davies more |
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Vessel | Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew more |
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Diatom Whisper: Alchemy | Ingrid Koivukangas more |
