A vibrant 110-foot-long mosaic mural composed of over 950,000 tiles, depicting abstract and representational imagery reflecting East Village's history, progress, renewal and vision.
Created by Calgary artist collective Light & Soul, The Field Manual is a mural and sculptural installation along the Jack & Jean Leslie RiverWalk. Commissioned through CMLC’s Art in the Public Realm program, the work explores East Village as a place of confluence—where rivers, histories and futures intersect. Through bold visuals and layered symbolism, the artists offer a playful, thoughtful take on what East Calgary was—and what it might become.
Each of the three existing columns was assigned one of three artist categories; U of C undergraduate student, U of C faculty -staff-alumni, Calgary community.
This public artwork displayed in the Chinatown community incorporates animals that are important to the Niitsitapi people, most notably the bison and the golden eagle.
With guidance from Blackfoot Elders Cindy Daniels and Rod Scout, Wollman painted plants and flowers meaningful to the Blackfoot people in phase one of the project, which started in 2020.
The final palette featured nine colours, including a sand and navy blue as an ode to the Stanley Jones School’s sandstone exterior and its longtime school team colour.
Themed around youth and music in Calgary, the mural reflects and promotes the YSC values of artistic integrity, excellence, community building, inclusion, personal development & self-expression.
Commissioned by CMLC, Touch Traces by Calgary artist Cassie Suche is a temporary mural installation along RiverWalk. Featuring abstract patterns made from over 640 fingerprints collected from East Village residents, the work explores themes of identity, connection, and community in motion.
Commissioned by Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) as part of its Art in the Public Realm program, Bridge by Calgary artist Katie Green transforms the stories of 13 East Village residents into striking visual art. Through workshops, participants reimagined portrait paintings as personal masks, later photographed in meaningful neighbourhood spaces. Installed along the RiverWalk, the work reflects East Village’s diverse identity and invites viewers to consider the many faces—and stories—that shape the community.