Bowfort Towers

• Becoming an ‘arts generator’: Calgary’s new public arts program to receive 3-year term

  The arms-length program would get an annual operating grant of $800 million.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2020
  
• Calgary to continue suspension of public arts program

  The City of Calgary community services committee is recommending that, until a new public art model is fully developed, no new projects should be funded this year.

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  Mar 13, 2019
  
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• City of Calgary cancels second part of Bowfort Road interchange art project

  A City of Calgary official sites budget restrictions as the reason why the second phase of the public art project was scrapped.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2018
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• If Calgary vote is any indication, public art means never having to say you’re sorry

  Calgary city council has shot down an attempt by Councillor Jeromy Farkas to have council apologize for the corporate public arts policy.

  Politics

  Jun 26, 2018
• Have an opinion on Calgary’s public art program? The city wants to hear from you

  The city has launched an online survey that is meant to complement a telephone survey set to be conducted with 500 Calgarians in April.

  Mar 28, 2018
• Does Calgary deserve the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s lifetime achievement for ‘awful art’?

  Calgary is being shamed for its public art, which has been at the centre of a number of controversies in recent years. 

  Feb 14, 2018
• Angela Kokott: Controversy over downtown art installation another black eye for Calgary public art program

  Mayor Naheed Nenshi has asked administrators to investigate. I think the solution is easy: the artist gives the $20,000 he received from the city to the photographer(s) who took the original photos.

  Nov 29, 2017
• Controversial Bowfort Towers banner was a ‘professional job’: political analyst

  A banner that appeared on Calgary's Bowfort Towers by Canada Olympic Park on Saturday morning is creating controversy.

  Politics

  Oct 15, 2017
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• Calgary Councillor Ward Sutherland claims he said ‘Choo’ not ‘Johnny Jew’ after video sparks outrage

  At a Ward 1 candidates’ forum Wednesday night, contenders were asked to choose one of “many contentious issues” and Sutherland brought up the public art project Bowfort Towers.

  Politics

  Oct 12, 2017
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• Art appraiser makes case for sculpture parks in Calgary

  A Calgary art appraiser said Thursday the city should consider installing sculpture parks in areas like Prince’s Island Park rather than tie new art installations to major infrastructure projects, like in the case of the Bowfort Towers.

  Sep 28, 2017