Connect. Discover. Create. Lakewood Public Art Plan
Lakewood is creating an updated plan for its public art program, and we want to hear from you!
Public art serves a unique role in our communities. It is accessible for all, free of charge, and can provoke discussion. It also creates memorable spaces, celebrates our cultural, heritage and history, and connects communities. Public art provides a platform for artists, and creative expression, creates engaging experiences and contributes to the local economy.
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Click the tabs below or take the quick poll to the right to share your thoughts on this important process.
Public Art in Lakewood
Arts and culture are essential and integral to Lakewood. Since the public art program’s inception in 1995, more than 50 permanent works of art have been installed across the city, while also annually exhibiting temporary sculpture through the Art on the Commons program. Lakewood continues to recognize the positive role of visual arts and the value of public art for the community.
Information about Lakewood's Public Art collection.
Public Art Plan project overview
Lakewood adopted its first Public Art Master Plan in 2013. We are beginning the process to engage with the community to update the plan and help envision and guide the future of the city’s public art program for the next 10 years. Over the next several months, we will host community conversations and ask for input and feedback to help shape the future of public art in Lakewood. The Connect. Discover. Create. Lakewood Public Art Plan will include a vision, goals and best practices. It will also identify opportunities to enhance the community’s experience of public art. Track our progress through the project timeline.
How can you get involved?
Community engagement is key to this planning process. What types of art do you appreciate? Where would you like to see more public art? We plan to pose these and other questions to the community and we want to hear from you!
Here are a few ways to share your input:
- Visit this page frequently for updates on the process and new ways to engage.
- Follow the project and share it with your networks
- Engage in the activities, surveys and polls on this site.
- Find us at Lakewood events (see Updates Tab below)
Click the tabs below to share your thoughts on this important process.
Where would you like to experience public art?
As Lakewood embarks on creating a long-term visionary plan to foster more public art, we're curious to know where you would like to experience art in Lakewood in the future. To start, zoom in on the map to the place where you want to drop a pin to show us where you want to see art. Next, click the [+] "add pin" button to share what type of artwork you would be excited to experience in that location in the future. Drag the pin to the map and drop it.
Ideas for art options:
- Environmental art, Land art or Earthworks – Art that uses the natural landscape to create site-specific structures, art forms, and sculptures that incorporate or comment on the environment.
- Gateway/Iconic Sculpture – Large scale/monumental art that welcomes people and represents Lakewood, uniquely.
- Kinetic and Interactive art – Pieces that move and can be engaged with by visitors.
- Murals – Temporary or permanent art on outdoor walls, sidewalks, or other surfaces.
- Temporary art – Art that exists for a short time period.