The Edmonton Arts Council and City of Edmonton announced the 14 public artworks for the Valley Line Southeast LRT at City Hall.
The artworks are commissioned through Edmonton’s Percent for Art policy. Four Edmonton artists, three additional Alberta artists, two Indigenous artists teams and one international artist were selected.
The artworks range from intimate, community-focused glass art and sculpture at neighbourhood stops to large-scale sculpture, paintings, mosaic, and glass, at the Churchill Connector, Tawatinâ Bridge, Davies Ramp, and Davies Station.
Artworks were chosen from a total of 260 proposals by a series of selection committees comprising community members, local artist representatives, City of Edmonton and project personnel.
Valley Line LRT construction officially launched on April 22 with a groundbreaking ceremony at the future Muttart Stop. Mayor Don Iveson was joined by federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi, Alberta Minister of Transportation and Minister of Infrastructure Brian Mason, and representatives from Edmonton’s Indigenous communities, the Valley Line Citizen Working Groups and TransEd Partners to celebrate this exciting milestone.
