Artists Selected for Peterborough’s Indoor-Outdoor Art Project

Four local artists have been selected for the City of Peterborough’s latest public art project Indoor-Outdoor, which will integrate artwork into parks, recreation facilities and other City buildings.

Photo courtesy of the City of Peterborough.

Photo courtesy of the City of Peterborough.

Photo courtesy of the City of Peterborough.

Photo courtesy of the City of Peterborough.

The call for submissions sought original new, recent or past works for indoor facilities, and was open to professional artists and cultural practitioners living in the City of Peterborough, County of Peterborough, Hiawatha First Nation or Curve Lake First Nation.  

Stage one of the project, Indoor, will be completed in early 2023. Stage two, Outdoor, will be completed later in the year.

City Public Art Projects are reviewed by selection committees composed of five community members with interests or expertise in contemporary art, architecture, design, engineering, history and/or cultural tourism. The members of the Indoor-Outdoor selection committee were Miguel Hernandez, Leslie Menagh, and Jon Lockyer from the community at large, and Su Ditta and Julia Kady Denton from the City’s Arts and Culture Advisory Committee.

This committee selected artworks by artists Cassandra Lee, John Climenhage, Brooklin Holbrough and Jeffrey Macklin.

“The Indoor-Outdoor project, which allows for the display of art in unexpected places, was made possible by a resolution passed by the Council in November 2021. The goal of this project is to support local artists and enhance the community by bringing art to a wider audience. The success of this project is evaluated not only by the benefits it brings to artists, but also by the pleasure it brings to the many people who will experience the artworks,” said chair of Council’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Portfolio Councillor Alex Bierk.  

The artworks are set to be installed this winter and displayed at City Hall, Kinsmen Civic Centre, Healthy Planet Arena and the Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre for a term of one year to eighteen months.

The artworks will rotate between sites at the end of each term, and the indoor artworks will be mounted in the main foyers of each facility.

For more information on the City of Peterborough’s indoor-Outdoor art project, visit the website.

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