Public art activities play an important role in distinguishing Wellington as a sophisticated, tolerant, dynamic city with creativity at its heart.
Public art activity involves:
- artists contributing to the thinking and design of public places and spaces
- art concepts and/or art works and/or design features integrated into urban design developments (including buildings, streets and parks)
- artists working in and with communities in public spaces
- art processes and artworks in the public sphere that may be variously described as sculpture, murals, street-art, performance, new-genre public art, relational aesthetics, and/or installations.
Call for proposals
The Public Art Panel reviews proposals for public art activity four times a year in March, June, August and November.
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2025 Call for proposals
The Council’s Public Art Policy outlines eight desired outcomes for public art activity that form the basis for the approval and prioritisation of public art activities in Wellington City. Your proposal should meet one or more of the desired outcomes below:
- Wellington’s public art activities will be fresh and innovative.
- Public art activities in Wellington’s suburban centres enhance sense of place.
- Māori whakapapa and history are expressed in Wellington’s public art activity.
- The city’s diverse communities are represented through public art activities.
- Wellingtonians are more engaged in the development of public art activity.
- The city’s public infrastructure integrates art concepts and/or design features and/or physical artworks.
- Initiate and implement programmes to communicate and educate people about Wellington’s public art activity.
- Public art activities directly contribute to social and economic change and urban/suburban revitalisation in Wellington.