In January 2025, the Corporation of the County of Prince Edward entered into a three-year partnership agreement with County Arts to lead the development and implementation of the municipality’s public art program in collaboration with municipal staff.
County Arts is currently working on drafting the Public Art Policy, which will be presented to County Council for approval in Q2 2025. We are also drafting related procedures and working on establishing an Interdepartmental Public Art Team composed of municipal staff, and a volunteer Public Art Committee composed of residents. There will be a public call issued for Public Art Committee members; information will be posted on this page.
Are you interested in proposing a public art project on municipal property?
Until the Public Art Policy is approved, a temporary moratorium on permanent public art installations on municipal property remains in place. However, the municipality does allow for temporary public art installations. The guidelines and application form can be found here on the municipality’s website. Questions should be directed to Jane Vader, Bookings Representative, Recreation and Community Facilities bookings@pecounty.on.ca / 613.476.2148 extension 5003.
October 10, 2024 – In 2023-24, County Arts led the community engagement and planning process to develop a Prince Edward County’s first Public Art Plan in collaboration with Municipal staff. We are thrilled to announce that the 2025-30 Prince Edward County Public Art Plan was approved in October 2024, and staff recommendations to develop and fund a public art program, led by County Arts in partnership with the municipality, were accepted.
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If you have any questions about the public art program, please reach out to Andrea Dawes (Special Initiatives Manager) at andrea@countyarts.ca. We also invite you to click here to subscribe to receive updates in our public art program newsletter.
