Community Banners

The City of Pickering is undertaking the launch of an Annual Community Banner Program, celebrating the culture, heritage and beauty in our City Centre. The City of Pickering invites Canadian artists of all ages, or artist teams, to create, design and submit original artwork to be used for the Community Banner Program. Using a single or a variety of mediums, artist are asked to highlight the cultural, heritage, and diversity of the City of Pickering through the theme: Live, Work, Play, Inspire.

A total of 35 Community banners will be selected through an open call for art. Call opens Saturday, May 25, 2019 and closes Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Selected banners will be installed throughout City Centre (Esplanade North, Esplanade South, Valley Farm Road, Glenanna Road, Kingston Road) in early December 2019.

Images of the selected banners will be highlighted and archived online. The archive will include an image of the banner, along with the artist statement, and a map of the location. Banners will be hung for a period of one year. Banners in excellent condition will be repurposed, or may stay in place, or will be removed to make room for the next years’ winners.