Articles Tagged: Public Art

The city’s new public art master plan encourages more public and private public art projects to celebrate Cedar Rapids’ unique identity and create a more vibrant community. “Public art is the voice of the people,” said Ryan Sarfati, one of the artists who recently worked on the city’s new Five Seasons parking ramp mural.

Two Maryland artists have worked on two murals in Cedar Rapids’ Time Check neighborhood, beautifying one of the areas in town that was hit hardest by the 2008 flood.

The conversation is the fifth in a series titled Community Conversation: Oracles of Iowa City.

Award-winning Swiss artist duo NEVERCREW is creating a mural in downtown Cedar Rapids to honor the community effort that fueled the $20 million ConnectCR project to transform Cedar Lake and build a pedestrian-bike bridge spanning the Cedar River

The city of Cedar Rapids and the Visual Arts Commission are preparing a Public Art Plan, which incorporates input from residents and stakeholders to define a vision for the city’s public art program. The plan will contain initiatives and implementation steps to achieve community goals over the next five to 10 years.

Matching funds of up to $3,000 for public arts projects will be available to Iowa City artists for projects that will be publicly accessible and viewable within Iowa City city limits.

A new mural in Cedar Rapids reminds the community that the pandemic is not over as healthcare workers continue to battle COVID-19 inside hospitals.

A new tensile sculpture and motion-sensitive interactive light installation displays different colors at various speeds, depths and brightness levels, depending on how many people are in the alley and how they’re moving.