Public Art

Led by the Ed Johnson Memorial Committee, the work strives to promote racial healing and reconciliation by creating a permanent site, which acknowledges the lynching of Ed Johnson.

"Radiance" anchors the recent transformation of historic Patten Parkway into a vibrant public square with an iconic placemaker inspired by the Innovation District's Artistic Plan.

Public Art Chattanooga partnered with the Woodmore Manor Neighborhood Association to commission a community driven mural design and installation on an existing architectural feature on the Brainerd Community Center, in order to create an iconic representation of the Woodmore Manor and Brainerd area neighborhoods.

Public Art Chattanooga and the Highland Park Neighborhood Association partnered on an artist call  to create a public, permanent art installation in order to activate and animate Tatum Park in the Highland Park neighborhood

The memorial, designed by Shane Allbritton and Norman Lee of RE:site Studio, honors the five men who lost their lives during the July 16, 2015 tragic shootings at the Armed Services Recruiting Center on Lee Highway and the U.S. Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway.

River City Company, Cogent Studio, Public Art Chattanooga and SPORTS partnered on an alleyway activation to create a vibrant pedestrian corridor, which could also be adapted to a public event space.

Public Art Chattanooga partnered with the Trust for Public Land to commission a sculptural adventure trail at Sterchi Farm Trailhead.

McLain, in collaboration with Eastdale residents, envisioned and fabricated this work utilizing an indirect parachute cloth mural technique.

Public Art Chattanooga partnered with the Avondale community to commission two community driven mural designs at the Avondale Community Center. 

Painted in polychrome, these two gateway sculptures compliment each other at the Blue Goose Hollow Trailhead bordering the Tennessee River.

Spanning 30 feet in length and 5 feet in height, the mural depicts the communal past, present, and future while making a hopeful statement about diversity, peace and love.

In 2015, Public Art Chattanooga commissioned a mural to depict the past, present, and future vision for the city's M.L. King District.

A partner project with Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (MSA),  "Art on the Riverwalk" is a  temporary sculpture exhibition at the Tennessee Riverpark from Blue Goose Hollow to the Wheland Foundry Trailhead. 

Since the MLK Mural’s dedication in January 2016, MLK Boulevard has continued to see vibrant transformations. These enhancements contribute to the neighborhood’s unique identity, draw attention to the Big 9’s rich cultural history, and promote the economic growth of the boulevard.

Check out the amazing sculptures from the 6th Biennial Exhibition.

Public Art Chattanooga hosted Konstantin Dimopoulos for a six week residency in October of 2016. Over the course of his stay, we hosted 14 volunteer days where 282 volunteers put in 80 hours assisting the artist in completing 6 installations.

The Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, a rotating outdoor exhibition, continues to be an integral part of Chattanooga’s growing public art program. The inaugural exhibition was initiated in May 2005 at the First Street Corridor, which was the site of one of three major public art initiatives of Chattanooga’s $120 million 21st Century Waterfront Plan for the downtown area.

Art in Motion was a collaboration between CARTA, Public Art Chattanooga, and River City Company designed to transform CARTA Downtown Electric Shuttles into mobile public art works.

On the Fence was a temporary public art project designed to reveal the potential of Main Street, an area at the center of urban revitalization obscured by chain link fences in the Southside district of downtown Chattanooga.

Art on Main, a rotating outdoor sculpture exhibition, integrates the sculptures of artists from the Southeast region with the streetscapes Chattanooga’s bustling Main Street. The exhibit underscores the critical role that Chattanooga artists and public art play in the revitalization of the city’s urban core.

Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Outdoor Exhibition was produced by Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (MSA) in cooperation with Public Art Chattanooga, the City of Chattanooga, and Hamilton County as part of the twentieth anniversary of the Tennessee Riverpark. The show featured 20 works by members of MSA and the Chicago Sculpture Alliance and was made possible by the generous support of the Benwood Foundation.

PAC is partnering with the Martin Luther King Neighborhood Association to transform the space underneath the East MLK Blvd. overpass into a safe destination and vibrant gateway.