08.19.2026

Untitled

Wesley Clark is in the process of creating a 9.5’H x 26’L x 12’D interactive sculpture of 1/4″ slip-rolled steel with a marine grade finish. Both processes pay homage to the shipbuilding industry in Norfolk, VA. A lyrical, super structure...

08.14.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap: Love Letter To My Inner Child

Located on E. Indian River Road and Clifton Street Oil painting on canvas, blending realism and surrealism techniques. I used rich color and symbolism, to evoke emotion and reflection, drawing viewers into a personal yet shared narrative.

08.14.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap: Jasmyn

Located on Campostella Rd. and Springfield Ave. “My art embodies the ultimate fusion of realism and abstraction, as I strive to capture the unique side of everyday life, and explore my creative side. From realism to abstract images, my pieces may make you smile,...

08.14.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap: The Seafarer

Located on Marsh St. and E. Indian River Rd. Both father and child adorn halos representing the sacred relationship between parent and child. “You are the author of your life. My work reminds and encourages each of us to dream, develop, delight and deliver a life you...

08.14.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap: I Got You

Located at McDonald’s on the corner of Campostella Rd. and Indian River Rd. “I Got You” – A reminder to take of each other. “Many of my paintings explore the everyday condition of humanity with the individual as subject: the internal and external struggles...

08.13.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap: It’s Our Love

E. Indian River Road and Selden Ave. “As an artist, I aspire to create art that is meaningful and relatable. My art evokes black excellence, love and originality. I aim to capture the elegance and originality in what it means to be black. I want all people to be able...

08.13.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap: Piazzale Berkley

E. Liberty St. and S. Main St. “As an artist I explore humanities relation to nature and each other. My blend of verbal and visual language explores community, education, perseverance and beauty. Through expressive arts we can engage with our thoughts and transcend to...

08.13.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap: Black Medusa

Located on Berkley Ave. near Fauquier St. “My work celebrates human expression and emotion, those fleeting, powerful moments where personality shines through. Using vibrant color and bold portraits, I capture everything from warmth to defiance. Each hue is chosen to...

08.13.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap: Lily of the Valley Dancers

Located on Campostella Road and Arlington Ave. “By using carefully chosen colors and compositions, I tell a story with a single image; inviting the viewer to see the world through the eyes of a child again. Whether traveling by foot, bicycle, or car; no matter a...

08.13.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap: HBCU High Steppin’

Located at Campostella Road and Berkley Avenue Ralph Thomas is a Norfolk, VA based artist. Ralph spent 20yrs in the U.S. Navy and is a self-taught artist. Thomas was raised in the heart of Durham North Carolina’s South Side, where his love for painting first...

07.30.2026

Loop

“Our proposal, LOOP, for the City of Norfolk St. Paul’s Area Transformation envisions a next generation public art environment that merges community, technology, and human connection into a singular sculptural experience. The installation is conceived as a...

07.30.2026

Untitled

Jim Gallucci is in the process of creating 3 wrought iron like panels 5ft. tall x 7ft. wide that depict historic iconic Church St. corridor landmarks to include the Booker Pharmacy, the Dunbar Movie Show, and the Plaza Hotel. Each panel will be framed with 2”x4”...

07.23.2026

It Takes A Village

The site is in the Blue-Greenway Parking Lot, which will be the main area for 60+ vehicles to park. It will be located at the only park entrance on Brambleton Ave. The artwork will provide a safe and attractive spot for rest both day and night. After parking, the art...

07.20.2026

Untitled

“This artwork offers a welcoming experience by combining local historic and contemporary themes. The sculptures reference the close-knit cultural community of Tidewater Gardens and add site specific nods to surrounding architecture and natural ecosystems....

07.20.2026

Resilience

Enjoy the thought process and how Fennell’s idea for the sculpture came to life: “I approach every project with a walk of the site, talk with the stakeholders and some history. For the St. Paul’s Transformation Project there are many exciting ideas: that...

06.10.2026

Southside Vinyl Wrap Project (11 utility/signal boxes)

Artwork by 10 local artists was selected by the Southside Vinyl Wrap Public Art Committee to appear on traffic signal boxes along E. Indian River Rd. and Campostella Rd. The committee especially wanted to feature artwork by youth. Four images by emerging artists of...

08.11.2025

Ward 3 Vinyl Wrap

Ward 3 Utility Box Vinyl Wrap Project 2024 Located at Princess Anne Rd. and Sewells Point Rd. Shades of Sisterhood Digital Illustration “Through a diverse range of mediums, I explore the multifaceted nature of human existence, embracing the complexities of...

05.19.2025

Public Art Mentor

Note: Call for artists has closed. However, watch for a call to artist mentees to be posted in 2026. Questions: 757.284.8445 The Mentor Artist Reinaldo Correa will assist with reviewing applications, interviewing finalists and selecting the mentees. Additionally, the...

05.13.2025

Fusion Apts. in the NEON

Note: Call for artists has closed. The selected artist is William Nemitoff from New Orleans. The committee was particularly interested in the underlying theme of whimsy throughout his previous projects. For this project, rather than a static piece on a pedestal, we...

04.3.2025

Barraud Park

Budget: $115,000 Artist Moses Ball has been selected to create public art for Barraud Park. Artist visit: July 25, 2026 The Barraud Park Public Art Committee and members of the Lindenwood Cottage Heights Barraud Park Civic League welcomed artist Moses X. Ball of South...

11.20.2024

Church Street Retaining Wall Mosaic

A call to local artists resulted in a pre-qualified artist pool of individuals being identified who were offered an opportunity to submit ideas for a variety of projects being planned for several locations throughout the new St. Pau’s Transformation Project over...

11.15.2024

(Billboard Artwork) Be Centered 2025

Located in Portsmouth VA not far from Rivers Casino. This is a triptych of three digitally enhanced photographs of nature. Material: Digital Camera and Software

11.15.2024

(Billboard Artwork) All You Can Eat

First location was in Portsmouth. Watch for Heidi’s billboard to be reinstalled in Chesapeake in October 2025! Scanned pen drawing, colored using Adobe Illustrator.

11.15.2024

(Billboard artwork) Drydock Patients – 2025

Located in Portsmouth, VA: Todd reimagines a common sight around Hampton Roads. In this painting, he envisions the ships in drydock as patients in a hospital. Material: Acrylic paints applied with brayers and stencils. Color added digitally.

11.13.2024

York Street Building

The York Street Building is a one story 3,760 square foot structure built in 1946 in the city’s oldest standing neighborhood. The historic building currently operates as the Virginia Sinus Center. Located in downtown Norfolk it is a tangible link to Norfolk’s history....

04.1.2024

School Administration Building Mural

March 2024 Created inside of the School Administration Building in Norfolk, Virginia. Project funded by the School Administration and the City of Norfolk. Norfolk Arts helped to facilitate the process of selecting the artist for this call for...

03.12.2024

Ward 3 Vinyl Wrap – Digital Artwork – Untitled

Title: Untitled3 Dimensions: 2016×2050 Material: Digital Year: 2023 Printed on vinyl wrap in 2024. Silas Baker’s artwork was selected to appear on a traffic signal box in Ward 3 in front of Booker T. High School in Norfolk,...

10.29.2023

EVMS

This call to artists was re-initiated in 2023 and 109 submissions were received. This is a partnership match project with the majority of funding provided by Eastern Virginia Medical School.

10.29.2023

Huntersville Park

The Huntersville Public art committee selected Wesley Clark to design and create multiple pedestrian-scale artworks that tell the story of the neighborhood and encourage visitors to visually explore the new recreational path around the grass practice football fields....

10.14.2023

Ward 3 Utility Box Vinyl Wrap Project 2024

Thank you to everyone who applied for the opportunity to see their artwork printed on vinyl and installed on traffic signal boxes in Norfolk’s Ward 3! We received 109 submissions. Congratulations to these 9 local artists whose artwork was selected. ⭐️Silas Baker...

09.26.2023

When Walls Speak

Watch this great video by Andrew Cooper of the City of Norfolk’s Communications Dept. on YouTube! Watch Trevor’s Time-Lapse Video! Trevor Lucas of Anomaly Art Studios showcased the depth and creativity of Norfolk’s art community in the Park Place...

07.25.2023

(Event) Polyphonic Culture NEA Grant Project

WATCH A VIDEO OF THE OCTOBER 17th EVENT “Polyphonic Story Slam” at the historic Attucks Theatre, a culmination of the meet-ups funded via the NEA grant we received where grantees were invited to share stories and their motivation behind all they do to...

02.22.2023

Moon Gate

WATCH A VIDEO OF THE INSTALLATION! Watch this re-cap of how the sculpture was created! Jim Gallucci was selected to create public art for Fire Station #11 in Norfolk Virginia. The new station replaces the second oldest fire station in Norfolk, VA, centrally located on...

08.28.2022

(Billboard artwork) Here Right Now

“Even when musing, we are blossoming only in the present moment” Clayton Singleton. Clayton Singleton’s acrylic & graphite painting on canvas of a young lady laying on a bouquet of flowers wearing a summer sweater and denim shorts with an elbow...

08.28.2022

(Billboard Artwork) Abstract Graffiti

Silas Baker’s digital abstract graffiti artwork was selected to appear on an Adams Outdoor Advertising billboard in the Norfolk regional coverage area in 2023/24. Silas wanted to create a bold, abstract graffiti design that would be visible from a...

08.28.2022

(Billboard Artwork) A Moment to Hold

Petya Ivanova’s oil on canvas painting “A Moment to Hold” will be printed on vinyl and installed on an Adams Outdoor Advertising billboard in the Norfolk regional coverage area in 2023/24.

08.28.2022

(Billboard artwork) It’s A Sunny-Side-Up Kind of Day

Amanda Bradley’s graphic artwork incorporates photography & image compositing. This specific image is of a realistic looking balloon (egg yolk) that momentarily finds a cloud and makes it look like a fried egg in the sky. Her hope is that this happy, fun...

01.10.2022

(Billboard artwork) Blossoms In The Darkness

Homemade Blueberry Pie Whether her canvas is traditional, an engineer’s mind, a comedic sketch, or a pie, Karen Freidt inspires viewers with a child-iike curiosity and innovative approach. Her diverse successes span the gamut from award winning artist to NASA...

01.7.2022

Resilience

The Five Points Park Project Planning Committee and the Norfolk Arts Commission selected Sean Orlando of Engineered Artworks to create interactive artwork for the new Five Points Park. Artists from around the country submitted applications for this $125,000 public art...

12.20.2021

End of Massive Resistance

Pictured above: Artist Norman Lee of RE:Site at the dedication Dedicated: 04/27/23 See photos from the dedication Read this VEER Magazine Article. Location: Flatiron Park, Norfolk, VA 114 W. Charlotte St., Norfolk, VA 23510 A replica of the final piece was temporarily...

12.17.2021

(Billboard artwork) Underwater

Digital drawing selected to rotate on billboards throughout the Norfolk regional Adams Outdoor Advertising area in 2022.

09.30.2021

Upward & Onward

Watch a video of the dedication! Artist Britney Gatewood created our final Bloomberg Asphalt Arts mural in Denby Park with the community September 22-24, 2021. Titled, Upward & Onward, the asphalt art mural highlights the history and promise of Wards Corner and...

09.15.2021

Taming of the Surge NEA Grant project Ohio Creek

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the dedication of “Taming of the Surge” at Kimball Terrace Pump Station, 2831 Kimball Terrace, Norfolk, VA 23504 on 11/16/24. Watch a video of the event. Christine Rojek created this aluminum sculpture. Thank you to...

07.21.2021

(Deaccessioned) The Gathering Place

WATCH THE DEDICATION VIEW EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Special thanks to the City of Norfolk’s Tony Berrios for the video footage! View pictures of the artwork dedication.

04.7.2021

(Deaccessioned) Asphalt Art Initiative

Norfolk Arts and the Boys and Girls Club of Southeast VA will create 3 asphalt art murals in the 3 police patrol divisions in Norfolk, VA. 1st mural: Norview – “Gather in Abundance” Completed by Mensah Bey October 2020 2nd mural: Tidewater Gardens...

10.19.2020

Gather In Abundance

MORE PHOTOS HERE. Completed on October 14-16, 2020 Mensah Bey, along with community volunteers created the 100-foot long asphalt artwork on Bland Street near the Five Points Intersection in the Norview neighborhood in Norfolk. The asphalt artwork design, inspired by...

08.20.2020

The Care Takers

Listen to Marc talk about the project and watch an in process video. “The Care Takers” is a natural stone mosaic installed at Ocean View Elementary School in Norfolk, Virginia. It is part of my public art commission to create mosaics for elementary schools there. This...

01.28.2020

Place In Time

The public art project committee selected Ken Mcall to create strong, fun artwork that represents children, families, community, and the people that live in Park Place. The artwork is thought-provoking and inspires viewers of all ages. The artwork is large enough to...

11.5.2019

The Dragon Family

Marc Archambault and team arrived 10/24 to install “The Dragon Family” at Camp Allen Elementary in Norfolk, VA. This is the 3rd of 5 natural stone mosaics Marc is completing for 5 new schools in Norfolk. All five have the theme of students creating their...

10.17.2019

(Billboard artwork) RoyGbiv 2019

Acrylic painting by Lajae Essence (Poetry Jackson) selected to appear on an Adams Outdoor Advertising Billboard in 2019

10.16.2019

(Billboard artwork) Stasia 2017

Read about Gregg in the Virginian Pilot: “Stasia Charalambous” a photograph by Gregg Morgan was selected to appear on an Adams Outdoor Advertising Billboard in 2017.

10.14.2019

(Temporary) Citizen Artist Norfolk

Norfolk Arts awarded Nicole Harp and Knox Garvin a grant to launch Citizen Artist Norfolk—with sculpture, video, and website components—during Visual Arts Week 2014 with the goal of providing citizens a forum in which they could float their best and brightest ideas...

10.2.2019

Bay Oaks Park

Pictured above: Bay Oaks public art committee meets virtually on April 8, 2020 to tour the site with artists Jonathan and Saori Russell. Ride Art Studio was selected to create a kinetic public art project for Bay Oaks Park. Their design was approved in July 2020. The...

09.25.2019

Crown Shyness

Crown Shyness, also known as canopy disengagement or intercrown spacing, is a phenomenon observed in some tree species in which the crowns of fully stocked trees do not touch each other but instead form a canopy with channel-like gaps. In 1920, this botanical...

09.10.2019

(Deaccessioned) Valor

Project removed 11/2023 due to damaged glass pieces that have fallen. The mixed media work created from over 900 individual pieces of glass bottles that were skillfully cut in half and filled with colored resin by Kimberly and her students. The image was inspired by...

08.6.2019

Dance To The Music

Lead local artist Richard Ward worked with the Public Art Summer Program in 2019 to create “Dance to the Music” for Lakewood Dance Center. Richard designed a relief mural created of molded Styrofoam and Parex mounted on Hardibacker board. “In the...

08.1.2019

Richard A. Tucker

Enjoy this video via the City of Norfolk of the dedication and celebration event 11/19/12! Enjoy this interview with the artist at the dedication November 19, 2022 via 13 News Now, WVEC! Artist Vinnie Bagwell of Yonkers, NY was selected to sculpt a realistic bronze of...

07.22.2019

The Future is in the Margins

Watch a clip at the dedication 10/24/20 Listen to DeeDee talk about her project: https://norfolkarts.net/wp-content/uploads/DEE-DEE-INTERVIEW.mp4 Deedee Morrison combines history, art and innovation to create site-specific public art that fosters a unique sense of...

05.17.2019

Lafayette murals

Lead artist Alison Bachmann-Webster worked with student’s of the Norfolk Emerging Leader’s program to create numerous hand painted murals that depict flora commonly found in Norfolk for Lafayette Park, The Ernie Morgan Center and the Virginia Zoo...

04.23.2019

(Billboard artwork) Body Art

This oil painting by Susan Powell Tolbert, an artist and an educator was selected to appear on an Adams Outdoor Billboard in 2018. Her current work explores collage combined with classical painting techniques.

04.23.2019

(Billboard Artwork) Attucks Archival Ajents

Digital Vector Drawing LISTEN Through the application of hard-edged, geometric patterning, Mensah’s work explores a surrealistic abstract world referenced by the digital age. Transparent layering established through color theory and analysis sets a tone that...

04.23.2019

(Billboard artwork) Art is Everywhere

LISTEN Acrylic on Canvas 2018 “My artwork focuses on dreams, courage, perseverance, beauty and our abilities to create our own stories. Layering and juxtaposition are tools I use to identify abstract roles used to actively describe and forge “selves.” Revealing the...

02.25.2019

Release The Kraken

INSTALLED MARCH 2021! The Elizabeth River Trail Chelsea Public Art committee selected Norfolk artist Bage to create an artwork that speaks to the progressive, creative vibe of Chelsea to serve as a gateway, or point of transition between the trail and the...

02.25.2019

The Tiny Kingdom

See more photos on Marc’s website. Watch a video and listen to Marc talk about the project. “The Tiny Kingdom”, a 37 foot mosaic by Marc Archambault of Hammerhead Stoneworks is a natural stone mosaic that speaks to the idea of students making things...

01.17.2019

Freemason Composition in Primary

Located at an entry point to the historic district, the light rail station artwork promotes the continuity and character of the district. Specifically, the art reflects a mix of both the historic charm and the urban energy and vitality associated with the area and its...

01.11.2019

Portrait of a Neighborhood

In 2011, The Governor’s School for the Arts worked with Ingleside Elementary School to create windscreen designs for the Ingleside Light Rail Station. Fast forward to 2018, Michael Logan (2011 Governor’s school student) now the art teacher at Ingleside...

01.10.2019

Wind and Tide

Local artist and then Norfolk Public Schools teacher Knox Garvin created a contemporary decorative multi-color image design based on movement of the train, the wind and the tides. The design is reversed for the two stations to suggest the direction of travel (they...

01.8.2019

Getting on Your Optic Nerve

EVMS Light Rail Station Windscreens Clay’s first step in creating windscreen artwork for the EVMS Light Rail Station was to visit Fort Norfolk twice and the Medical Center once and take over 600 photographs between the two. After visiting Fort Norfolk during his...

10.29.2018

Life Drawing: Phoenix Rising

Life Drawing: Phoenix Rising, is one of 5 natural stone mosaics being created for 5 schools in Norfolk, VA by Mark Archambault of Hammerhead Stoneworks in Asheville, NC. The mosaics speak to the idea of students making things; not just the life that they see, but...

09.18.2018

(Temporary) Ped Ex Project

This temporary interacitve project by Anne Bousquet and David Johnson moved to various locations throughout the City in 2012. The artists produced 20 signs with inventive slogans. Pedestrians were encouraged to select a sign and carry it through the crosswalk to a bin...

09.18.2018

(Deaccessioned) 35th Street Corridor

Lead artist Susan Tolbert worked with student’s of Norfolk’s Emerging Leaders program during the summer of 2012 to complete a tile mural and several address plaques for various businesses in the 35th St. corridor.

09.5.2018

5 stone mosaics for 5 new Norfolk Public Schools

Marc Archambault of Hammerhead Stoneworks was selected to create 5 natural stone mosaics for 5 new Norfolk Public Schools: Camp Allen Elementary, Richard Bowling Elementary, Southside Stem Academy, Ocean View Elementary and Larchmont Elementary. In addition to these 5...

09.5.2018

(Deaccessioned) The Fighters

Lead artist Kelley Yang worked with student’s of Norfolk’s Emerging leaders program during the summer of 2012 to create silhouettes for the boxing gym at Harbor Park. Motivational quotes were stenciled after various images were collaged onto the surface....

09.5.2018

Navigator

LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW The Public Art Planning Committee selected Don Kennell to design and create artwork that “signals Norfolk as a friendly and welcoming city. The site-specific artwork was to creatively stimulate thought and conversation, be relevant to...

08.13.2018

Fractal Tree

Made of Corteen Steel Fractal Tree is a STEM sculpture object combining Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Benjamin Raydo was instrumental in fabricating this object based on Anton Bakker’s designs. Fractal Tree was a donation to the Fitness and Wellness...

08.3.2018

Trillium Patch

Removed August 2025 Jack Mackie installed “Trillium Patch,” four slip-resistance water-jet cut ceramic mosaics. The murals are based on images of trillium flowers growing nearby in the colors of naval signal flags. A special ceramic tile with a grit cast into the...

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