O-Train public art

This article catalogues public art on the O-Train. More information may be found in the individual station articles.

Station	Line	Title	Artist	Description	Photo
Bayview		As the Crow Flies	Adrian Göllner	Tubular steel and fencing depicting the silhouettes of various Ottawa buildings and the flight line of a crow, used as a 120-metre barrier between the tracks [1]
		Cascades	Pierre Poussin	Laser-cut aluminum sculpture inspired by the Chaudière Falls [2]
Blair		Lightscape	cj fleury and Catherine Widgery	Suspended screens with small pieces of glass [3]
Carleton		locomOtion	Stuart Kinmond	Aluminum sculpture with red panels inspired by OC Transpo's logo [4]
Cyrville		The Stand of Birch	Don Maynard	Stainless steel art of 13 trees and grasses [5]
Hurdman		Coordinated Movement	Jill Anholt	Metal structure depicting birds' flight patterns [5]
Lees		Transparent Passage	Amy Thompson	Painted glass depicting the Rideau River and sculpture of a bird in flight [5]
Lyon		This Images Relies on Positive Thinking	Geoff McFetridge	Paintings on the station's walls [2]
		With Words as Their Actions	PLANT Architect	Stainless steel installations honouring the founders of the Women's Canadian Historical Society and member Anne Dewar's The Last Days of Bytown [3]
Parliament		Lone Pine Sunset	Douglas Coupland	Cubist interpretation of Tom Thomson's The Jack Pine [2]
		Trails: home and away	Jennifer Stead	Steel panels depicting low-growing Canadian plants [5]
Pimisi		Eel Spirit, Basket, and Fence	Nadia Myre	Art pieces depicting an eel, woven basket, and birch trees, significant to the Algonquin people [6]
		Màmawi: Together	Simon Brascoupé, Emily Brascoupé-Hoefler, Sherry-Ann Rodgers, Doreen Stevens, and Sylvia Tennisco	100 painted canoe paddles arranged in the shape of a canoe. [7]
		Algonquin Moose	Simon Brascoupé	Sculpture of a moose [3]
		Algonquin Birch Bark Biting Window Art	Simon Brascoupé, Claire Brascoupé, and Mairi Brascoupé	Depictions of Algonquin birch bark biting on the station's windows [3]
Rideau		FLOW / FOTS	Geneviève Cadieux	Glass screens with image of water flow [3]
		The shape this takes to get to that	Jim Verburg	Murals along the station escalators [1]
St-Laurent		Untitled	Andrew Morrow	Three murals depicting Canadian history [1]
Tremblay		National Garden	Jyhling Lee	Silhouettes of the official flowers of Canada's provinces and territories and the City of Ottawa [3]
Tunney's Pasture		Gradient Space	Derek Root	Coloured mosaics along the platforms and a stained-glass skylight [2]
uOttawa		Train of Thought	Derek Michael Besant	Series of portraits with shifting appearance [3]
		Sphere Field	Kenneth Emig	Mirrored sphere sculpture in a glass cube case [3]

References

1. Abma, Sandra (September 18, 2019). "Artistic surprises up, down, all around on Confederation Line". CBC News. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
2. Vaghela, Ananya; Wicks, Sara; Tram, Jeff (October 3, 2019). "Ottawa's LRT stations hold city's biggest public art project so far". Capital Current. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
3. Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services (2022-06-16). "O-Train Public Art Program". ottawa.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
4. "New sculpture unveiled at O-Train station". CBC News. November 3, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
5. "City unveils public art along Confederation Line LRT stations". CBC News. July 25, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
6. "AABAAKWAD SPEAKERS". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
7. "Màmawi : Together" . Retrieved March 10, 2020.

External links

Media related to O-Train Public Art Program at Wikimedia Commons