Langley City wants two fall banner designs, and the deadline is Thursday
The City's Fall Street Banner Program closes Thursday, October 29 at 3:30 pm. Lower Mainland artists 18 and up can apply by email with a bio, five work samples and a one-page statement; the winning pair hangs downtown from fall 2027.
If you draw, paint, photograph or design and you live anywhere in the Lower Mainland, Langley City has a job for you, but you have until Thursday, October 29 at 3:30 pm to put your hand up.
- What
- Fall Street Banner Program 2026-01: two complementary designs, a left and right pair
- Who
- Artists, designers and collectives 18+, from the Lower Mainland
- Deadline
- Thursday, October 29, 2026, 3:30 pm Pacific
- Send to
- [email protected] as one PDF, subject line "Fall Street Banner Program 2026-01"
- Or mail
- Recreation, Culture and Community Services, Timms Community Centre, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley BC V3A 4B3
- Banner size
- About 32 inches wide by 60 inches tall, vertical
- Where they hang
- Throughout downtown Langley City, each fall from 2027, for several years
The ask is simpler than most public-art calls. You are not sending finished banner art. The City wants a current resume, CV or short bio; up to five images or links that show your work; and a statement of no more than a page about your practice or why you want this. A rough sketch of a concept is welcome but optional. The artist who is picked then works with City staff to develop the final pair, with minor revisions possible before printing. Final files eventually have to be CMYK at 300 dpi (AI, EPS, PDF, TIFF, JPG, PSD or an InDesign package, under 60 MB), but that is a problem for the winner, not the applicant.
The brief: two designs that read as a pair, celebrate fall, and say something about Langley City specifically, its people, places, nature and culture. The City’s call lists connection, belonging, local stories, landscapes, arts, recreation and shared experiences as fair game. Practical notes from the document are worth taking seriously, because a banner is seen from a moving car: bold, strong colour contrast, vertical composition, and keep anything important away from the top and bottom edges where the banner hardware can cover the artwork.
A selection panel of City representatives and people from the local arts community scores entries on creativity and artistic quality, connection to the community, suitability for a public, family-friendly space, and how well the design will work blown up to banner size. The City covers fabrication, printing and installation.
About the money. The City’s web notice and its July announcement say the selected artist receives a $1,000 honorarium. The full Call for Artists document, the one with the submission rules, says $2,000 for the completed left-and-right package. We could not get the two to agree, so if the figure matters to you, ask [email protected] before you apply, and we will update this when the City clarifies.
Questions about the program or help with the application go to the same address, [email protected]. The current downtown banners and the murals they share the streets with are part of the City’s public-art push; see our Downtown Langley mural walk and the Langley Arts Council page if you want a sense of what already hangs around the one-way.