STEPS Fieldnotes Blog

Read our latest musings, interviews, and thought leadership on public art

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Photograph of the Cooksville sign with a food illustration by Ashley Mozo in the 'C'.

October 8, 2024

Fieldnotes: The (Public) Art of Food

Roda Medhat's LED rug sculptures hanging in his studio at 401 Richmond in Toronto

August 14, 2024

Fieldnotes: Artist Interview with Roda Medhat

A mural in progress at Wilson TTC Station by artist Shalak Attack. A sandwich board sign informs the community about the project.

Fieldnotes: How to Prepare for Public Art (An Artist’s Guide)

Photo of a traffic box with artwork by Camilla Teodoro; it features a grid/quilt composition with motifs of flowers and wildlife and some characters. It has colours of orange, green, and pink prominently.

Fieldnotes: Public art terms you should know

February 7, 2024

Fieldnotes: 5 Public Art Podcasts to Keep You Inspired

October 3, 2023

Co-created Mural Builds Community Connections to Rowntree Mills Park

A participant holds a beaded strawberry at a free public beading workshop with STEPS led by Lindsey Lickers

September 28, 2023

Honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The Guardiana Mural by RAZA collective has a figure above a jaguar and an eye with hand under it

Fieldnotes: Artist Interview with RAZA

Residents enjoy the sidewalk festival in Hamilton, Ontario with artmaking and entertainment from the Ottawa Street BIA supported by I HeART Main Street

Fieldnotes: Meet the STEPS Cultural Planning Team!

Representatives from Downtown Stratford BIA, RBC and artist Kellen Hatanaka celebrate the award-winning project at 145 Ontario St, Stratford, ON

STEPS and RBC Announce I HeART Main Street Award Winners!

Creative City Ideas: Participants enjoy Halifax's Nocturne Art At Night Festival, where Luminous Cloud Passage installation lights up the city in purple

Fieldnotes: Creative City Ideas (10 Projects Inspiring STEPS)

A large indoor mural of two people at either end of the landscape blowing dandelions. The dandelion fluffs reach across the landscape in rainbow colours. There is a blue sky with a purple sun. The mural is in a BMO Bank of Montreal branch. The artist is Mo Thunder.

February 22, 2023

Meet STEPS Board of Directors

Participants use Augmented Reality features to explore a public art storefront activation by artists Meegan Lim and Jen Liv in Brampton, Ontario

February 21, 2023

Free Public Art Tours: STEPS Guide

Photo of participant wearing a black shirt hanging up a cyanotype/sunprint on a clothing line in Rowntree Mills Park.

January 24, 2023

Fieldnotes: Why Public Art Matters

November 21, 2022

Fieldnotes: Five Ways Public Art Revitalizes Space

An Aerial view shows the city of Montreal

October 19, 2022

Fieldnotes: Community-Engaged Public Art in Montreal

October 5, 2022

Media Release: New Mural Celebrating Black Hair Animates Little Jamaica

September 29, 2022

Media Release: I HeART Main Street Impacts Three Communities & Enters Fourth…

A banner made by Anna Jane McIntyre's workshop with local elementary students is displayed in Montreal

September 21, 2022

Fieldnotes: Artist Interview with Anna Jane McIntyre

August 17, 2022

Mural at Davisville Station Celebrates 100 Years with the TTC

Artist erin mccluskey paints a bench for the port credit BIA I heART Main Street program

August 15, 2022

Fieldnotes: What Is Creative Placemaking?

Announcing the BMO National Mural Series

Photo of black business cards with white text place on three TTC subway seats.

Fieldnotes: Artist Interview with Yasmeen Nematt Alla

The interior of the calgary public library

Fieldnotes: Indigenous Placemaking in Public Libraries

Abstract painting by Ysabelle Vautour, with bright colours of purple, yellow, pink and grey. There are expressive strokes of paint with blended and speckled textures.

Free Panel Talk Recordings: Accessibility in Public Art

An aerial shot of a large ground mural spanning a road with colourful block letters "BIPOC LIVES MATTER" and underneath is the French version "LES VIES NAPDC COMPTENT"

Media Release: National Residency for Black, Indigenous and Racialized Public Artists Launches…

A large scale white vinyl window mural on a subway station building. The mural is the height of the glass windows and includes imagery of different birds

STEPS Presents: Safe Flight Home TTC Art Crawl

Danielle Hyde's street light banner hanging with an intricate and detailed design featuring people and the city

Fieldnotes: Platforms for Public Art in Pandemic Recovery

A banner in STEPS colours (blue, purple, teal, yellow) with different graphics and shapes

STEPS at the Aurora Public Art Forum

Fieldnotes: The 2022 CreateSpace Public Art Forum

Photo take from above of a art installation in the atrium of Dragon City Mall with red and orange lanterns, paper flowers, and a paper cut tiger.

February 14, 2022

Lunar New Year Celebrations in Toronto’s Chinatown

A group of people dressed warmly and in face masks celebrating and pointing at a large mural of queer Black femmes

November 25, 2021

Media Release: Public Art Across Ontario Honoured with I HeART Main St…

Large-scale white vinyl window mural installation at Finch West TTC station with artwork designed by Fatspatrol and North York community members. The vinyls incorporate imagery of birds and nature.

November 1, 2021

Media Release: Safe Flight Home Animates TTC Stations

Large digital projection public art installation in evening streets of Toronto's Chinatown. It is projected against a brick wall with animations created by community participants

October 14, 2021

Yue Moon Nominated for Heritage Toronto Public History Award

Katrina Canedo painting a red muskoka chair with green plants

Media Release: App Launch and 50+ Artists Bring Public Art to Main…

Toronto Makes Good Hoarding Exhibit featuring two artworks on large panels. The first is a close-up of a rose in an art gallery. The second panel is a reflection of a rainbow.

Media Release: Toronto Makes Good Hoarding Exhibit

A rendering of Leslie Nymark redevelopment.

Media Release: Artist Collective Selected for Leslie Nymark Public Art Project