Public Art Applications

Application date: May 2025

Applicant: Delano Area Arts Council

Public hearing: June 17, 2025 at the 7 PM City Council Meeting 

Proposed location: Delano Sculpture Garden

Proposed reveal date: Spring 2026

Narrative: People who call Delano “home” will be invited to paint a picture of their choosing on a tile, in an assigned color palette, signing their name on their piece. Each picture created will be combined to form a larger integrated mosaic image. Up close, you see the individual works of art but from a distance, they comprise a larger image.

Related Documents

• Mosaic Public Art Application (PDF)
• Mosaic Public Art Narrative (PDF)
• Mosaic Public Art Budget (PDF)
• Mosaic Public Art Sketch

Application date: Jan. 2025

Applicant: Delano Area Arts Council

Public hearing: Jan. 21, 2025 at the 7 PM City Council Meeting | Approved

Proposed location: Delano Sculpture Garden

Proposed reveal date: June 13, 2026

Narrative: These Corten steel and aluminum planes continue the symbols of agriculture, railroads, rivers, and quarries, but play with defining the Sesquicentennial 150th in the negative spaces between each design.

Related Documents:

• Sesquicentennial Sculpture Application 2025 (PDF)
• Sesquicentennial Sculpture Narrative Overview 2025 (PDF)
• Sesquicentennial Sculpture Site Map 2025 (PDF)