Douglas Park Mural, Langley City

About this call

Langley City in British Columbia, Canada, is commissioning a mural for Douglas Park. It will wrap around the park's recently completed washroom facility and is the City's largest mural commissioned to date, celebrating the park as a place where the community connects and takes part in programs and events. The mural should reflect the vibrancy and diversity of Douglas Park and is expected to be completed in June 2027. The selected artist or artists receive an all-inclusive honorarium of CAD 12,000, out of which they cover their own fees, materials, equipment, insurance and transportation.

Who can apply

• Regional applicants
• Medium: Painting
• Entry fee: See official site
• Open to emerging and established artists, muralists and artist collectives from the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, British Columbia, applying alone or as a group of at least two artists. An acknowledgment letter of intent (the form on page 7 of the call document) is due by 15 October 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time to arts@langleycity.ca; the call does not say whether a submission without it is accepted. Submit by 10 December 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time, in PDF format by email to arts@langleycity.ca with the subject line "Douglas Park Washroom Building Mural 2026-01", or by mail to Langley City, Recreation, Culture and Community Services, Timms Community Centre, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley, BC V3A 4B3. Include a mural concept for all four exterior walls (digital mock-ups or scaled drawings), a one-page artist statement, a resume, CV or biography and full contact details for each artist, a portfolio of 3 to 5 completed mural or large-scale public art projects with project details and your role, contacts for two professional references, and the artwork files in an accepted digital format. The CAD 12,000 honorarium is all-inclusive: artist fees, design, labour, materials, equipment (ladders, tents, sun and weather protection), liability insurance and WorkSafe, transportation, coordination and community engagement if requested. The design must flow across all four walls and keep a 10% border at the edges; the artist applies an anti-graffiti coating on completion, keeps public access to the open washroom safe during painting and provides their own studio space. Notification 12 February 2027; target completion 12 June 2027 (Community Day). Questions: arts@langleycity.ca.