Awards

The Americans for the Arts Public Art Network (PAN) Year in Review annually recognizes outstanding public art projects that represent the most compelling work for the year from across the country and beyond. Two or more public art professionals serve as jurors to review hundreds of project applications and select up to 50 projects to highlight the most compelling public artworks. The PAN Year in Review is the only national program that specifically recognizes public art projects and is an excellent advocacy and educational tool for public art administrators, artists, and allied professionals. 

• 2014: Quill by Christian Moeller
  
  
• 2012: Echo by Richard Deutsch
  
  
• 2008: CO2LED by Jack Sanders, Robert Gay, and Butch Anthony
  
  
• 2007: The Flame by Ray King
  
  
• 2006: Cultivus Loci: Suckahanna by Jann Rosen-Queralt
  
  
• 2005: Memory Bricks by Winnie Owens-Hart
  
  
• 2002: Liquid Pixels by Ned Kahn

DESIGNArlington is a biennial awards program that recognizes excellence in design, showcasing the distinctive architectural, historic preservation, landscape and public art projects in our community. This awards program highlights Arlington’s architectural diversity and some of our best examples of design. Winners cover a broad spectrum of the built environment, from commercial and residential renovations, to new construction, public spaces, and public art.

• 2019: Gravity and Grace by Cliff Garten (Merit Award)
  
  
•  2019: Arlington Abstracted by Marc Pekala (Honorable Mention)
  
  
•  2017: Quill by Christian Moeller (Award of Excellence)
  
  
•  2015: Arlington Boulevard by Vicki Scuri (Merit Award)
  
  
• 2015: Ripple by Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen (Merit Award)
  
  
•  2013: Wave Arbor by Douglas Hollis (Honorable Mention)

American Institute of Steel Construction IDEAS² Award

The Ballston Quarter Pedestrian Bridge by studioTECHNE|architects received an IDEAS² Merit Award in 2021.

Illuminating Engineering Society Award

• Gravity and Grace by Cliff Garten was awarded a 2019 IES Illumination Award of Merit for its contribution to lighting design.

International Downtown Association Award

• Ballston BID’s Public Displays of Innovation was awarded the 2015: Public Space Award 

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Metropolitan Washington (ACEC/MW) Engineering Excellence Award

• Arlington Boulevard by artist Vicki Scuri received an Honor Award for 2014-2015.

American Society of Landscape Architects Potomac and Maryland Chapter Award

• Wave Arbor by Douglas Hollis was highlighted when Long Bridge Park received a Merit Award in the Built/Design Category in 2013.  

Each year the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awards thousands of grants to provide all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.  NEA's Our Town grant program supports creative placemaking projects that help transform communities into lively, beautiful, and sustainable places with the arts at their core. The grantee projects will encourage creative activity, create community identity and a sense of place, and help revitalize local economies.  

• Watermarks by D.I.R.T. studio (NEA Access to Artistic Excellence Design Grant)
  
  
• John Robinson, Jr. Town Square by Walter Hood (NEA Our Town Grant)