Public Art 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.

• 2021: Sky Column by Douglas Hollis with Long Bridge Aquatics and Fitness Center (Excellence Award)
  
  
• 2021: Ballston Quarter Pedestrian Bridge by studioTECHNE|architects (Excellence Award)
  
  
• 2021: Watermarks by D.I.R.T. Studio (Honorable Mention)
  
  
• 2019: Gravity and Grace by Cliff Garten (Merit Award)
  
  
• 2019: Arlington Abstracted by Marc Pekala (Honorable Mention)
  
  
• 2017: Quill by Christian Moeller (Excellence Award)
  
  
•  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

• 2021: Ballston Quarter Pedestrian Bridge by studioTECHNE|architects - IDEAS² Merit Award

Illuminating Engineering Society Award

• 2019: Gravity and Grace by Cliff Garten - IES Illumination Award of Merit

International Downtown Association Award

• 2015: Ballston BID’s Public Displays of Innovation - Public Space Award 

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

• 2014-2015: Arlington Boulevard by Vicki Scuri - Honor Award 

American Society of Landscape Architects Potomac and Maryland Chapter Award

• 2013: Wave Arbor by Douglas Hollis highlighted with Long Bridge Park - Merit Award in the Built/Design Category  

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.  

• John Robinson, Jr. Town Square by Walter Hood (NEA Our Town Grant)
  
  
• Watermarks by D.I.R.T. studio (NEA Access to Artistic Excellence Design Grant)
  
  
• Dome Homes by Evan Reed, 2011 (Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth)
  
  
• Moving Visions by Liz Canner, 2003
  
  
•  Dominion Dum by Art Attack, 1994
  
  
•  Dark Star Park by Nancy Holt