Public art in Chelmsford
Public art is any original and unique work by an artist in a public place.
Good public art is site specific. It should relate to the context of a particular location and can help to define a public space.
We enthusiastically welcome public art, as a great way to celebrate the city. We have secured a number of works through commissions as part of development schemes. We encourage developers to dedicate around one percent of their budget to a public art commission.
In new development schemes, public art can:
- give public enjoyment
- strengthen local and cultural identity
- express a link between private activity and community
- add prestige to a development
- lead to interpretative and educational activity
- provide employment for artists
It may be big or small, mobile or static, integral to a building or freestanding, fine art or functional. It may take the form of sculpture, glass, craft, built furniture, an event or festival.
You can view our advice for developers if you are looking to commission public art.
Apple Seat (Orchard Way, Boreham)
Autumn Watch and Spring Watch at Beaulieu
Historic Trades at Baddow Road
Books at Beaulieu Neighbourhood Centre
Landscape Mosaic at Boreham
Chelmer Road Bridge artwork
Bugs at Great Leighs
Celestial Fix at Army and Navy
Central Chelmsford at City Park West
Ceramic panel at New Barn, Kings Road
Ceramic plaque at Wykeham Road, Writtle
Change in Time at Smith Hughes Close
Chelmsford Damask at Premier Inn, Victoria Road
Chelmsford Echoes at Oaklands Park
Chelmsford Whispers at Bus Station
Chess Pieces at Beaulieu Park
Cone at Galleywood Road, Great Baddow
Cricket gates at Bailey Court
e2v at Waterhouse Lane
Elements Garden at Boleyn Park
Falcon at Bond Street
Five Structures with Whimsies at Waltham Glen, Moulsham Lodge
Flight of Birds at Arlington Square, South Woodham Ferrers
Friendship Sculpture at Backnang Square
Bench at Hollow Lane
Graham Gooch Statue at New London Road
Guardian Figures at Baddow Road
Hidden Histories, Secrets of the Land
I Remember That at Miami House, Princes Road
Kangaroo at Hobart Close, Melbourne
knownknowledge at Goldlay Gardens
Leaves in the Parkway
Life and Times at Ashford Place, Broomfield
Lore of the Land at Magistrates Court, New Street
Love This Place at St Johns Hospital
Marconi Memorial Statue at Marconi Plaza, Fairfield Road
Mare & Foal at Back Road, Writtle
Michael A Ashcroft Building at Anglia Ruskin University (Rivermead Campus)
Mill Square Reflections at Townfield Street car park (credit: Sue Barr)
Mosaic Estuary Scene Wall at Compass Gardens, South Woodham Ferrers
Mr Patch at Saxon Gate, Patching Hall Lane
Oak Landmark at Sandon Park and Ride
Park People at Sky Blue Pasture, Central Park
Plaques, The Village, Writtle Road
Proto Meta Intra, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
Tower Gardens Mosaic
Reflections at Sky Blue Pasture
Source to Sea at Broomfield Road
Swimmers at South Woodham Ferrers Leisure Centre
The Arrowhead (also known as "The Crystal") at Brook End Gardens
The Beams at Sainsburys, Burnham Road, South Woodham Ferrers
The Boreham Apple, Main Road, Boreham
The Crowned Stag at Beaulieu (Essex Regiment Way entrance)
Thicket at St Lukes Park, Runwell
Timber Stack at Navigation Road (former Travis Perkins site)
Timeline at Essex Record Office
Veill at City Park West
Viridis at Essex Regiment Way
Water, Water at Bond Street
Year of the Artist (West End)
