Public Art & Civic Projects

We turn buildings into landmarks.

A colorful mural on a multi-story building featuring mountains, a waterfall, and flowers, photographed during the day on the left and illuminated at night on the right.

We deliver monumental public artworks that transform civic, corporate, and cultural spaces. From architectural façades to transit corridors, our murals anchor identity, celebrate local stories, and create landmarks that foster community pride. Our practice combines rigorous planning with bold visual storytelling, scaling seamlessly from community-driven initiatives to multi-building developer programs.

Our Public Art Services

  • We help developers satisfy municipal Percent-for-Art requirements—fast, clean, and on-budget. From ordinance review and strategy to concept, approvals, fabrication, and installation, our team manages the entire process: budget modeling, schedules, artist selection (or in-house delivery), engineering, permits, insurance, and coordination with city agencies. Where direct-commission pathways are allowed, we streamline compliance without a public RFQ, and we provide documentation, plaques, and maintenance plans for closeout. The result is a beautiful, code-compliant artwork that elevates the project and clears approvals without slowing construction.

  • We create large-scale murals and architectural façades that transform cityscapes. From concept through installation, our team handles design, site surveys, lift plans, coatings, and scheduling to meet developer and city requirements. The result is durable, visually iconic works that elevate campuses, districts, and communities.

  • Our installations combine materials like metal, acrylic, and glass with optional LED or AR integration. We design, fabricate, and install dimensional works that energize civic, retail, and hospitality spaces with lasting impact.

  • We deliver turnkey public sculptures—from concept and engineering through fabrication and installation. Durable, code-compliant, and site-specific, our works are built to inspire and endure across civic, corporate, and mixed-use environments.

  • We integrate dynamic lighting into permanent artworks, enhancing public spaces day and night. Our LED solutions are engineered for performance, with full documentation and maintenance plans for long-term reliability.

  • We extend physical artworks into immersive AR layers, creating interactive mobile experiences for public spaces, cultural venues, and brand activations. These activations engage audiences in new ways while amplifying visibility and impact.

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Collection of black and white logos of various organizations, including universities, arts councils, community groups, and government agencies.

Architectural murals & multi-story building facades

We transform blank walls into civic landmarks. Our large-scale murals and façades anchor identity, celebrate culture, and create visible symbols of pride. From city corridors to multi-building developments, we deliver bold works that stand the test of time and connect deeply with community.

A building with a colorful geometric mural on its side, featuring various shapes and shades of blue, red, yellow, and black, with multiple windows and a basketball hoop painted on it.

Mixed-media installations

Blending paint, sculpture, and specialty materials, our mixed-media works turn civic spaces into layered experiences. These installations scale from plazas to campuses, bringing together craft, innovation, and storytelling to reflect the character of place and the people who shape it.

Colorful mural of purple and pink flowers and abstract shapes on a concrete underpass wall, with a chain-link fence and hillside in the background.

LED-Integrated Public Art

Light has the power to transform public space. We integrate LED and programmable lighting into murals and sculpture, creating artworks that shift with time of day and season. These projects invite people back again and again, offering fresh encounters with familiar landmarks.

Colorful illuminated neon signs with snowflake patterns on building exterior at night.
Sculptural installation of metallic flower forms — public art

3D sculptural work for urban environments

We design and fabricate public art sculptures that transform everyday environments into destinations. From concept through engineering and installation, our sculptural works combine durability with artistry—built to inspire, endure, and become permanent fixtures of civic life.

Site-Specific Augmented Reality Experiences

We integrate LED and programmable lighting into permanent public artworks, managing electrical coordination, controls, photometrics, and commissioning with the project’s design team. Deliverables include as-builts, O&M manuals, and maintenance schedules, ensuring reliable day-to-night performance across plazas, facades, and transit corridors.

Building mural of woman holding a flower — vibrant florals

Transit & Infrastructure Beautification

We reimagine bridges, underpasses, retaining walls, and transit corridors as canvases for art. These infrastructure-scale projects bring beauty to overlooked spaces, spark dialogue, and create safer, more welcoming environments for daily life.

Construction workers installing or repairing a colorful mural painted on an underpass wall, with some workers using tools and safety gear.

Developer-Ready Lobby Art Solutions

We design, engineer, and install permanent lobby sculptures that satisfy private-development Percent-for-Art requirements. From concept through permits and installation, we deliver a code-compliant, on-site artwork with full documentation—budget allocation, materials/specs, public-access plan, and maintenance plan, so your project meets the ordinance while transforming the space.

Artwork: Kelly “Risk” Gravel

Contact us.

Hello@vastprojects.co
(818) 261-1367

Los Angeles, San Francisco,

Chicago, New York, Atlanta,

Tulsa, Columbus, Miami